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Midwest

Midwest gathers the core geography of the library, connecting industrial cities, small towns, civic centers, campuses, and endangered places across the region.

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Broader term: United States

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Research In Midwest

1,090 published articles

Gary Electric Grid

Research Record

Updated 2026

Gary Electric Grid and Storm Resilience

Gary Utility / Energy Infrastructure Active

Nearly 100 mph winds damaged hundreds of poles, closed schools, interrupted businesses and medical needs, and turned community centers into essential emergency infrastructure.

Place
Gary Electric Grid
Sources
4
Updated
2026
500 North Michigan Avenue

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Updated 2026

500 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago

Chicago Commercial Building Adaptive Reuse

The 24-story tower will keep ground-floor retail while vacant offices become housing and a new rooftop level changes the building's original profile.

Place
500 North Michigan Avenue
Coverage
Exact
Sources
3
Updated
2026
LeClaire Courts

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Updated 2026

LeClaire Courts Redevelopment, Chicago

Chicago Residential Complex Under Redevelopment

Financing closed in August 2026 for two six-story buildings with 183 mixed-income homes, beginning a long-delayed return of housing to the cleared Garfield Ridge...

Place
LeClaire Courts
Coverage
Exact
Sources
3
Updated
2026
Stone Medical Center

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Updated 2026

Stone Medical Center, Chicago

Chicago Campus / Institutional Endangered

A 28-story apartment tower will replace a labor and health-care building whose atrium and paired Brotherhood Monument sculptures gave the corner a distinctive public...

Place
Stone Medical Center
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Exact
Sources
3
Updated
2026
Ann Sather Building

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Updated 2026

Ann Sather Building, 909 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago

Chicago Commercial Building Demolished / Lost

The restaurant relocated, but the loss of its longtime building closes a distinct chapter in the commercial life surrounding the Belmont elevated station.

Place
Ann Sather Building
Coverage
Exact
Sources
3
Updated
2026
Second Church of Christ, Scientist

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Updated 2026

Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago

Chicago Campus / Institutional Adaptive Reuse

The Pine Grove project preserves a monumental street presence while replacing the sanctuary, dome, roof, and most of the historic building behind it.

Place
Second Church of Christ, Scientist
Coverage
Exact
Sources
3
Updated
2026
Ralph Waldo Emerson School

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Updated 2026

Ralph Waldo Emerson School, Gary

Gary Campus / Institutional Endangered

The oldest surviving school associated with Gary's nationally influential education system now sits inside an active debate over demolition, documentation, and what remains of...

Place
Ralph Waldo Emerson School
Coverage
Exact
Sources
4
Updated
2026
Froebel School Site

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Updated 2026

Froebel School Site, Gary

Gary Campus / Institutional Demolished / Lost

An Indiana historical marker at Fifteenth and Madison keeps a demolished school in public view as a place where educational innovation, immigration, Black migration,...

Place
Froebel School Site
Sources
3
Updated
2026
Horace Mann and Vohr School Campus

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Updated 2026

Horace Mann and Vohr School Campus, Gary

Gary Campus / Institutional Endangered

The west-side campus moved from 1920s Collegiate Gothic confidence to postwar expansion, closure, and a 2025 adverse-effect finding that makes documentation of both schools...

Place
Horace Mann and Vohr School Campus
Coverage
Exact
Sources
3
Updated
2026
Lew Wallace High School Site

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Updated 2026

Lew Wallace High School Site, Gary

Gary Campus / Institutional Demolished / Lost

The former Glen Park high school site shows how a celebrated civic institution can move from neighborhood anchor to closure, hazardous vacancy, demolition, and...

Place
Lew Wallace High School Site
Sources
5
Updated
2026
Tolleston School Site and Opportunity Campus

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Updated 2026

Tolleston School Site and Opportunity Campus, Gary

Gary Campus / Institutional Under Redevelopment

After demolition cleared three buildings, a public-private partnership began rebuilding the west-side site around a broader definition of learning and neighborhood support, with opening...

Place
Tolleston School Site and Opportunity Campus
Coverage
Exact
Sources
5
Updated
2026
168 North Clinton Street

Research Record

Updated 2026

168 North Clinton Street, Chicago

Chicago Commercial Building Demolished / Lost

The slow dismantling salvaged heavy timber and brick but erased one of the West Loop's remaining nineteenth-century loft buildings before a new use for...

Place
168 North Clinton Street
Coverage
Exact
Sources
3
Updated
2026

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