Crain's has new coverage of the slow process to find new use for St. Mary of Assumption, Pope Leo's home parish, which has languished for years and has significant unaddressed structural needs:
Dearborn, Fire, Columbia, and Progress
Science has made great strides in ice cream that is easily scoopable right out of the freezer technology
It's gonna be really embarrassing for Chicago if all these progressives and demsocs get elected mayor in major US cities and we end up with a moderate in 2027 because there's no Johnsonmentum left and the field is crowded and chaotic and Urban Center is a lot more organized than they were last time
From the listing photos, it seemed like an excellent candidate for a sympathetic restoration. So much still intact that was original or vintage. I wish it had found a preservation-minded buyer, but it's too late now.
Thank you to @ninametz.bsky.social for writing about our current Block House Gallery show, and to Tribune photographer Troy Stolt for taking some lovely photos during the opening reception!
Read Nina's coverage, and plan a visit to the Block House Gallery before the show closes July 11th.
I am very sad to learn that 2037 West Rice, one of the most unique two-flats in the city, was demolished this week.
Here's detailed photos from when it sold last year after five decades in one family: www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/2...
1/2 The Floating Museum's for Mecca will be displayed on the field next to the National Public Housing Museum from 10-7 starting next Wednesday, June 24. This iteration of the exhibition will feature photographs specific to the Jane Addams Homes & the people who lived there.