Category: Chicago history
Historical information about Chicago, its neighborhoods and its housing.
Listen in on the last 10 years of residential development
Chicago Public Radio's 848 program ran a segment today on the recent history of city's urban lifestyle. Featuring interviews with several Windy City r [...]
Report: Developer hoping to attract art set to Woodlawn
Searching for large, cheap, customizable space in the city and coming up short? You might boost your odds by picking up a brush and a palette, accordi [...]
Say goodbye to public housing's critical mass
The Chicago Reporter recently rolled out an impressive package of articles and graphs documenting the decline of the Chicago Housing Authority's polit [...]
Jane Addams Homes building could become public housing museum
Supporters of a proposed Public Housing Museum in Chicago's near west side have six more months to raise $14 million for their project, according to t [...]
Green home shines in USGBC pilot program
It used to be a tavern, but now a century-old building at 1825 W. Wabansia Ave. in Bucktown has a new label: the first home in Chicago to go green und [...]
Spindle dodges bullet, again
I still remember when I first visited Chicago as a tourist. Friends in the area advised me: Don't go to Aurora and expect to find the Spindle. That ha [...]
More on the Hyde Park Co-Op's closing
Hyde Park Progress writes that the shareholders' buyout vote could aptly be termed a landslide. The vote margin (approximately 60 percent in favor ver [...]
Lake Michigan lecture at Edgewater Historical Society
Sure, you're probably a little sick of water right now, or at least the way we've had to experience it during the last few days, but that's no reason [...]
Take a video tour of Pullman
Join YoChicago's Kate Hawley on a tour of the historic Pullman neighborhood with developer Saul Klibanow, president of Park Bank Initiatives, Inc., [...]
Old Pullman factory sets a developer dreaming
Earlier this week we got a tour of historic Pullman from Saul Klibanow, president of Park Bank Initiatives, the nonprofit developer restoring sever [...]
Slipping the surly bonds of Uptown
"Although it was an elite nineteenth-century suburb, Edgewater was not recognized as distinct when scholars laid out the community areas in the 1920s. [...]
Daley alma mater to turn landmark theater green
Mayor Richard M. Daley recently introduced an ordinance that would clear the way for his alma mater, De La Salle Institute, 3455 S Wabash Ave, to pu [...]
Bistro Room21 – another key addition in South Loop
While we're on the topic of new South Loop businesses, it's big news for the 'hood that Room21, a former Al Capone brewery-turned-bistro, recently o [...]
A rainy day at the South Shore Cultural Center
Although the South Shore Cultural Center is not in Jackson Park Highlands, it has been the site of gatherings in honor of its residents, like Jesse [...]
Jackson Park Highlands filled with Tudors, Cape Cods
When city planners laid out the Jackson Park Highlands District in 1905, they included some rare features for the time period, like large front yard [...]
Preservation Chicago to protest the demolition of the Lake Shore Athletic Club
Preservation Chicago plans to rally against the proposed demolition of the Lake Shore Athletic Club on Sunday, June 3 at 1 p.m. The group is seeking [...]
Greek Islands stuck with West Loop as neighborhood transformed
In the spirit of West Loop week, we stopped by some local businesses to talk to them about how the area has changed and why they're located in the We [...]
Ornamental facade of the day: the old Belmont Sheffield Trust and Savings
Sculptures of human faces are among the decorations on the Belmont Sheffield Trust and Savings Bank building (now home to condos and shops) on the s [...]
Get to know Lincoln Park – 1 building at a time
It's one of the country's best-known neighborhoods, and there are worse ways to get a feel for it than browsing DePaul University Libraries' Lincoln P [...]
Tour historic Crilly Court with Edgar, Erminnie, Eugenie and Isabelle
It ain't a big area, but like the one outside Bermuda, Old Town's Triangle is larger than life. Old Town Triangle day is officially over at the [...]