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LOSS: Request for Temporary OPC Construction Halt Denied by Supreme Court (Chicago 7 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021)
"The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request by a Chicago parks preservation group for a temporary halt to construction of the Obama Presidential...
THREATENED: Neighbors Launch Effort to “Landmark Epworth Church” Before Being Listed For Sale to Highest Bidder
"A historic Edgewater church that houses a vital men’s homeless shelter is up for sale, creating uncertainty about the future of both."Epworth United Methodist...
Highly Successful Grand Opening to the The Available City at Central Park Theater as part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial Exhibit Runs until December...
"The Available City at Central Park Theater by Chicago Architecture Biennial
Exhibit Runs September 17 to December 18, 2021
Monday- Friday, 11am-2pm
Central Park Theater, 3535 W...
WTTW Chicago: Dual Exhibition Highlights Lost Works by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright
"Two lost works by architects Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright share the spotlight in a new, dual exhibition at Wrightwood 659. We speak...
Chicagoland Architecture Substack Blog by Rachel Freundt: The Great Chicago Fire
"On Sunday evening October 8th 1871 a fire broke out in a barn owned by the O’Leary family on DeKoven Street that spread a...
Chicago Magazine: The Great Chicago Fire, As Told By Those Who Lived Through It
"Hardly any rain had fallen on Chicago for months, and the drought was getting worse. Over the 22 days leading up to October 8,...
Chicago Tribune: Chicago built back from the Great Fire in just two years. Now, 150 years later, the city finds itself at another crossroads.
"On a hot and dry October night in 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern in Mrs. O’Leary’s barn, starting a blaze that rose...
2622 N. Dayton St., Lincoln Park – 90-Day Demolition Delay
Address: 2622 N. Dayton St., Lincoln Park
#100943432
Date Received: 10/08/2021
Ward: 43rd Ward Ald. Michele Smith
Applicant: Tir Conaill Concrete, Inc. C/O Charlotte McVeigh
Owner: David Hansen
Permit Description: Wreck...
Chicago Sun-Times: How the Great Fire Changed Chicago Architecture
"It’s been 150 years since the last embers from the Great Fire flickered out, leaving behind a smoldering city with the will and the...
4323 N. Paulina St., Ravenswood – 90-Day Demolition Delay
Address: 4323 N. Paulina St., Ravenswood
#100941425
Date Received: 09/29/2021
Ward: 47th Ward Ald. Matt Martin
Applicant: American Demolition Corporation
Owner: GXSR, LLC C/O Josephine Cronnolly and Thomas Taylor, Managers
Permit...