Welcome back Pedaling Preservation, October edition. This post, we decided to branch out to the west side of the Fox, a first for us at PP (not in real life, just in terms of the […]
Stewart Hall
Welcome to PP’s July edition post! We hope you and yours had a great 4th of July holiday. Let us dive right in this month, shall we? INTRO: In this post we are researching Stewart Hall. […]
St. John’s Lutheran Church
So much has happened since our last post. Surely I could go into great detail, but I think I will be coy and mysterious. You can’t see it, but I just winked. More regular posts to begin […]
Pedaling Preservation Presentation
Good tidings Pedaling Preservation fans! On January 30th, we were given the wonderful opportunity to present at the Elgin Literary Festival. We cannot begin to tell you how rewarding and humbling that experience was being able […]
Elgin Masonic Temple
Welcome back intrepid readers to our first post of 2016. We are happy to see you (virtually) and happy to be back blogging. A special thanks to all who came out on January 30 for our presentation […]
Klinger Saloon – 107 E. Highland Ave
In 1885 Elgin voted in a new Mayor by a stark landslide. Henry B. Willis beat his opponent Frank B. Parkins by taking in 71.8% of the vote, securing 1,370 to Parkins’ 537. It marked […]
Nerd Word of the Week v.2
Welcome back to the second edition of Nerd Word of the Week! This week the word we’re going to discuss is: Integrity. In the world of historic preservation integrity holds a little bit different of a […]
Nerd Word of the Week
Welcome lovely PP people. So here’s what is up. In this blog there are many phrases and terms that are used for many reasons. Some are used so I sound smart, but others are used because […]
Elgin Professional Building
Pedaling Preservation has been quite busy as of late, and it’s fantastic. While we’ve been brainstorming on how to bring you all more content — and hopefully more bikes — one of our friends Eileen […]
First Universalist Church of Elgin
Hello intrepid blog readers! We are already on our third installment of Blog 2.0…we’re just growing up so fast. Next thing you know we’ll be going through our rebellious teenage years and only post new […]
