Lincoln Park, Old Town

December 2021 Newsletter

WIN: Lincoln Park Zoo Kovler/Pepper Lion House Renovation Beautifully Blends Historic Building and Creative Innovation

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"Goettsch Partners has announced the completion of the Pepper Family Wildlife Center, a $41 million renovation, restoration, and expansion of the historic lion house...
Banks

THREATENED: Archway Standard Oil Station, North Fedral Savings Building, and Stanley Tigerman Walgreens Threatened By New Development

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"Developers who are planning to overhaul several properties in Old Town, including the site of the old Treasure Island Grocery Store, have launched an...
December 2021 Newsletter

URGENTLY THREATENED: Developer Moves Forward with Plan to Demolish Cenacle Sisters Building Complex and Subdivide for Huge Single Family Homes

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"A religious order quietly sold the Lincoln Park building it has owned since the mid-1960s to a developer, who plans to build on one...
Single Family Homes

BUYER WANTED: Renovated Lincoln Park Home For Sale

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"Decades of shifting from a single-family home to a 19-room boarding house to a three-flat hadn’t changed the stately exterior of this Cleveland Avenue...
Modernism

THREATENED: Chicago Sun-Times Op-Ed: Modernist building’s slated demolition exposes weaknesses in Chicago’s landmark laws

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"The building’s official address on Fullerton Parkway is a parking lot, so odds are you’ve never really noticed the beautiful structure on Cleveland Avenue,...
Garages/Stables

THREATENED: Precedent for Reversing Landmark Status Remains Problematic Despite Old Town Stable Development Comprise Offer

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"A plan to change the zoning of a former horse stable and its neighboring buildings in the Old Town Triangle to limit what developers...
October 2021 Newsletter

WIN: Landmark Kovler/Pepper Lion House at Lincoln Park Zoo Reopens After Two-Year Renovation

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"Lincoln Park Zoo’s beloved big cats have finally returned. The zoo opened its Pepper Family Wildlife Center on Thursday after two years of work....
December 2021 Newsletter

THREATENED: Wayman AME Church for Sale Again as Land

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"A historical church that for decades served residents of the now-demolished Cabrini-Green public housing towers is back on the market more than three years...
Victorian / Revival Styles

WIN: Landmark Status for Group of Four Historic Buildings at Willow and Halsted Recommended to City Council!

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"The Commission on Chicago Landmarks on , landmark status for a cluster of four late 19th century buildings in Lincoln Park, including one...
Banks

THREATENED: Mega-Development Endangers Archway Standard Oil Station, Stanley Tigerman Walgreens, North Federal Savings Bank Building, and Moody Bible Church Campus

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" Developers have recruited architect David Adjaye to overhaul several properties in Old Town, including the site of the old Treasure Island Grocery Store. "Adjaye,...

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