Religious/Churches
PETITION: Save the Chicago Town & Tennis Club/Unity Church!
Preservation Chicago recognizes the need for Misericordia’s extraordinary housing and services. We strongly support this important work, and we believe it is possible to...
THREATENED: Clock Ticking for Chicago Town and Tennis Club! (Chicago 7 2020)
Preservation Chicago has been working with urgency to find a win-win solution for Chicago Town and Tennis Club. The 90-day demolition delay extension provides slightly...
WIN: Preservation Chicago Supports African American Cultural Heritage Grant for Mt. Pisgah Church, Chicago’s Most Recently Designated Chicago Landmark
Preservation Chicago strongly supported Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church throughout the progress of becoming a Designated Chicago Landmark. The final approval by Chicago City Council...
WIN: Two Former Logan Square Religious Buildings Becoming Apartments: Adaptive Reuse Has Become a Popular Strategy
"A developer who’s nearly finished converting a former synagogue in Logan Square to apartments will follow it up by doing the same with a...
WIN: Restoration Begins on Givins Castle in Beverly
"Major repairs at the Givins Castle, the landmark at the corner of 103rd Street and Longwood Drive, are officially underway."After inspections found extensive deterioration...
THREATENED: Preservation Chicago Raising Funds To Move Chicago Town and Tennis 250 Feet Out of Harms Way (Chicago 7 2020)
Link to petition to Save Chicago Town and Tennis Club / Unity ChurchPreservation Chicago has been working with urgency to find a win-win solution for...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Saving classic churches sends a message: Old Chicago neighborhoods remain promised lands
"A North Lawndale church will take a step toward landmark status today — a potentially good sign in a larger fight to preserve Chicago’s...
THREATENED: 25 Catholic Parishes Organize to Protest Threatened Church Closings (Chicago 7 2019 & 2021)
"Over two dozen parishioners called out the Archdiocese of Chicago on Wednesday for what they say is putting profit over the faithful by closing...
POTENTIAL WIN: Roberts Temple, Site of Emmett Till’s Funeral, Could Become National Historic Site
"The Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, where Mamie Till-Mobley showed the world the brutality of American racism by holding an open-casket funeral...
WIN: Epiphany Center for the Arts Opens its Doors
"While Chicagoans eagerly await the return of live music and entertainment to venues across the city, Chicago’s newest venue has been putting on live...