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ADVOCACY
- WIN: Emmett Till Home Designated Preliminary Chicago Landmark
- THREATENED: Second Church Threatened by New Construction (Chicago 7 2019)
- THREATENED: Rear Brick Walls of Pilgrim Baptist Church Collapse (Chicago 7 2007)
- THREATENED: Court Rules against Public Citizens in Jackson Park Public Land Use Case
- (Chicago 7 2017 2018, 2109, & 2020)
- THREATENED: Asphalt Plant’s Pollution Blocks CMD Adaptive Reuse (Chicago 7 2014 & 2020
- WIN: Chicago Launches $750 million Invest South/West Initiative to Revitalize Disinvested Communities
- WIN: New Chicago Program to Stabilize Distressed Housing Stock
- THREATENED: Palmer House Receives Foreclosure Suit
- THREATENED: Congress Theater Restoration Plan Hit with Foreclosure
- THREATENED: Chicago Landmark Leiter II Building Heads Into Foreclosure
- WIN: The Forum Completes New Roof Installation With Grant From African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund
- WIN: Daniel O. Hill House to Be Adaptively Reused
- THREATENED: Francis Parker School Consolidates Control Over Belden Buildings
- WIN: Givins Beverly Castle Restoration Underway
- THREATENED: 125 W. Maple Threatened by Proposed High-Rise New Construction
- WIN: Former Logan Square Synagogue Adaptively Reused as Residential Apartments
- WIN: Historic Little Village Corner Building to be Redeveloped into Coworking Space
- WIN: A Look at the Spectacular Penthouses inside the Chicago Tribune Tower
- BUYER WANTED: 4706 Malden Needs a Preservation-Oriented Buyer!
- BUYER WANTED: 4607 N. Magnolia Avenue Needs a Preservation-Oriented Buyer
- THREATENED: 90-Day Demolition Delay
- LOSS: Spotlight on Demolition (51 demolitions in Chicago in August)
PRESERVATION IN THE NEWS
- PRINT: Chicago Tribune Editorial: Cure for the Chicago Blues: Save Muddy Waters’ House
- PRINT: Chicago Tribune: Harry Caray’s is Haunted by Chicago’s Past
- PRINT: Chicago Reader: Chicago at the turn of the century through the eyes of Rudolph F. Michaelis
- PRINT: JBachrach.com: Anna Baird: Early 20th Century Developer and Builder of High-Grade Apartments in Chicago
- PRINT: Crain’s Chicago: New Book Explores Chicago’s Best Modernist Homes, ‘Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929-1975’
- PRINT: Chicago Magazine: Walking Chicago With Robert Loerzel. A new book offers guides to 35 urban trails around the city.
- PRINT: Metropolitan Planning Council: It’s time to get serious about preserving Chicago’s two- to four-unit apartment buildings
- PRINT: Chicago Tribune Humor Column: The giant green frog from Chicago’s Rainforest Cafe must be preserved. Maybe it can help fight coronavirus?
EVENTS
- Preservation Chicago presents Chicago’s Historic Preservation Marathon!
- Chicago Art Deco Society presents Monuments of Art Deco: Touring the Modern Argentinian Designs of Francisco Salamone
- Biketropolis and Arcadia Publishing Announce Chicago’s Mansions Self-Guided Cycling Tour – North Side Edition
- Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929–75: A new book by Susan Benjamin and Michelangelo Sabatino
SUPPORT
- 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
SUPPORT PRESERVATION CHICAGO
- Chicago 7 Posters and Swag Now on Sale
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