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WIN: Workers Cottage Initiative Grows To More Chicago Neighborhoods

Preservation Chicago - November 30, 2021

THREATENED: “I want to save a historic Chicago home. I’m up against developers who would rather raze it.”

Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University: Patterns of Lost 2 to 4 Unit Buildings in Chicago

PlaceEconomics: Missing Middle Housing: A Micro-Analysis from Andersonville, Chicago

THREATENED: Northwestern Medicine to Demolish Old Irving Park Home for Temporary Construction Office and Stormwater Retention Tank

WIN: Preservation-Oriented Buyer Outbids Developers for Fannie May House

Preservation Chicago - October 30, 2021 0

WIN: Kay Shoes Building Will Be Adaptively Reused for Residential, Not...

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LOSS: Iconic Art Deco R.V. Kunka Drug Store Sign Destroyed

Preservation Chicago - October 30, 2021 0

WIN: Iconic Morton Salt Roof Sign Will Return As Part of...

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LOSS: Despite Being a Designated Chicago Landmark District, Rambler Building on...

Preservation Chicago - September 30, 2021 0

WIN: After Year of Advocacy, Seth Warner House To Become Designated...

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WIN: Vintage Anixter Loft Building to Be Converted Into 136 Apartments

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THREATENED: Uncertain Future for Bo Diddley’s Childhood Home After Fire

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LOSS: Fire Destroys Historic Pilsen Building at 1125 W. 18th St.

Preservation Chicago - September 30, 2021 0

THREATENED: 3339 N. Ridgeway Avenue at Risk of Demolition and Replacement...

Preservation Chicago - August 28, 2021 1
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