Daywatch: Is the green dye in the Chicago River safe for fish?
Good morning, Chicago. Every year as part of the city’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, thousands of onlookers clad in green cheer on a boat crew sprinkling orange powder into the Chicago River to ...
Preservation Chicago’s full ‘Most Endangered’ list of historic buildings, districts and objects at risk
These Chicago churches, schools, warehouse districts and even wooden double-hung windows could be lost to demolition if ...
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Clean geothermal energy to heat and cool West Woodlawn homes: ‘An example for the entire country.’
(Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune) Interest is growing on the state level as well. Since 2021, seven states have passed laws ...
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Once anchored by a McDonald’s, 150-year-old Delaware Building tops Preservation Chicago’s most endangered list
For the first time in the 22-year history of Preservation Chicago’s annual ranking of the city’s seven most endangered ...
DOGE says it’s closing Hoffman Estates’ Obama Presidential Library site, but federal officials had already announced lease ending
Federal officials who run the temporary facility said in mid-2024 that they planned to exit the lease and move the Barack ...