The Music Institute of Chicago has retained BEHLES+BEHLES to help restore the front porch at Nichols Hall, its performance venue in Evanston. Nichols Hall, a venerated Evanston historic structure, has been slowly watching it's Indiana Limestone front porch and stairway succumb to the elements. A century of freeze-thaw cycles and road salt has left the grand stairway in a ruinous state and beyond repair. Next Spring B+B plans to complete a full replacement of stone stairs, landings and porch slabs, restoring the limestone beauty to its former glory.