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WIN: Preliminary Landmark Designation and Renovation of Up Top Building at Altgeld Gardens Approved (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...
WIN: After Roger Brown House Receives Final Landmark Recommendation, Developer Plans Gut Rehab
"Ben Yeshurun, 31, who has redeveloped Chicago residential properties for about six years, faced that question after he agreed in October 2025 to purchase...
THREATENED: Bryn Mawr Historic Landmark District Designation Delayed By Dispute Regarding Redevelopment of 1909 Classical Revival Building at 1114 W. Bryn Mawr
rd"The city's Commission on Chicago Landmarks granted a preliminary landmark recommendation for the Bryn Mawr Historic District during a hearing in April. The proposed...
WIN: Final Landmark Status Approved for Chicago Daily News Building (Chicago 7 2008)
"In the 1930s, a limestone tower rising over the Chicago River was on the cutting edge of offices, becoming the city’s first major building...
WIN: Roof Hole Patched at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, But Progress Toward Chicago Landmark Designation and Restoration Is Slow (Chicago 7...
"When white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City in May 2025, it was like lightning struck the Far...
WIN: Austin Coming Together Acquires the J.J. Walser House, Saving Frank Lloyd Wright’s Chicago West Side Prairie Home (Chicago 7 2025)
"After seven years, Frank Lloyd Wright's J.J. Walser House, an architectural icon of Chicago's Austin neighborhood, finally has a new owner. Local nonprofit Austin...
Wonderfully successful City of Chicago “2026 Chicago Preservation Expo” Monday, May 18, 2026
2026 Chicago Preservation Expo
Chicago Department of Planning and Development
Chicago Cultural Center
Monday, May 18
4 PM - 7 PM"Connect with City staff, community and nonprofit organizations, professional service providers working in historic preservation."In celebration of National Historic Preservation Month, the Chicago Department of Planning and Development (DPD) invited all Chicagoans to...