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@JoshMoulton Beautiful historic sign and Chicago legacy business, but the building and sign is not an official Chicago Landmark. But maybe one day, as part of a River North Landmark District! That can't come soon enough after the demolition of Superior and Wells!

I did a big painting of this 20 years ago (see in comments). Might have to do another from this pic I took yesterday. Different angle than my other painting. Did you know this sign has landmark status? It was taken down temporarily years ago and caused a stir.

@Fascinate_Hist These are exterior bronze revolving door entry gates, part of the former C. D. Peacock Jewelry Store on State Street in Chicago. So, not elevator doors. They are part of the Palmer House Hotel, said to be crafted by Tiffany, and protected by a Chicago Landmark Designation!

How Art Deco does Elevator Doors. Chicago. 1925.

@LEEBEY Kudos, Lee!! Amazing work!

Discover Card turned a closed Target at 86th & Cottage Grove into the Chatham Customer Care Center and Shine Bright Community Center a few years ago and chose two of my South Side images to turn into giant photo murals inside the place. I finally stopped by yesterday to see them.

@barrybutler9 @NWSChicago It's an Impressionist Monet painting!!

Psychedelic Polar Vortex. Chicago on this day in 2019, the temperature was minus-21 at sunrise with a windchill of minus-51. #chiberia #chicago #winter

@LEEBEY Congratulations, Lee! Sounds like a marvelous project!!

I'll be the guest speaker this coming Sunday at 11:30am at Third Unitarian Church, 301 N. Mayfield. Come check me out. The talk is free. I'll be discussing and showing pix from my upcoming West Side architecture book. And the church by modernist Paul Schweikher, is a beaut.

@fynmere @BuildingChi @Pres_Chicago How very true! A beautifully wonderful renovated house by a legendary restaurant owner, which had an award-winning garden with a grand fountain! Such a loss on a block which we tried to Landmark, with community support, but politics got in the way!

And the fence of death is up, windows removed, interior looks fully stripped out. Her final days numbered. 2219 N Fremont, to be razed for no meaningful reason. This morning, Dec 9th.

Lu Palmer's Bronzeville mansion is back up for sale — but the founder of the Obsidian Collection is still planning to bring a Black history archive to the neighborhood. blockclubchi.co/4nxdZv9

Gene & Georgetti owner says the city is pushing her out at Midway to make way for Bally's sports bar chicagotribune.com/2025/10/29/gen…

As church memberships decline, area developers are transforming the structures into unique housing 'From Impossible to Inevitable', St. Boniface Church was a Preservation Chicago 2003 Chicago 7 Most Endangered. And after 20 years of advocacy, it's been a beautifully adaptively reused as residential "Miller said communities build and anchor churches similar to the way they build public schools. Conversions “should always serve the community, and it gets a little tricky sometimes,” he said. “Should they (become) community centers? Residential buildings? Event centers? Music halls? Another religious organization?”" chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/rea…

@ChicagoDPD Excellent!

CDC approved $13.2 million in TIF for Hispanic Housing Development Corp.'s planned 60-unit affordable housing facility for elderly households at 1539 N. Pulaski Road in Humboldt Park. The $36.2 million project includes the adaptive reuse of the landmark Pioneer Arcade.

@Chicago_History That vacant lot in front of Gino's East is now the Nieman Marcus Store on North Michigan Avenue. Previously, it was the site of a beautiful Art Deco building, demolished in the 1970s, with an observatory atop!

Gino’s East pizzeria sign and parking lot (1976). In 1976, the Gino’s East pizzeria on Chicago’s Near North Side was a destination for locals and tourists craving deep-dish pizza. The neon sign, prominently displayed above the parking lot, became an iconic marker for one of Chicago’s most famous pizza spots. The restaurant, known for its casual atmosphere and signature buttery crust, attracted crowds who often had to wait for a table. Cars filled the lot, emphasizing its popularity during an era when Chicago’s food scene was gaining national attention. Gino’s East represented a piece of the city’s culinary identity, combining tradition and flavor in the heart of downtown. #ChicagoHistory 👈

@archpaper Hey! Why aren't the other longterm advocates noted in this article on the Thompson Center? We collectively worked to preserve this building and part of our "Most Endangered Lists!" Just sharing as the National Trust, Landmarks Illinois & Preservation Chicago gave it our all!

New renderings show what Google has in mind for a classic postmodern atrium from 1985 in the Chicago Loop by the late architect Helmut Jahn. Visuals reveal new bleacher seating, retail options, restaurants, and other amenities. ow.ly/XnnE50U2E8M

@53viroqua Turret Tuesday in the UK!

@BlairKamin The San Diego Tower by Helmut Jahn reminds one of his design of his Oakbrook Tower in Oakbrook, Illinois. Just an observation, especially with the way Hahn handled the top floors and "crown" of the structure.

Back in Chicago from San Diego, where I revisited Helmut Jahn’s One America Plaza office tower from the early 1990s. It’s a squat version of Jahn’s much-taller and thinner unbuilt design for a 1980s Houston skyscraper. The best part: the airy transit canopy attached to the base.

@ajlatrace Western Felt was also one of Preservation Chicago's-2024 Chicago 7 Most Endangered Buildings, as part of the Ogden-Keeler Industrial Building Complex of 3 structures. Another tragedy in a city that needs more protections in place for its historic buildings and for its people.

This is the old Western Felt Works building which was a part of the Ogden Keeler industrial corridor that preservationists and community residents had tried to save from redevelopment.

@Rainmaker1973 Just there in Ephesus a few weeks ago! An amazing place!

his is how Ancient Greece really looked like. This is a reconstruction of Curetes Street in Ancient Ephesus. It shows how colorful Ancient Greece was. Ephesus, was built in the 10th century BCE on the coast of Ionia. This is one of the greatest archaeological treasures on earth, with the entire city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The magnificent ancient ruins are now found in modern day Turkey. [reconstruction by Ádám Németh]

@53viroqua @KevinTempen Awful!

@KevinTempen @Pres_Chicago @53viroqua @maxeschavez Awful!

Took the green line south today & noticed that demolition has started on 1130 S Wabash. The middle of the building had been removed with a large excavator working from the skinny parking lot on the north side of the site. Didn’t get a pic. 🤬@Pres_Chicago @53viroqua @maxeschavez

@EricAllixRogers Happy Anniversary, Eric! ...from all of us at Preservation Chicago!

@maxeschavez Attended 1st to 3rd grade in the old Patterson-McCormick Mansion, pictured in the Stanford White designed building on Burton Street.

Cheating and picking four of my favorites from over the years