After 20 years of battling for its building, the nascent institution’s most significant challenges lie ahead.
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Preliminary landmark approval won’t save a historic Old Town three-flat
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks has approved preliminary landmark status for West Burton Place, but can’t rescind a recent demolition permit.
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Old Town’s historic West Burton Place may soon have an alien intruder
A Victorian three-flat on historic West Burton Place faces demolition unless the city designates the unique street a historic district.
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Vivian Maier in the burbs: As good as her New York work?
A new exhibit of the street photographer’s work focuses on her Chicago area photographs—but are they as good as her earlier work?
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Vivian Maier, cottage industry
Vivian Maier is the subject of an ever-growing number of exhibits and studies. Does the legend do her justice?
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Chicago River, the symphony, and the book that inspired it
The Chicago River, a new jazz symphony by Orbert Davis, was inspired by The Lost Panoramas, a book that documents the reversal of the Chicago River.
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Best Press Dedicated to Documenting Chicago History Through Photographs
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CityFiles Press: the little press that could (and does)
The authors of The Lost Panoramas: When Chicago Changed Its River and the Land Beyondon Saturday, December 17, at 11 AM at the Book Stall at Chestnut Court in Winnetka.
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Culture Vultures: Pyramids, the arts season kicks off, and Re-Thinking Soup
In-the-know Chicagoans tell the Reader what they’re watching, reading, and seeing
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Art for Living
A slide show of the decorative work of Chicago’s Edgar Miller.
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Chicago Art Deco Society Discussion on Edgar Miller and the Handmade Home
The authors of a new book on Chicago artist Edgar Miller are scheduled to speak at the Chicago Art Deco Society.
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Risk-Free Theater
The Driehaus Foundation offers a money-back guarantee on El Grito del Bronx, a joint production of Collaboraction and Teatro Vista.