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WIN: Decorative Terra Cotta Façade Saved With Hopes of Future Installation
In 2016, the distinctive celadon-green terra cotta façade was removed from the Art Deco/Art Moderne façade of the orange-rated Szykowny Funeral Home located at...
WIN: Long Vacant Pullman Rowhouses Will Become Affordable Housing After Restoration
"Nearly three dozen historic Pullman homes that have sat vacant for decades are now being restored as part of a collaboration that includes the...
POTENTIAL WINS: Long-Vacant Pioneer Bank and Laramie State Bank Could Be Renovated by Invest South/West Initiative
"Maurice Cox is a planning commissioner with a plan. If it works, and early returns are promising, he’ll be making headway against one of...
WIN: Renovation Underway for Long Stalled IIT Armour Institute Main Hall (Chicago 7 2015)
"Bronzeville's historic Armour Institute Building, which overlooks the Dan Ryan Expressway and Sox Park, is one step closer to being converted into 102 apartments....
THREATENED: Developer Objects to Preliminary Chicago Landmark of Lake Street Schlitz Tied House
Petition to save La Lucé Building/ Schlitz Tied House, 1892, 1393-1399 W. Lake Street. Photo Credit: Ward Miller / Preservation Chicago
UPDATE: The developer of...
THREATENED: Neighbors Launch Petition to Oppose a New Two-Story Bank Building From Replacing the Historic Two-Story Bank Building
"3179 N Clark St on the corner of Belmont and Clark in Lake View is currently threatened to be demolished. This historic bank building...
THREATENED: State of Illinois Invites Developers to Buy Thompson Center (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
The iconic postmodern Thompson Center in the heart of Chicago’s Loop will be sold either for demolition or adaptive reuse.It was built for the...
WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? Chicago Loop Synagogue
"There’s a glorious secret concealed behind a relatively modest, opaque façade on Clark Street just south of Madison Street in the Loop."In the tall...
IN MEMORIAM: Remembering Architect Helmut Jahn and His Work from MAS Context
Renowned architect Helmut Jahn, designer of some of the most remarkable buildings in Chicago and other cities around the world, died on May 8...
THREATENED: Merrick-Culver House, One of Austin’s Oldest Houses, On Verge of Demolition
"Linda Culver always knew the coach house behind her family’s West Side home was old. But it wasn’t until the city moved to tear...