Neighborhood
WIN: Central Camera Owner Vows to Rebuild After Arson
The Loop’s iconic Central Camera went up in flames during Saturday night’s unrest, but the third-generation owner is vowing to rebuild “and make it...
WIN: Two Former Logan Square Religious Buildings Becoming Apartments: Adaptive Reuse Has Become a Popular Strategy
"A developer who’s nearly finished converting a former synagogue in Logan Square to apartments will follow it up by doing the same with a...
WIN: Restoration Begins on Givins Castle in Beverly
"Major repairs at the Givins Castle, the landmark at the corner of 103rd Street and Longwood Drive, are officially underway."After inspections found extensive deterioration...
LOSS: Former Dairy in Lincoln Park To Be Demolished
"They always called it the dairy."'Come to the dairy,' Deborah Clarkson would often say when she invited people to her home. She liked how...
WIN: Schlitz Tied House at 9401 S. Ewing Avenue Granted Preliminary Landmark Status!
On June 4, 2020, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks voted to award preliminary Landmark designation to the former Schlitz Brewery-Tied House located at 9401...
THREATENED: Jackson Park Obama Center Lawsuit Moving Through Appeals Court
"The Seventh Circuit was skeptical Thursday of a parks advocacy organization’s arguments opposing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park,...
LOSS: McKinley Park Wrigley Factory Demolished for Truck Cross-Dock Warehouse
"Demolition is for the former Wrigley factory site at West 35th Street and South Ashland Avenue, clearing the way for a last-mile shipping...
THREATENED: New Residential High-Rise Tower Tower Approved to Replace Cassidy Tire Building by Architect Henry Schlacks
On May 21, the Chicago Department of Planning and Development approved a plan to demolish the Cassidy Tire building to make way for a...
WIN: Historic Tribune Tower Redevelopment Plans Move Forward
"The city’s planning authority Friday approved zoning for a hotel and residential high-rise just east of Tribune Tower that would become the second-tallest building...
WIN: Old Post Office Partners with Team Behind Empty Bottle, Thalia Hall to Add Concerts, Cultural Events and Food Hall
"The Old Post Office’s owner plans to bring live music and other cultural events in and around — and possibly even on top of...