Preservation Chicago unveiled its annual list of the city's seven most threatened historic places Wednesday. The list is exclusively hospitals, movie houses and churches, but the represent parts of Chicago history they and others believe need to be preserved. more ›

An informational meeting on the proposal will be held April 24 at the Thompson Center. more ›

This is a collection of Chicago's baby photos. See the Adler Planetarium, Navy Pier, the Northern Trust Bank Building, Harper Library, the Mandel Brothers Store and the LaSalle Hotel, then and now. more ›

To celebrate the Chicago Theatre's 90th birthday today, we dug deep to find some favorite photos of the interior, detail and the theater's famous marquee. Enjoy. more ›

Needless to say, we were a bit disappointed when we saw the #1 most "unusual" Chicago spot was... Oz Park. more ›

Today's agenda for the city Landmarks Commission includes a preliminary landmark recommendation hearing for the former Chicago Motor Club building that, if granted, could give the building a new lease on life. more ›

We thought it might be time for a reader challenge. We're giving you anagrams of 10 Chicago landmarks and asking you to identify them. To make it more interesting and because we just considered going to the zoo again, each anagram is written on a picture of a Brookfield zoo animal. more ›

Preservation Chicago announced its 7 most endangered buildings today, and on the list are surprise entries Grant Park and the Landmarks Ordinance. Also cited are Norwood Park, the American Book Company Building, the Devon Ave commercial district, the Booker Building and the Daily News building. more ›

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks gave its OK to Wrigley Field today to add 70 more seats along the third-base line and some new digital signs along the grandstands. Or as everyone seems saying, "signage." Gaaah. There are already 82 "bullpen box seats" on the first-base side, and now that Wrigley has updated its drainage system, there's room for more money/seats on the third-base side, too. more ›

- People keep giving Barack Obama money. This quarter he raised $34 million for his Presidential campaign. - Capitalism in action: The Mercantile Exchange will cut 400 Board of Trade jobs in their merger and receive as much as $40 million in aid from the city to assist in getting the world's biggest futures market off and running. - The Chicago Landmarks Commission designates 208 S. LaSalle with landmark status. - Another Whole Foods... more ›

If you take a walk down Erie just a few blocks west of the hustle-and-bustle (and slow-walking) of Michigan Avenue, you'll find yourself surrounded by grand, newly-rehabbed architecture of yesteryear — namely, the Cable House, Nickerson House, and the John B. Murphy Auditorium. What began as admiration by a young man named Richard Driehaus turned into a full-fledged labor of love. Driehaus noticed the old mansions years ago, when he would park on Erie to... more ›

Wellsir, after much hemming and hawing, it is done. The last nail was rammed into the coffin yesterday for the Farwell Building. At a special meeting to determine the edifice’s fate, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks approved a plan to destroy it and rebuild it entirely, using only the current façade in the new construction. Commissioners passed it sweepingly with an 8-1 vote, believing that this was the best fate for the crumbling Farwell. Technically... more ›

Here we go again. more ›

The architectural preservationist signal went up all over town Thursday afternoon. On that day, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks went to vote on the fate of the Farwell Building, an Art Deco/French-inspired edifice at 664 N. Michigan. Prism Development Company, the Farwell's current owner, put their proposal in front of the board: To strip the outside of the 11-story landmarked building of its facade, demolish the skeleton, and reattach the facade to a newly-built 40-story... more ›

For the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, the answer is simple: put down the blowtorch. This year, two high-profile historic buildings have been destroyed by torch-related accidents. The Pilgrim Baptist Church, a centenarian Adler and Sullivan beauty, smoldered in January, and just a few weeks ago, scrap workers accidentally torched the Wirt Dexter Building using the same tool. The LPC calls for new laws restricting such cutting and welding operations at historic sites. Beyond these... more ›

Krause Music Store? more ›

After yesterday’s “curiosities” we were beginning to doubt the Tribune’s commitment to Sparkle Motion. Um, the Loop. Anyway, they get back in the groove today with an “Unusual Tour.” While it’s pretty tough to get off the beaten path while on the city’s most beaten path, the Trib gives it a good try. As promised, the recap; drum roll, please. more ›