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OP-ED: Save the Point, Make it a Chicago City Landmark (Chicago 7 2022)

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"To the Editor, "On October 18th, members of the Promontory Point Conservancy met with Superintendent of the Chicago Park District Rosa Ecareno and Commissioner of...
ADVOCACY

SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Give an A+ for effort to grant landmark status for Bowen High School

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"When Carl Schurz High School was granted city landmark status in 1979, the report making the case for the designation listed other architecturally significant...
Editorial/Op-Ed

SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Take the Tiger Woods South Side Golf Course Off the Table (Chicago 7 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021)

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"It’s time to give up on the moribund plan for a professional-caliber South Side golf course, stuff it into the golf bag along with...
Editorial/Op-Ed

SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Give an A+ for effort to grant landmark status for Bowen High School

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"When Carl Schurz High School was granted city landmark status in 1979, the report making the case for the designation listed other architecturally significant...
Editorial/Op-Ed

SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Downtown’s Endangered Century and Consumers Buildings Deserve Landmark Status (Chicago 7 2011, 2013 & 2022)

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"The Century and Consumers buildings, two vacant downtown skyscrapers that are shamefully rotting away and now targeted for demolition by the federal government, might...
Editorial/Op-Ed

SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Are the Endangered Century and Consumer Buildings Headed Toward Landmark Status? Let’s Hope So. (Chicago 7 2011, 2013 & 2022)

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"The Century and Consumers buildings, two vacant downtown skyscrapers that are shamefully rotting away and now targeted for demolition by the federal government, might...
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,...
Chicago Vernacular

THREATENED: “I want to save a historic Chicago home. I’m up against developers who would rather raze it.”

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"When I pulled the creaky front door shut, the bungalow’s weathered door knob popped off in my hand. I ran my fingers over its...
Chicago Jazz, Blues, Gospel & Music

Chicago Patch: It’s ‘Insane’ Chicago Isn’t The Sweet Home Of A Blues Museum

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Roger Stolle, a blues-loving promoter, tourism director and owner of Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art shop in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Photo: Credit: Mark...
Editorial/Op-Ed

SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: An Early Movie Palace in North Lawndale Deserves Landmark Status (Chicago 7 2012)

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"The Chicago Theatre turned 100 years old last week, which is a milestone worth celebrating, given the venue narrowly dodged demolition to become a...

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