Petitions
✉️
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FREE MONTH-IN REVIEW NEWSLETTER!
"Interested in Chicago Architecture?"
"Do yourself a favor and sign up for Preservation Chicago's monthly newsletter."
"It's an indispensable magazine of advocacy, histories, links, and images of the city's distinctive buildings."
--- A tweet from a leading Chicago Architecture writer
Advocacy
THREATENED: Permit Review Committee Approves Data Center Conversion of the Chicago Landmark Office Building at 300 W. Adams Street, Days Before Mayor Johnson Called for a Citywide Data Center Moratorium
“The Permit Review Committee, a subcommittee of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, has approved the adaptive reuse of a historic office building at 300...
WIN: One of the Largest Terra Cotta Restorations in the Country Is Underway at the 1927 Pittsfield Building at 55 E. Washington Street
“One of Chicago’s most historic skyscrapers—the Pittsfield Building—is entering a new chapter. The 38-story Gothic Revival tower, completed in 1927, is being transformed from...
WIN: Leasing Underway at The Bellwether, the Adaptive Reuse of the Landmark 1905 Rector Building at 79 W. Monroe Street, as the Iconic Weather...
“Leasing is underway for The Bellwether, an office-to-residential conversion of the former office building at 79 W. Monroe. Planned by R2 Companies, the landmark...
THREATENED: Chicago’s Jewish History Is Hiding in Plain Sight: Chicago Loop Synagogue (Chicago 7 2026)
“What strikes me most about the first generation of Jewish architects in Chicago is how seamlessly they moved between the commercial skyline and the...
THREATENED: Aldermen Move to Rescind the Chicago Landmark Status of the 1902 Cortland Street Drawbridge at 1440 W. Cortland Street (Chicago 7 2026)
“As frustrations mount over the city’s indefinite closure of the 124-year-old Cortland Street bridge, some alderpeople want to see the structure’s landmark status rescinded...
WIN: City Council Approves Landmark Designation and Renovation of Up Top Building at Altgeld Gardens (Chicago 7 2017 & 2022)
POTENTIAL WIN: Chicago Plan Commission Approves By The Hand Club For Kids’ Renovation of Altgeld Gardens’ Historic “Up Top” Building, Home to the Birthplace...
Bridgehouse Museum presents “Unlocking Potential: Leveraging The Power of Preservation to Reactivate Chicago’s Bridgehouses as Community Cultural Spaces” Thursday, July...
Bridgehouse Museum presents
“Unlocking Potential: Leveraging The Power of Preservation to Reactivate Chicago’s Bridgehouses as Community Cultural Spaces”
Thursday, July 23, 2026
5:15 PM - 6 PM“Chicago’s historic bridges and their tender houses are among the city’s most recognizable civic landmarks, standing as enduring symbols of engineering innovation and the river that...