# Forgotten Chicago

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**Forgotten Chicago** is an organization that seeks to discover and document little-known elements of [Chicago](/source/Chicago)'s infrastructure, [architecture](/source/Architecture), neighborhoods, and general cityscape, existing or historical.

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 free presentations at area libraries. Forgotten Chicago has received many accolades including being named one of [*Chicago* Magazine](/source/Chicago_(magazine))'s 171 best Chicago websites in February 2008 and is featured in the *[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)*, *[The Times of Northwest Indiana](/source/The_Times_of_Northwest_Indiana)*, *[Time Out Chicago](/source/Time_Out_Chicago)*, and local radio.[1][2]

## History

Forgotten Chicago was founded by Jacob Kaplan, Serhii Chrucky, and Corinne Aquino in November 2007.[3][4]

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 [Twitter](/source/Twitter) and [Facebook](/source/Facebook).

## See also

- [Forgotten NY](/source/Forgotten_NY)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Kaplan, Jacob; Chrucky, Serhii (February 27, 2008). ["Forgotten Chicago's favorite finds"](https://web.archive.org/web/20260206180230/https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?clippingId=190712701). *[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)*. p. 2:6. Archived from [the original](https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-forgotten-chicagos-favo/190712701/) on February 6, 2026. Retrieved February 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Historical Society"](https://web.archive.org/web/20260206180538/https://img.newspapers.com/img/img?clippingId=190712890). *[The Times of Northwest Indiana](/source/The_Times_of_Northwest_Indiana)*. April 19, 2009. p. 64. Archived from [the original](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-historical-society/190712890/) on February 6, 2026. Retrieved February 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-treasure_3-0)** Johnson, Steve (February 27, 2008). ["The treasure seekers"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-the-treasure-seekers-pa/190708858/). *[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)*. Retrieved February 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.{{[cite news](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-bygone_4-0)** Kogan, Rick (February 3, 2013). ["Site keeps city's bygone parts alive"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-site-keeps-citys-bygone/190709481/). *[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)*. p. 4:3. Retrieved February 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.{{[cite news](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

## External links

- [Forgotten Chicago](http://forgottenchicago.com/)

- [Forgotten Chicago](http://forgottenchicago.com/forum/) message board

- [Forgotten Chicago Twitter](https://twitter.com/forgottenchi)

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