May 2020 Month-in-Review Newsletter

Table of Contents

1. Chicago 7 Overview and Full Videos
2. THREATENED: Chicago Town and Tennis Club / Unity Church
3. WIN:Superior Street Rowhouse District
4. THREATENED: Chicago Town and Tennis Club / Unity Church
5. WIN: Clarendon Park Community Center Renovation
6. WIN: Central Camera Owner Vows to Rebuild After Looting and Arson
7. WIN: Old Fashioned Donuts Will Be Stronger Than Before
8. THREATENED: Preservation Chicago Calls for Demolition Halt for Crawford Station
9. THREATENED: Demolition Permit Released for Jeffery Theater and Spencer Arms Hotel
10. WIN: Chicago Tribune Editorial – Cook County Hospital is a Stunning Trauma Survivor
11. THREATENED: Pilsen Landmark District In Jeopardy – Arguments For and Against
12. THREATENED: After Downzoning, East Andersonville Faces First Challenge
13. WIN: Old Post Office Partners Add Concerts, Cultural Events and Food Hall
14. WIN: Tribune Tower Redevelopment Plans Move Forward
15. THREATENED: New Residential High-Rise Tower Tower Approved To Replace Cassidy Tire Building
16. LOSS: McKinley Park Wrigley Factory Demolished for Truck Cross-Dock Warehouse
17. THREATENED: Jackson Park Obama Center Lawsuit Moving Through Appeals Court
18. LOSS: Former Dairy in Lincoln Park To Be Demolished
19. WIN: Restoration Begins on Givins Castle in Beverly
20. WIN: Two Former Logan Square Religious Buildings Becoming Apartments
21. THREATENED: Preservation Chicago Releases Demolition Best Practice Guidelines In Response to Crawford Demolition Debacle
22. THREATENED: The South Side Swedish Club Listed For Sale
23. WIN: Historic home at 4649 N. Beacon Goes Under Contract
24. THREATENED: 4607 N. Magnolia Avenue Needs a Preservation-Oriented Buyer!
25. LOSS: Fire Destroys Apartment Building In Auburn Gresham
26. LOSS: Yesterday Antique Shop Demolished
27. THREATENED: 90-Day Demolition Delay
28. LOSS: Spotlight on Demolition

• PRINT:Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Chicago’s ‘Other’ Michigan Avenue Could Be Magnificent Once More
• RADIO: Bed Rest And Sputum Tests: Inside Chicago’s Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium
• WATCH: April 5, 1968, a poem by Eve L. Ewing
• PRINT: Proof that the “Greenest Building is the One Already Standing” Released in 2012 Report from National Trust for Historic Preservation
• PRINT: The Greenest Building: Quantifying the Environmental Value of Building Reuse

• PETITION: Imagine a New Emmerson Park Fieldhouse – Save the Chicago Town & Tennis Club
• PETITION: Implosion Devastates Little Village During COVID-19 Pandemic

• Help Restore Louis Sullivan’s Holy Trinity Cathedral
• Support Glessner House & Receive William Morris Face Mask
• Support “Saving the Sacred” Film
• Minnekirken GoFundMe Campaign
• Raise the Roof! Fund The Forum! Campaign

• Which are Your Favorite Neighborhood Buildings in Chicago?

• Chicago 7 Posters and Swag Now on Sale
• Please Support Preservation Chicago