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WIN: Residential Conversion and Restoration Planned for Rector Building at 79 W. Monroe
"The foreign investor that bought part of a vintage Loop office building in June has now acquired the rest of it, which it plans...
WIN: 80% of Voters Want to Stop the Tree Cut in Jackson Park and at South Shore Cultural Center (Chicago 7 2017, 2018, 2019,...
"Residents of Chicago’s South Side overwhelmingly voted to oppose the removal of thousands of trees because of construction around the Obama Presidential Center and...
WIN: Senators Durbin and Duckworth Support National Historic Monument Status for Roberts Temple Church
"Several U.S. officials on October 21 visited the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ where leaders and historians gathered to share the historic...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Reopen long-shuttered Green Line L station in Englewood
"Englewood residents and community organizers have been pushing for years to get the 63rd Street and Racine Avenue Green Line station reopened — and...
WIN: Auburn Gresham Healthy Lifestyle Hub Celebrates Grand Opening in Long-Vacant Rusnak Brothers Store
"Carlos Nelson used to drive past the 'lifeless' building at 839 W. 79th St. almost every day for years."Home to a drab public aid...
WIN: IIT Renovates Mies van der Rohe Dorms
"Buildings by Modernist master Mies van der Rohe have reached an age where they may require rehabilitation. Recent examples include alterations to the 1972...
WIN: Harper Theater Sold to Preservation-Oriented Theater Operator
"Harper Theater’s ownership is changing hands, and the theater will temporarily close on Nov. 30 for months of renovations and other proprietary changes, before...
THREATENED: GSA Initiates Section 106 Hearings, Despite Confirmation of Their Landmark Eligibility and Unanimous Public Opposition to Demolition of Century and Consumers Buildings (Chicago...
Feds urged not to 'waste' vintage State Street buildings, Four early 20th-century buildings that the federal government wants to demolish should be saved and...
THREATENED: Uncertain Future for St. Adalbert’s Church After Removal of La Pietà Statue (Chicago 7 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021)
5 Protesters Arrested Outside Pilsen Church As Workers Remove Beloved Statue After Monthslong Standoff; People have camped outside the closed St. Adalbert's for weeks,...
THREATENED: Preservationists Sound Alarm Over Rapid Deterioration of Lake Street Schlitz Tied House
Former Home To La Luce Has ‘Deteriorated’ Despite Landmark Status: Preservationists; The former Schlitz Brewery tied house was landmarked last year, but a preservationist...