ADVOCACY
WIN: Florence Crittenton Anchorage / Wolfson Building Receives Final Landmark Approval
"The city's Commission on Chicago Landmarks is taking a positive step this week in weighing whether to give a preliminary designation to a 130-year-old...
WIN: 1850s Phoebe and John Gray House Receives Preliminary Landmark Designation
"The Commission on Chicago Landmarks has approved a preliminary landmark designation of the Phoebe and John Gray House in Irving Park. Located at 4362...
WIN: After Long Vacancy, Mid-City Trust & Savings Bank Will Become Boutique Hotel
"Updated plans have been revealed for the adaptive reuse of the Mid-City Trust & Savings Bank at 801 W Madison Street in the West...
WIN: After 40 Years, Union Station’s Clinton Street Entrance Reopens through former Fred Harvey Restaurant Space (Chicago 7 2018)
"The long shuttered Union Station entrance along S. Clinton Street has reopened ahead of extensive work around the structure. Located at 225 S. Canal...
THREATENED: DePaul Plans to Demolish 80 Units of Student Housing in Five Historic Buildings to Build New Practice Gym
DePaul University plans to build a new athletic complex, but if the school gets its way, it would come at the cost of some...
THREATENED: Strong Community Opposition to Planned Demolition of Damen Silos (Chicago 7 2023)
"The immediate fate of the long-abandoned Damen grain silos will remain up in the air as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reviews plans...
WIN: $1 Million Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Grant to Restore Historic Sears Sunken Garden
"Sears famously abandoned the campus for the Sears Tower in the 1970s. But most of the original Sears buildings are still there, as is...
WIN: The Ramova Theater to Reopen After 37-Year Closure (Chicago 7 2012)
"Ramova, a name first given to a grand movie palace and its tiny diner grill nearly a century ago, may finally reopen as a...
THREATENED: Receivership Possible for Great Lakes Elks Lodge Unless Maintenance Costs Can Be Raised
"Chicago venue The Lodge has been shut down by the authorities."The historic venue will go into receivership and close for good unless it can...
POTENTIAL WIN: Plan to Convert Jackson Park into PGA Golf Course ‘Dead in the Water’
"While the Obama Presidential Center is rising in Chicago’s Jackson Park, a closely related project favored by the former president continues to languish."Backers still...