The historic but dilapidated 33-room, 125-year-old house was the residence of James "Big Jim" O'Leary, whose mother was blamed for starting the Great Chicago Fire.

The Chicago Historic Plaque pilot will help document the stories of historic homes and build neighborhood pride as preservation advocates grapple with the loss of old buildings.

Open House Chicago offers visitors a closer look at some of the area's most distinctive and unusual spaces, like Lake View Presbyterian Church, the Zen Buddhist Temple and the Wild Mile.

A recent visitor was told the motel’s rainbow-shaped sign would be “redone” soon. The Chicago Sign Museum fears the iconic sign could be scrapped, but has struggled to reach ownership for answers.

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The Ridge Historical Society in Chicago has thousands of artifacts and boxes of unsorted material it wants to make more accessible.

This one-time crown jewel of Chicago’s movie palaces has sat empty for decades amidst multiple attempts to revive the dormant, 101-year-old theater and restore it to its former glory.

Though the White City is long gone, and the land it once occupied has been reshaped, remnants of the fair still linger in Chicago and beyond – if you know where to look.

Landmarks Illinois and Preservation Chicago are working to protect a 33-room Englewood mansion built by notorious gambling boss James "Big Jim" O'Leary around the turn of the 20th century.

Thursday, Oct. 8 marks the 155th anniversary of the start of the Great Chicago Fire. The disaster claimed thousands of Chicago buildings in 1871, but one building tied to the Chicago Fire legend is…

First unveiled above the concourse in 1929, John Warner Norton's “Gathering the News, Printing the News, Transporting the News” is now in storage at Mana Contemporary.

The bar revealed its last day of service on Instagram after announcing in February it would be closing to make way for an apartment building.

The structure’s south entrance will be put to use for the first time in more than a century, just in time for the Obama Presidential Center opening nearby this summer.

A fundraiser to save the Far South Side bowling alley drew over $25,000 in donations, but that still wasn't enough for the second-generation owners to fix the alley’s financial problems.

The project is the first substantial exterior repair the Greenstone United Methodist Church has seen since its 1882 construction.

Chris Bauman, of Zenith Music Group, has applied for grants and begun cleaning the interior of the historical theater, which went into receivership under the previous owner.

The venue, opening April 18 in the renovated McCormick Mansion, has 37 showrooms, hidden rooms and dining options. Tickets start at $225.

Kelsey and Andrew McClellan founded the Chicago Sign Museum last year. It works to save vintage signs that are at risk of being erased by cheap vinyl graphics.

The $1 million job includes repairing and removing the 24-foot statue's worn and flaking gold leaf and applying a new layer of the micro-thin substance over the entire work.

There are about 30 mid-century neon signs remaining in Chicago — but no clear incentives for owners to keep them up when their small businesses close, preservationists said.

Hyde Park residents and advocates fear an Army Corps erosion plan to protect the lakefront could harm the rare natural refuge in Hyde Park.

Despite its presence in Chicago pop culture, as an icon of South Side architecture, Pride Cleaners is not a Chicago landmark.

Despite architect Stanley Tigerman’s fame and enduring influence, none of his buildings enjoy landmark protection.

The Argyle Street store's owners sold the sign to an Indiana collector as they prepare to move their business across the street. It is the second iconic neon sign moved out of the city in the past mon...

A fundraiser to save the Far South Side bowling alley drew over $25,000 in donations, but that still wasn't enough for the second-generation owners to fix the alley’s financial problems.

A fundraiser to save the Far South Side bowling alley drew over $25,000 in donations, but that still wasn't enough for the second-generation owners to fix the alley’s financial problems.

This photographer shot 500 album covers and won a Grammy, but after he died, his work quietly disappeared

The $1 million job includes repairing and removing the 24-foot statue's worn and flaking gold leaf and applying a new layer of the micro-thin substance over the entire work.