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

"A fire swept through a three-story apartment building that once was home to singer and guitarist Bo Diddley."Firefighters were called to the scene at...

WIN: Kenwood’s Elijah Muhammad House Nominated for Addition to National Register of Historic Places

"The Elijah Muhammad House in Kenwood is one step closer to landing on the National Register of Historic Places, while advocates for Promontory Point...

THREATENED: Chicago Residents Fighting To Save Navy Pier’s Crystal Gardens

"Celine Wysgalla remembers the first time she stepped foot into Crystal Gardens as a 5-year-old, her tiny body overshadowed by ancient trees that towered...

THREATENED: Avalon Regal Theater is Stable, but Needs Significant Funding Support To Continue Restoration Efforts

"When Jerald Gary unlocks the doors of the theater now called the Avalon Regal, he enters a wonderland, almost a museum, from another age...

WIN: Preservation-Sensitive Adaptive Reuse of The Jewel Laundry Building

The adaptive reuse process of "The Jewel Laundry” Building located at 1730 W. Greenleaf Avenue has been in motion since 2017. The plans required...

WIN: On the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire which began on October 8, 1871…

During the Great Chicago Fire, roughly 3.3 square miles of Chicago were destroyed, approximately 300 people lost their lives, 17,450 buildings were destroyed and...

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

"A team of real estate developers that recently converted an old industrial building into apartments next to the planned Lincoln Yards campus on the...

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

"A house in the Austin neighborhood built by a Chicagoan who, prior to the Civil War, hosted anti-slavery meetings in his downtown performance hall...

WIN: Guinness Chicago Taproom to Renovate Fulton Market Vintage Industrial Building

"The bottle is out of the six pack. Guinness has tapped the West Loop to be the home of its second U.S. brewery."Guinness Chicago...

OP-ED: A Jackson Park landmark was destroyed — is the South Shore Nature Area next? (Chicago 7 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021)

"Earlier this month, the Women’s Garden on the Midway at Jackson Park was destroyed to make room for the Obama Presidential Center."For those of...