Chicago architecture

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks set a Thursday hearing to grant preliminary landmark status.

It remains the last building that Adler & Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright all formally worked on.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he's mainly glad the Lucas Museum will be here and not in San Francisco.

The Wrigley Building was lauded for its rehab project, the Fornightly Club for its stewardship.

The Zoing Committee also backed landmark status for the Wholesale Furniture Exposition Building.

The Landmarks Commission moved to protect the Polish National Alliance Building and grant a tax break.

The facade of the Egyptian Revival-style former Cairo Supper Club building will be protected.

The massive Lakeside Center East Building could offer a blank slate for the Obama Presidential Library.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel called the sign "architecturally tasteless" and was seeking ways to have it altered.

Ward Miller of Preservation Chicago said the best site for the museum couldn't be more obvious.

Gang's work also includes the new boathouse in Roscoe Village and the Aqua building downtown.

Old Irving Park resident Wilfredo Cruz has a new book that tells the neighborhood's history in pictures.

Stanley Tigerman is depicted in the new mural at the Boardwalk Apartments, 4343 N. Clarendon Ave.

A former discount department store will soon turn into affordable housing for elderly.