Matthew Kaplan On Sunday, October 24, 2021, Forgotten Chicago collaborated with the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University for a top-to-bottom walking tour exploring Illinois Center and Lakeshore East. Previously offered by Forgotten Chicago in 2016, this is the only known comprehensive tour offered of this area rich
Matthew Kaplan On Saturday, October 16, 2021 Forgotten Chicago partnered with the Chicago Chapter of Docomomo/US for an exclusive walking tour of Peterson Avenue. Celebrating Docomomo’s theme of Travel & Leisure in 2021, this tour included one of Chicago’s greatest neon restaurant signs and an auto-oriented motel
Chicago Public Library Archives. Harold Washington Library Center, Design Build Competition Records Canadian architect Arthur Erickson’s 1988 proposal for the Harold Washington Library Center would have dramatically spanned the CTA elevated tracks over Van Buren and created a landscaped park on State Street. During the final selection process, competition
Top: Master Plan of Residential Land Use of Chicago, 1943 Bottom: Jack Delano, 1943 Beginning in the 1850s, the area bounded by Lake Michigan, the Chicago River, Beaubien Court and Randolph Street was property of the Illinois Central Railroad and contained train tracks, passenger and freight terminals and warehouses. Since
Architectural Forum, 1954 As illustrated in 1954, Chicago’s South Loop contained an enormous amount of land related to railroad use. Much of this land would be redeveloped throughout the twentieth century, tremendously changing the character of this neighborhood. On January 28, 2021, Forgotten Chicago and the Chaddick Institute for