As 1871 prepares to exit the iconic Merchandise Mart, discover how this reflects the growth and diversification of Chicago's ...

For centuries, fire was one of the major fears for city-dwellers. Dense cities built largely of wood could – and did – burn.

The Chicago flag tells a story in its stars and stripes, and there is meaning behind each of the elements of the iconic banner.

Happy Birthday, Chicago. Tuesday marks the city’s 188th birthday. The March 4 date recognizes the city of Chicago’s official ...

The nonprofit organization has been putting out the list of what it calls imminently threatened historic buildings and community assets since 2002, in hopes of saving them from demolition.

The eight-story, Italianate-style building was among the first to rise from the ashes of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, but now ...

For the first time in the 22-year history of Preservation Chicago’s annual ranking of the city’s seven most endangered ...

At the top of Preservation Chicago's annual list of endangered buildings is one built on Randolph Street just after the ...

Randolph St., an eight-story, Italianate-style building that was among the first to rise from the ashes of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, is nearly vacant, deteriorating and stuck in redevelopment ...

It features attractions that depict significant events and modes of travel from the 1800s, such as the Chicago Fire of 1871, horse-drawn trolleys, sternwheel steamboats, and the Lewis and Clark ...