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PARTIAL WIN: Vote Recommends National Register Status for Thompson Center Over Objections from State of Illinois (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"'The fact that the state was opposed to its nomination really shows that politics has entered the equation,' Ward Miller of Preservation Chicago told...
THREATENED: Despite Nearly 2,000 Petition Signatures to Save It, Demolition Looming for Lake View State Bank
"3179 N Clark St on the corner of Belmont and Clark in Lake View is currently threatened to be demolished. This historic bank building...
THREATENED: Save the Thompson Center Petition Generates Over 20,000 Signatures (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
“Governor Pritzker has the opportunity, after years of neglect by his predecessors, to lead through the sale of the Thompson Center by giving it...
WIN: Final Landmark Recommendation for the Seth Warner House
Seth Warner House, 1869, 631 N. Central Ave. Preliminary Chicago Landmark Designation Report. Image Credit: City of Chicago Department of Planning & Development"The oldest house...
Chicago Magazine: Yes, Chicago Really Has an East Side
"I’m going to settle an old Chicago debate, one that usually begins when someone quotes the first line of the song 'The Night Chicago...
WIN: Driehaus Museum Acquires Murphy Memorial Auditorium
"The board of directors of the Richard H. Driehaus Museum today announced the acquisition of the adjacent John B. Murphy Memorial Auditorium from the...
BUYER WANTED: Renovated Lincoln Park Home For Sale
"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...
URGENTLY THREATENED: Developer Moves Forward with Plan to Demolish Cenacle Sisters Building Complex and Subdivide for Huge Single Family Homes
"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...
BUYER WANTED: Former St. George Church, School and Rectory in South Chicago For Sale (Chicago 7 2021)
"St. George Church was established in 1903 to serve Slovenian immigrants who settled near the steel mills in South Chicago. This national parish was...
TENANT WANTED: Designated Chicago Landmark Medinah Temple Seeks For New Use
"The owner of the Medinah Temple is wrestling once again with the question: What’s the vacant River North landmark going to be next?"Friedman Properties...