ADVOCACY
PETITION: Let’s Landmark Bowen High School in South Chicago!
"We urge the Chicago Public School Board, 7th Ward Ald. Greg Mitchell, and the Commission on Chicago Landmarks to advance a Landmark nomination for...
THREATENED: State Seeks to Unload Damen Silos
"Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to sell off an abandoned industrial site in Chicago best known as a backdrop for the 2014 Hollywood blockbuster 'Transformers:...
WIN: 100-Year Old ‘Ghost Signs’ Rescued Just Days Before Demolition
Bob Behounek, Robert Frese, Kelsey McClellan and Andrew McClellan pose for a photo at 3609 N. Ravenswood Ave. on Aug. 3, 2022, where well-preserved...
WIN: Francis Scott Key Public School in Austin Reopens as The Field School (Chicago 7 2015)
"Students attending a private Christian school will start the year in a renovated building that used to be Francis Scott Elementary School until CPS...
WIN: Muddy Waters MOJO Museum Momentum Finally Overcomes Aldermanic Delays with Approval to Buy Adjacent Vacant Lot
"The Muddy Waters MOJO Museum could get a new garden to host outdoor performances — if the city allows the owner to buy an...
WIN: Henry B. Clarke House / Bishop Ford House to Begin $1 Million Renovation
"Bishop Louis Henry Ford, the influential Black pastor who saved a noteworthy 1830s house from ruin and rehabbed it over the course of decades,...
WIN: ‘Authenticity is Guiding Principle’ for Adaptive Reuse of Peabody Elementary School into Residential Building (Chicago 7 2015)
"There used to be a teacher’s desk in each classroom at the old Elizabeth Peabody public school building on Augusta Boulevard in Noble Square....
WIN: Maxim’s to Reopen as the Astor Club in Late 2022
"On a recent sunny morning, Goudy Square, the small park in the heart of the Gold Coast at Astor and Goethe Streets, was alive...
WIN: Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site Receives Recognition with Illinois Historical Marker
"A Southeast Side site that was part of the Underground Railroad is having a sign dedication event this Saturday."The Jan and Aagje Ton Farm...
THREATENED: Continental Can Company Building Targeted for Demolition (Chicago 7 2021)
"Developers plans to replace a large industrial building in McKinley Park with a cold storage facility, but neighbors are concerned about potential pollution and...