Preservation Chicago

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks qualified newer buildings for protection on "Chicago's front porch."

Besides, Helmut Jahn said, when the rich spend big money on a memorial, "they don't want to share."

But the current owner of the building spanning Congress Parkway threatened "potential litigation."

The Archdiocese said it was considering "alternative arrangements" and would put off demolition.

IIT has requested a zoning change to turn the oldest building on campus into 84 housing units.

Preservation Chicago said several donors have pledged to pay to stabilize the burned church.

The only building owners to take a position remained neutral.

The Commercial National Bank Building was also the longtime home of Commonwealth Edison.

It's the last remaining piece of Piper's Alley as it was known in the '60s.

Two preservation groups will auction off pieces of a shuttered Loop CTA stop Friday night. 

A commission granted Bertrand Goldberg's iconic "corncob" buildings preliminary landmark status.

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

Ald. James Cappleman (46th) said the designation will help "send a message" to the park district.

A temple in Englewood, an Uptown synagogue and various neon signs throughout the city are on the list.

The Park District's Board of Commissioners takes up the issue at Wednesday's meeting.