There are 19 buildings in the West Loop that do, in fact, have historical designations, but most lack a plaque. Fairbanks took note of the missing plaques as she wrote her book, "Chicago's West ...

Each year since 2003, Preservation Chicago has highlighted historical places or ... top are the Century and Consumers buildings, a pair of century-old Loop skyscrapers that were threatened ...

CEO of the Chicago Loop Alliance. “The unfortunate part is GSA has owned these buildings, which are critically important to State Street, for years and left them empty and rotting. They have not ...

In addition to free access to these buildings, participants can take self-guided historical ... out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the news you need to know with the Chicago Catch-Up newsletter.

Two buildings that have fallen into decrepitude but represent pillars of Chicago’s history — one of the first structures built in the Loop after the 1871 fire, and a house in Austin designed b ...

A woman in Chicago's West Loop has launched a mission to preserve the history of her neighborhood. Connie Fairbanks noticed that buildings that earned historic designations often have not gotten ...