In Bronzeville, bell tolls for St. James

Apr. 17, 2013
Workers are saying good-bye to the bells at St. James Church in Chicago.

Architectural swap meet?

Sep. 21, 2012
Northwestern University has offered to swap Bertrand Goldberg's 1975 Prentice Women's Hospital with a building "the aesthetics of such that people are going to marvel at it."

Chicago’s endangered buildings, young and old

Apr. 21, 2012
There were some dark-horse candidates that made it onto this year’s list of the city’s most threatened buildings. The surprise? Some of them may have been built in your lifetime. 

Early birthplace of black Chicago politics in jeopardy

Apr. 8, 2012
The South Side's historic Unity Hall has been used as a church for decades and is listed for sale, but can't draw a congregation who can fix it up. Until it can, the building waits empty, its facade hides behind a mask of protective scaffolding.