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Most endangered Chicago buildings list includes Pope Leo’s childhood church and Art Institute trading room • Capital One laying off another 1,100-plus employees at former Discover headquarters in Riverwoods
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Thursday, March 5, 2026

Preservation Chicago’s full ‘Most Endangered’ list of historic buildings, districts and objects at risk

Each year since 2003, Preservation Chicago has highlighted historical places or objects that could be lost to demolition if action is not taken to restore them.

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Most endangered Chicago buildings list includes Pope Leo’s childhood church and Art Institute trading room

Pope Leo XIV’s childhood church and the Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room at the Art Institute made Preservation Chicago’s annual ranking of the city’s most endangered buildings.

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Capital One laying off another 1,100-plus employees at former Discover headquarters in Riverwoods

Capital One is laying off another 1,139 employees at the former Discover headquarters in Riverwoods, a second wave of downsizing following the credit card giants’ megamerger last year.

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Meta set to spend $750K backing Illinois statehouse candidates as AI and social media legislation looms

A super PAC created by Meta has spent nearly $340,000 on on mailers and digital advertising to support four Chicago and Chicago-area Democratic state House primary candidates.

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Gold Coast 5-bedroom home with glass conservatory: $3.9M

This four-level, five-bedroom home was originally built in 1880 and renovated between 2013 and 2015, preserving the historic brick facade.

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‘Brady Bunch’ house, used in exterior shots for the popular sitcom, gets LA landmark status

The LA city council voted unanimously on Wednesday to designate the the so-called “Brady Bunch” house in the San Fernando Valley as a historic-cultural monument.

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The UAW organized two southern auto plants but its progress has slowed

Optimism around an ambitious United Auto Workers campaign has faded.

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Chicago Fire break ground on $750 million South Loop soccer stadium, transforming the sports landscape

The Chicago Fire hosted a groundbreaking event for their privately funded $750 million soccer stadium on a vacant former rail yard in the South Loop, staking their turf in the city’s competitive sports landscape.

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