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WIN: Once a Lost Cause Preservation Effort, Superior Street Rowhouses Now Part of Near North Side Chicago Landmark District
After years of advocacy, the Near North Side Multiple Property District has been approved by the Chicago City Council.The Superior Street Rowhouses were saved...
THREATENED: Demolition Permit Released for Jeffery Theater and Spencer Arms Hotel (Chicago 7 2014)
A Preservation Chicago 7 Most Endangered in 2014, the historic Jeffery Theater is located at the crossroads of what was once the bustling heart...
WIN: Laramie State Bank Selected for Design Competition by Chicago-Midwest Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (Chicago 7 2019)
"The Chicago-Midwest Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art is pleased to announce the second annual Chicago-Midwest ICAA Design Competition, which is...
Starship Chicago: Thompson Center A Film by Nathan Eddy (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"Architect Helmut Jahn’s kaleidoscopic, controversial State of Illinois Center in Chicago, which shocked the world when it opened in 1985, may not be long...
THREATENED: ~8K Petition Signatures Help Secure 60 Day Demolition Delay for Lake Street Schlitz Tied House
"A surviving Victorian building in Chicago’s rapidly developing Fulton Market district, originally a Schlitz tavern and later the home of the Italian restaurant La...
THREATENED: Thompson Center Upzoning Clears Path for Sale to Developer (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"A downtown alderman is proposing a zoning change that could clear the way for the James R. Thompson Center to be replaced by one...
THREATENED: Petition Rallies Opposition to Amtrak’s Plan to Demolish Chicago Union Station Power House (Chicago 7 2017 & 2020)
The iconic Art Deco Chicago Union Station Power House is threatened with demolition.This streamlined architectural masterpiece was designed in 1931 by Graham, Anderson, Probst...
WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? The Salvation Army Building (Chicago 7 2021)
"One of Chicago’s most intriguing buildings from the 1940s sits on an isolated patch in the West Loop, mostly hidden from view by elevated...
The Most Endangered Building in Chicago [Thompson Center]: a Video by Stewart Hicks (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"In this video, we visit Chicago's most endangered building--the Thompson Center--and discuss issues related to its preservation and impending demolition.""Perhaps no building in Chicago...
Block Club Chicago: Bishop Louis Henry Ford Saved the Henry B. Clarke House in the 1940s
"Chicagoans familiar with the local highway system have undoubtedly heard of the Bishop Ford Freeway, a stretch of Interstate 94 from Interstate 57 to...