ADVOCACY
THREATENED: Mega-Development Endangers Archway Standard Oil Station, Stanley Tigerman Walgreens, North Federal Savings Bank Building, and Moody Bible Church Campus
" Developers have recruited architect David Adjaye to overhaul several properties in Old Town, including the site of the old Treasure Island Grocery Store."Adjaye,...
POTENTIAL WIN: Outpouring of Letters and Aldermanic Support Builds Momentum for Effort to Landmark Promontory Point
"Many thanks to all who wrote letters of support for the recommendation of Promontory Point for Chicago landmarking. We had a tremendous outpouring of...
POTENTIAL WIN: INVEST South/West Generates Two Options for Pioneer Bank for Adaptive Reuse
"The city is asking residents of West Humboldt Park and the surrounding area to weigh in on a pair of competing development proposals for...
Crain’s Op-Ed: Flames That Still Flicker And Destroy
"Chicago in 1871 was a rather ramshackle affair, without a great deal of architectural distinction. While there was an immediate move to rebuild, there...
LOSS: Bulldozers Clear 20 Acres of Jackson Park for OPC Construction, including the Woman’s Garden and 800 Old-Growth Trees, (Chicago 7 2017, 2018, 2019,...
"Months before the official groundbreaking of the Obama Presidential Center (OPC), residents and commuters were already noticing changes to the landscape near the lakefront."Yet,...
The monumental Art Moderne Humboldt Park Armory by Perkins,Chatten & Hammond at North and Kedzie – Early Warning Signs
The monumental Art Moderne Humboldt Park Armory by Perkins,Chatten & Hammond at North and Kedzie
Chicago Tribune: Comfort Station is the small Tudor building in Logan Square with a century of Chicago history — first as a restroom, now...
"If the modest structure resembles a tool shed that emigrated from 16th century England, well, the comfort station may have been built in 1927...
THREATENED: “I want to save a historic Chicago home. I’m up against developers who would rather raze it.”
"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 Sun-Times: Housing Advocates Push to Preserve Two Flats in Chicago
"As Korey Bilbro walked through Roseland on a recent afternoon, he called everyone he came across his neighbor as he handed out green plastic...
Crain’s Chicago Op-ed: The South Side Lakefront is Worth Restoring too, Chicago
"In the past month we’ve witnessed the flooding in Germany, China and New York City. A recent New York Times article illustrates that our...