ADVOCACY
THREATENED: Adaptive Reuse Options Suggested for Lakeside Center at McCormick Place (Chicago 7 2016)
With remarkable speed in April 2020, McCormick Place was converted into a temporary 1,750-bed facility for coronavirus patients. This was noble use was part...
WIN: Central Camera Owner Vows to Rebuild After Arson
The Loop’s iconic Central Camera went up in flames during Saturday night’s unrest, but the third-generation owner is vowing to rebuild “and make it...
PETITION: Imagine a New Emmerson Park Fieldhouse Save the Chicago Town & Tennis Club
From Outhouse to Fieldhouse!Our Kids Deserve Better. Children's programming at Emmerson Park in Chicago is held in a former public restroom building that’s been...
WIN: Two Former Logan Square Religious Buildings Becoming Apartments: Adaptive Reuse Has Become a Popular Strategy
"A developer who’s nearly finished converting a former synagogue in Logan Square to apartments will follow it up by doing the same with a...
WIN: Restoration Begins on Givins Castle in Beverly
"Major repairs at the Givins Castle, the landmark at the corner of 103rd Street and Longwood Drive, are officially underway."After inspections found extensive deterioration...
LOSS: Former Dairy in Lincoln Park To Be Demolished
"They always called it the dairy."'Come to the dairy,' Deborah Clarkson would often say when she invited people to her home. She liked how...
WIN: Schlitz Tied House at 9401 S. Ewing Avenue Granted Preliminary Landmark Status!
On June 4, 2020, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks voted to award preliminary Landmark designation to the former Schlitz Brewery-Tied House located at 9401...
THREATENED: Jackson Park Obama Center Lawsuit Moving Through Appeals Court
"The Seventh Circuit was skeptical Thursday of a parks advocacy organization’s arguments opposing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park,...
LOSS: McKinley Park Wrigley Factory Demolished for Truck Cross-Dock Warehouse
"Demolition is for the former Wrigley factory site at West 35th Street and South Ashland Avenue, clearing the way for a last-mile shipping...