Research Region
Chicago works as a place-based view into the library, connecting 584 published records that show how this locality changes across type, status, and theme within Illinois.
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Updated 2026
Built in 1901 as the 50-room Dearborn Manor, the four-story brick-and-limestone building is being restored after spending most of the period since 1990 carefully...
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Designed by William Le Baron Jenney for Siegel, Cooper & Company, the block-long State Street building now tests whether an early department store can...
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After decades of advocacy and funding uncertainty, the Red Line Extension has moved into construction, making the future 103rd, 111th, Michigan, and 130th station...
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A May 2026 zoning committee restart pushed several West Loop apartment projects forward, making the corridor a useful place to track how Chicago converts...
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A payment system installed at beach parking lots in 2026 makes visible an old Chicago question in a new format: how public is the...
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A restored natural area wrapped around waterway aeration infrastructure became a citywide symbol in May 2026 when bald eagle hatchlings were confirmed and the...
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The May 2026 naming-rights announcement makes the Fire's privately funded stadium a sharper marker for how The 78 is being turned from undeveloped riverfront...
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The first major update to Chicago's green infrastructure strategy in more than a decade gives the Research Library a citywide frame for tracking stormwater,...
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The May 2026 topping-out milestone makes the former media-production site a live research subject about North Branch redevelopment, casino urbanism, construction governance, and public...
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A first demolition permit turns a Lincoln Park retail assemblage into a research subject about downzoned ambition, surface parking, infill economics, and the gap...
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A preliminary landmark recommendation and Class L incentive request give the former newspaper headquarters a research frame that connects architecture, rail air rights, riverfront...
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Opened in 1975 as a high-rise shopping and mixed-use destination on North Michigan Avenue, Water Tower Place is now entering a $170 million-plus redevelopment...
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