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The organization exposes many of these often-overlooked elements of Chicago's built environment to a wide audience to increase interest in their preservation. In addition to conducting research and publishing articles on its website, Forgotten Chicago also leads neighborhood walking tours and holds
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Their web presence underwent a major re-design in January 2009 with feature improvements, revised and updated content, and more ways for the public to get involved with the organization through
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free presentations at area libraries. Forgotten Chicago has received many accolades including being named one of
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is an organization that seeks to discover and document little-known elements of
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