ADVOCACY
WIN: After 23 Year Advocacy Effort, Promontory Point Receives Chicago Landmark Designation (Chicago 7 2022)
"Promontory Point, Hyde Park’s beloved lakefront park and home to the last stretch of limestone shoreline barriers in the city, is officially a Chicago...
WIN: After Seven Year Effort, Greater Union Baptist Church Receives Final Chicago Landmark Designation
"A 137-year-old Near West Side church was granted landmark status Wednesday following a City Council vote."Greater Union Baptist Church, 1956 W. Warren Blvd., was...
WIN: Greater Tabernacle Cathedral in Roseland Receives Preliminary Chicago Landmark Recommendation
Preservation Chicago Letter of Support on May 4, 2023 to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks regarding Greater Tabernacle Cathedral/Former Holy Rosary Church Complex, 11300-11312...
LOSS: Despite Widespread Community Opposition and Press Coverage, 2240 N. Burling Demolished for Side Yard
"A local real estate titan received a permit from the city’s Department of Buildings to wreck and remove a historic Lincoln Park home built...
90-Day Demolition Delay: Harold Meitus House, 6740 S. South Shore Dr., South Shore
#101010607
Date Received: 03/29/2023
Ward: 5th Ald. Leslie Hairston
Applicant: Precision Excavation, LLC C/O Estefania Enriquez
Owner: South Shore & 67, LLC C/O Naser Odeh, Manager
Permit Description: Wreck...
90-Day Demolition Delay: 2240 N. Burling Street, Lincoln Park
#100994354
Date Received: 11/18/2022
Ward: 43rd Ald. Timmy Knudsen
Applicant: Evergreen Solutions, LLC C/O Ewelina Chojniak
Owner: 2224 N Burling, LLC C/O Thaddeus Wong, Manager
Permit Description: Demolition of...
90-Day Demolition Delay: Burnham Designed Pavilion in Jackson Park, 2241 E. Marquette Drive (A Chicago 7 Most Endangered in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020...
#100995228
Date Received: December 5, 2022
Ward: 4th Ald. Sophia King
Applicant: Bauer Latoza C/O Ed Torrez
Owner: Chicago Park District C/O Heather Gleason, Director of Planning and Construction
Permit...
90-Day Demolition Delay: 1621 N. Bell Avenue, Wicker Park
#100998280
Date Received: December 5, 2022
Ward: 32nd Ward Ald. Scott Waguespack
Applicant: Bridges Excavating Inc. C/O Monique Ranuro
Owner: 3 R Development, LLC C/O Richard Campbell, Manager
Permit...
90-Day Demolition Delay: 2127-2129 W. Crystal Street, Wicker Park
#100950268
Date Received: December 6, 2022
Ward: 2nd Ald. Brian Hopkins
Applicant: Tir Conaill Concrete, Inc. C/O Charlotte McVeigh
Owner: 2127-29 W Crystal, LLC C/O Nathan Marsh
Permit Description:...