The city’s local architecture, particularly historic buildings in neighborhoods and surrounding suburbs, receives far less attention. Local architects and builders embraced design trends and technological innovations set by the city’s acclaimed architectural community, producing fine specimens in places far removed from Chicago’s Loop. A series of books, Local Chicago Architecture, uncover and cel
ebrate historic architecture in Chicago’s unexpected communities. Local architecture includes the homes and buildings around us, often taken for granted. Many live among history in charming and walkable communities that are also vital and functioning. Historic places are everyday places; where we live, where we worship, where we work, where we go to school, and where we shop. Historic buildings are strong assets within a community giving each a unique sense of place among other Chicago towns and neighborhoods. They are worth continued recognition and preservation.
