ADVOCACY
IN MEMORIAM: Harold Lucas; Bronzeville Preservationist, Organizer, Activist, and Historian
Harold Lucas, Bronzeville organizer, activist, historian, dead at 79, lauded as a champion; 'As you walk and drive around Bronzeville, Harold’s works are everywhere,'...
POTENTIAL WIN: Grace’s Furniture Building Could Reopen as Logan Square Athletic Club
Logan Square Athletic Club Could Be Coming To Grace’s Furniture Building After Long-Awaited Boutique Hotel Plan Scrapped; New plans have emerged for the long-vacant...
WIN: Revised Hollander Warehouse Building Adaptive Reuse Moving Forward
Revised plan proposed for Hollander Building, The building at 2422 N. Milwaukee will be rehabbed into apartments, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 9/6/22
WIN: 7 Acre Former Locomotive Headlight Factory Renovated into The Terminal Innovation Center
Speculation and imagination mingle at Humboldt Park project; Developers invest in an industrial site’s turnaround and hope savvy tenants will buy into the vision...
WIN: Spared From Demolition, Washington Park National Bank Plan Now Includes Façade Preservation! (Chicago 7 2016 & 2020)
Developer adapts, and an investment in Woodlawn gets new life, Reconsidering plans during COVID-19’s business lull, Leon Walker of DL3 Realty has agreed to...
PARTIAL WIN: After Rejecting Community Performance Arts Center Proposal Which Would Have Restored Interior and Dome, Second Church of Christ, Scientist Development Will At...
Tony Lincoln Park projects show the rich are all right; Whatever else is happening in the city or with its housing market, demand powers...
POTENTIAL WIN: Pittsfield Building Listed for Sale After Years of Legal Issues and Deferred Maintenance
After years of neglect, a downtown landmark goes up for sale; A new owner of the Pittsfield Building could pull the 38-story tower out...
WIN: Laramie State Bank Restoration Powerfully Catalyzes Chicago Avenue Revitalization (Chicago 7 2019)
An economic revival finally reaches Austin; A stretch of Chicago Avenue called the Soul City Corridor sparks opportunities for businesses to revitalize one of...
WIN: Epworth Church Receives Preliminary Landmark Designation Approval
Edgewater’s Epworth Church Gets Preliminary Landmark Status As Developer Seeks To Turn Church Into Apartments; With landmark status, the 131-year-old church building would be...