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2022
- Dec 1, 2022 A Study in Quadrangles: The University of Chicago Campus Dec 1, 2022
- Nov 1, 2022 The Fascinating Story of the Japanese Garden on Jackson Park’s Wooded Island Nov 1, 2022
- Oct 3, 2022 The Bagley House: One of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Earliest Independent Commissions Oct 3, 2022
- Sep 1, 2022 John Warner Norton and Chicago’s Mural Tradition Sep 1, 2022
- Aug 1, 2022 Drama on Astor Street Aug 1, 2022
- Jul 5, 2022 Under the Radar Works of the Talented and Prolific Benjamin H. Marshall Jul 5, 2022
- Jun 1, 2022 The Beautiful Buckingham Fountain Jun 1, 2022
- May 2, 2022 Chicago Celebrates Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th Birthday May 2, 2022
- Apr 4, 2022 Mary Long Rogers: Midcentury Landscape Architect and Urban Planner Apr 4, 2022
- Mar 1, 2022 Spotlight on Ravenswood’s Deagan Building Mar 1, 2022
- Feb 1, 2022 Ode to the American Foursquare Feb 1, 2022
- Jan 4, 2022 Huehl & Schmid: An Overlooked Architectural Firm That Shouldn’t Be Jan 4, 2022
2021
- Dec 1, 2021 Wilmette’s Gillson Park: A Gorgeous Historic Landscape that Stands the Test of Time Dec 1, 2021
- Nov 1, 2021 Learning from Lake Shore Drive Nov 1, 2021
- Oct 1, 2021 The Olmsted Legacy in Chicago Oct 1, 2021
- Sep 1, 2021 Women Who Built Chicago: Two Additional Hidden Figures Sep 1, 2021
- Aug 2, 2021 It’s All Happening at the Zoo Aug 2, 2021
- Jul 1, 2021 Spotlight on Chicago’s Patent Medicine Industry Jul 1, 2021
- Jun 1, 2021 The Architectural Legacy of Alexander L. Levy Jun 1, 2021
- May 3, 2021 Remembering the Adventure Playland on Washington Park’s Bynum Island May 3, 2021
- Apr 1, 2021 THE GREAT CHICAGO QUIZ SHOW: Now and Then Apr 1, 2021
- Mar 1, 2021 The Alarm: One of Chicago’s Oldest Public Monuments Mar 1, 2021
- Feb 1, 2021 Gertrude Deimel Kuh: Midcentury Landscape Architect Feb 1, 2021
- Jan 5, 2021 Meet the Steinbrechers Jan 5, 2021
2020
- Dec 1, 2020 Park Fieldhouses: A Chicago Innovation Dec 1, 2020
- Nov 2, 2020 From Swamps to Parks: Building Chicago’s Public Spaces Nov 2, 2020
- Oct 1, 2020 Promontory Point: A Lovely Lakefront Landscape Oct 1, 2020
- Sep 1, 2020 Anna Baird: Early 20th Century Developer and Builder of High-Grade Apartments in Chicago Sep 1, 2020
- Aug 3, 2020 Cough Drop Magnate and Modern Architect: Morris N. Fox and John V. McPherson Aug 3, 2020
- Jul 1, 2020 A Woman Worth Remembering: Mrs. Anna Walker Jul 1, 2020
- Jun 1, 2020 Boon or Boondoggle?: WPA Crafts Workers in Chicago’s Parks Jun 1, 2020
- May 1, 2020 Growing Together: Chicago’s Community Gardening Tradition May 1, 2020
- Apr 1, 2020 The Marvelous Mrs. Emily Ryerson Apr 1, 2020
- Mar 2, 2020 How Things Have Changed: The History of Winter Sports in Chicago’s Parks Mar 2, 2020
- Feb 3, 2020 Dr. Max Thorek: A Remarkable Chicagoan Feb 3, 2020
- Jan 6, 2020 Chicago’s Apartment Hotels of the Roaring Twenties Jan 6, 2020
2019
- Dec 2, 2019 Chicago’s Apartment Hotels of the 1910s Dec 2, 2019
- Nov 1, 2019 Michaelsen & Rognstad: Architects of Fanciful Jazz Age Buildings Nov 1, 2019
- Oct 1, 2019 Early 20th Century Women Architects in Chicago Oct 1, 2019
- Sep 3, 2019 Swedish Immigrants in Chicago’s Architectural History Sep 3, 2019
- Aug 1, 2019 Emil R. Zettler: Artist, Teacher, and Creator of Architectural Ornamentation Aug 1, 2019
- Jul 1, 2019 Charitas and its Sculptor: Ida McClelland Stout Jul 1, 2019
- Jun 3, 2019 Home on the Park Jun 3, 2019
- May 1, 2019 Lincoln Park: A Legacy on the Lakefront May 1, 2019
- Apr 1, 2019 Elizabeth Kimball Nedved: A Hidden Woman in Chicago’s Architectural History Apr 1, 2019
- Mar 1, 2019 Prairie Style in the Parks Mar 1, 2019
- Feb 1, 2019 A World Apart: Chicago’s Imperial Towers Feb 1, 2019
- Jan 7, 2019 Landscape Art Under Glass Jan 7, 2019
2018
- Dec 3, 2018 Reaching for the Stars Dec 3, 2018
- Nov 1, 2018 The Nature of Park Landscapes Nov 1, 2018
- Oct 1, 2018 If the Walls Could Talk Oct 1, 2018
- Sep 4, 2018 Her Story: Chicago Women in History Sep 4, 2018
- Aug 1, 2018 Life is But a Dream Aug 1, 2018
- Jul 2, 2018 Inside Out: The Art Institute and Chicago’s Grant Park Jul 2, 2018
- Jun 1, 2018 Paris in Chicago: French Influences on the Development of Grant Park Jun 1, 2018
- May 1, 2018 The Bright City: Chicago’s Second World’s Fair May 1, 2018
- Apr 2, 2018 Pot Roast Among the Trees Apr 2, 2018
- Mar 1, 2018 Art in the Parks Mar 1, 2018
- Feb 1, 2018 Chicago’s Jewish Architects: A Legacy of Modernism Feb 1, 2018
- Jan 8, 2018 Chicago Neighborhoods Then and Now Jan 8, 2018
2017
- Dec 1, 2017 Family Connections Dec 1, 2017
- Nov 1, 2017 Hiding in Plain Sight Nov 1, 2017
- Oct 2, 2017 Jens Jensen and Humboldt Park Oct 2, 2017
- Sep 1, 2017 Chicago Parkitecture Sep 1, 2017
- Aug 1, 2017 Cycling in the City Aug 1, 2017
- Jun 30, 2017 Can You Believe It’s Already July? Jun 30, 2017
- Jun 1, 2017 Thank You, Friends of the Parks, for a Great Honor – and a Call to Action Jun 1, 2017
- May 1, 2017 Flashlight Tour and How Jackson Park Got Its Wooded Island May 1, 2017
- Apr 6, 2017 Happy 150th Birthday Dwight Heald Perkins! (a little late…) Apr 6, 2017
- Mar 7, 2017 Farewell to the Chicago Park District and Tale of the Archives Mar 7, 2017

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