The statue has stood on the tower of the Montgomery Ward and Co. administration building since 1929. Constructed in 1927 on the east bank of the Chicago River, the building is now condominiums.

Image Judy Vazquez, left, and other protesters had sought to prevent the removal of the Pietà statue from the shuttered St. Adalbert Church in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. WHY WE’RE HERE We ...

An iconic Chicago statue is getting a break from the winter weather, for some repair and restoration work. The Spirit of Progress has been atop the former Montgomery Ward Administration Building ...

The Archdiocese of Chicago has said it plans ... It was demolished in 2013 after its own Pieta statue was removed. The preservation group wants the building designated a landmark by the city ...

executive director of Preservation Chicago, among the groups that has championed keeping the statue inside St. Adalbert. "It's undermining the building's wholeness, its design, its representation ...

Bob Newhart seated near a statue in his likeness as Dr. Robert Hartley at its 2004 unveiling. Photo: David Klobucar/Chicago Tribune The 16-story building at 5901 N. Sheridan Road in Edgewater is ...

The statue has stood on the tower of the Montgomery Ward and Co. administration building since 1929. Constructed in 1927 on the east bank of the Chicago River, the building is now condominiums.