ADVOCACY
WIN: Pullman Achieves National Historical Park Status
Pullman National Monument Upgraded to National Historical Park — and the Name Change Makes a Big Difference, Patty Wetli, WTTW Chicago, 1/19/23
Pullman...
WIN: After Decades Long Advocacy, Washington Park National Park Bank Adaptive Reuse Finally Moving Forward (Chicago 7 2016 & 2020)
Historic Washington Park National Bank Building Gets Approval To Build Luxury Offices; The $40 million redevelopment project, a collaboration between two Black-owned firms,...
WIN: Preston Bradley Center Restoration Underway
Uptown’s Preston Bradley Center Will Be Revived As Concert Venue, Community Center; The historical church and social services building was sold to Daniel Ivankovich,...
WIN: Driehaus Museum Celebrates Murphy Memorial Auditorium Restoration
Driehaus Museum celebrates major milestone in expansion with beam installation, Anthony Ponce, FOX 32 Chicago, 11/1/23
Driehaus Museum Website
WIN: Ramova Theatre Reopens After 37 Years! (Chicago 7 2012)
Renovated Ramova Theatre to host first-ever live music performance on New Year's Eve, CBS News 2 Chicago, 12/21/23
Jennifer Hudson, Chance the Rapper...
WIN: Harper Theater to Reopen After Preservation-Oriented Renovation
Harper Theater to Reopen After Revamp; Historic cinema, now under new ownership, to get ‘luxury’ facelift, Dierdre Robinson, South Side Weekly, 1/12/23
Harper...
POTENTIAL WIN: Chicago Landmark Jewelers Building at 35 East Wacker to be Adaptively Reused for Hotel and Residences
Chicago Developer Agrees To Buy 40-Story Office Tower, Eyes Hotel Conversion; Mike Reschke's Prime Group Selected as Buyer of Landmark Jewelers Building at...
WIN: Roberts Temple Becomes National Historic Site
Roberts Temple, site of Emmett Till’s funeral, pushed as national historic site; Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, at 40th and State...
WIN: Bronzeville Designated a National Heritage Area
Preserving Black Metropolis Gets A Big Boost, The Chicago Reporter, 12/26/22
‘Chicago Tonight’ in Your Neighborhood: Bronzeville Receives Historic Designation, Blair Paddock and...
WIN: Lake Meadows Pavilion Exterior Renovation Completed
Lake Meadows Pavilion Concludes Exterior Renovation In Bronzeville, Jack Crawford, Chicago YIMBY, 5/21/23
Unsung architectural ‘jewel on the prairie’ in Bronzeville is poised...

