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WATCH: 20 Years of the Chicago 7: Incredible Wins, Tragic Losses, and Those Still Endangered (Length 5:45)
20 Years of the Chicago 7: Incredible Wins, Tragic Losses, and Those Still Endangered. (Length 5:45)
WATCH: The Full Announcement and Presentation of the Preservation Chicago 2023 “Chicago 7 Most Endangered” (Length: 64 Minutes)
The Full Announcement and Presentation of the Preservation Chicago 2023 "Chicago 7 Most Endangered" (Length: 64 Minutes)
POTENTIAL WIN: Six Development Teams Submitted LaSalle Street Adaptive Reuse Proposals
"Developers seeking the city’s blessing for projects to rejuvenate La Salle Street have gone public with detailed plans, their qualifications for the work and...
THREATENED: Terra Cotta Buildings Throughout Chicago: A 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered
Chicago’s terra cotta commercial buildings are a precious and endangered category of buildings. Located throughout Chicago, these structures range from small neighborhood commercial buildings...
THREATENED: Pioneer Arcade Redevelopment Stalls Without Allocation of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (Chicago 7 2015)
"1535 N. Pulaski Road is no ordinary Chicago building. Modeled after 17th- and 18th-century Spanish Baroque style architecture, rising two stories with an ivory-colored,...
THREATENED: Extensive Research Shows ‘Every Process Was Ignored, Violated Or Skirted’ for Humboldt Park Construction
"A former alderman who leads a Humboldt Park cultural museum shielded key details about building an archives and storage facility in the park and...
THREATENED: Asphalt Plant Prevents CMD Affordable Housing Reuse From Moving Forward (Chicago 7 2020)
"Unable to secure financing from the city or the state, the developers that planned to build 120 units of affordable housing in an empty...
THREATENED: Jeffery Theater Building & Spencer Arms Hotel: A 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered
The Jeffery Theatre and Spencer Arms Hotel, located at the corner of East 71st Street and South Jeffery Boulevard in the South Shore neighborhood,...
THREATENED: The Warehouse, Birthplace of House Music: A 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered
In 1975, nightlife organizer Robert Williams purchased the commercial warehouse building at 206 S. Jefferson Street with hopes to transform it into a nightclub...
THREATENED: Taft Hall at the University of Illinois Chicago: A 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered
The campus of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) was designed by acclaimed architect Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). Executed in...