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Back door no more: Museum of Science and Industry seeks to reopen its south entrance after a century
7+ hour, 34+ min ago (593+ words) The museum plans to break ground this year on a $22 million project that will reopen the 133-year-old edifice's south entry and add an indoor cafe with seating on the building's outdoor renovated terrace....
Demolition of Lake View women's shelter underway as Cubs eye site for parking lot expansion
3+ week, 4+ day ago (455+ words) The House of the Good Shepherd will be torn down ahead of the Cubs proposal to expand its Camry Lot, which still needs city approvals....
Edgewater's historic Bryn Mawr Avenue heads toward possible landmark status
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (525+ words) The Art Deco former Chicago Daily News Building will also get the nod from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks....
Pullman's historic Market Hall gets a refresh ahead of plans to repurpose the space
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (190+ words) The nonprofit Friends of Pullman National Historical Park spent nearly seven months stabilizing the hall to prevent it from collapsing, while also restoring the space....
Could United Center redevelopment effort help a church designed by the 'father of the skyscraper' rise again?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (785+ words) Greater Union Baptist Church has one of the city's most breathtaking sanctuaries, with its semicircular ranks of pews that sit beneath muscular, richly-detailed hammer beam wooden ceiling trusses and bronze chandeliers. The church, 1956 W. Warren Blvd. , is just north of the…...
Land's the thing in new multimedia exhibit on Mies van der Rohe-designed Farnsworth House
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (552+ words) The Edith Farnsworth House with Polaris," an image from the exhibition INHABIT: Edith Farnsworth House and Environs in Four Seasons. But the residence is only half the story. Often overlooked is the beautiful 60-acre Fox River site on which the…...
South Side church seeks to reawaken Stony Island's architectural slice of ancient Persia
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (985+ words) The ornate main entrance of the Rev. John L. Conner Fellowship Hall, 7901 S. Stony Island Ave. The busy intersection of 79th Street, Stony Island and South Chicago avenues " where the Chicago Skyway ramps lash overhead and the suited-and-booted Nation of Islam brothers sell…...
Developer takes a new stroke at Calumet Country Club development, saying golf is finished there
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (669+ words) Calumet Country Club at 2136 175th St. in Hazel Crest. Since buying the Calumet Country Club in 2020, developer Walt Brown Jr. has whiffed on several tries to transform the south suburban golf course into a commercial complex. But now, amid interest from…...
City to seek landmark status for a neo-Gothic hall on the De Paul University campus
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (646+ words) The city's landmarks commission will consider landmark status for Cortelyou Commons, 2324 N. Fremont St. , in Lincoln Park. A 96-year-old Collegiate Gothic building on the De Paul University campus is being considered Thursday for preliminary landmark status. The city's landmarks commission will…...
Art Institute of Chicago reopens European design galleries after three-year renovation project
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (641+ words) The Art Institute of Chicago reopens its Eloise W. Martin Galleries on Friday after a redesign by Spanish firm Barozzi Veiga. After being closed for refurbishment since January 2024, the Art Institute of Chicago's 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century European design galleries will reopen Friday…...