Elizabeth Blasius
About
Elizabeth Blasius is an architectural historian, writer, and cofounder of Preservation Futures, a Chicago-based firm exploring the future of historic preservation through research, action, and design. She works on preservation projects at the radical forefront of the preservation movement, including buildings designed in the 1980s, 1990s, and beyond. Elizabeth advocates to bring the recognition and resources of preservation into communities that have been historically overlooked. Prior to founding Preservation Futures in 2021, Elizabeth worked in natural disaster recovery and mitigation, providing guidance on the care of historic places in the aftermath of hurricanes, floods, and other acts of climate violence. She has been a monthly columnist for MAS Context since 2022.
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The National Public Housing Museum: A House Museum for the Future
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Chicagoland on Wheels: Roller Skating from the 1880s to the Present
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Florence Scala: The Joan of Arc of Chicago’s Near West Side
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Permastone and Formstone: Modern Marvels or the Margarine of Architecture
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The 1900 Galveston Storm: United States’ First Modern Natural Disaster
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The Return of Michigan Central Station: Interrogating Nostalgia
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Restoring the Sears, Roebuck & Company’s Sunken Garden
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The Century and Consumers Buildings: Their Complicated Saga and the Precedent They Might Set
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Past, Present, and Future of the Sarasota School of Architecture
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The Englewood Nature Trail: Urban Morphology and Community
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Gertrude Lempp Kerbis: A Career of Determination, Problem Solving, and Proactivity
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From Resources to Rubble: Evaluating Chicago’s Demolition Delay Ordinance in its Twentieth Year
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Threatened, Altered, and Demolished: Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates’ Built Work at Risk
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