June 2024 Newsletter
PARTIAL WIN: Promontory Point Conservancy Receives $117K Grant from Driehaus Foundation for Engineering Study (Chicago 7 2022)
"The Promontory Point Conservancy received a $117,500 grant last week to bolster its efforts in making the case that the park's limestone shoreline can...
THREATENED: Community Effort Ramps Up to Ensure Preservation-Sensitive Restoration of Long-Neglected Darrow Bridge
"Clarence Darrow Bridge, which overlooks the lagoon south of the Museum of Science and Industry, is one of the few remnants of the famous...
THREATENED: Historic Chicago Avenue Bridge and Bridge House to be Demolished and Replaced
Built in 1914 by the Ketler-Elliot Erection Company of Chicago, the historic Chicago Avenue Bridge is scheduled for demolition and replacement with a new...
WIN: Iowa Building Reopens After Restoration
"The Iowa Building, Jackson Park’s 91-year-old pavilion with ties to the World’s Fair, is open again to the public after a year of repair...
PETITION: Protect and Preserve the Legacy of Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Schools
Dear President Biden,I write to respectfully request that you utilize your authority under the Antiquities Act to designate a National Monument commemorating the life...
WIN: Landmarked Jewelers Building Purchased by Chicago Developers for Potential Residential Conversion
"Two Chicago-based companies are teaming up to purchase the landmark Jewelers Building, with the door open for a conversion to residential use."The Prime Group...
WIN: Original Schwinn Bicycle Factory to be Adaptively Reused as Hotel
"A historic building in Chicago’s Fulton Market that housed the original Schwinn bicycle factory in the late 1800s is in line to be converted...
POTENTIAL WIN: Adaptive Reuse of Loft Warehouse to Residential at 1220 W. Van Buren Moving Forward
"A residential development is being proposed at 1220 W. Van Buren. Located just west of the intersection of W. Van Buren St and S....
THREATENED: Demolition Looms for Ornate Terra Cotta Holiday Club Building (Chicago 7 2023)
"Plans for a seven-story apartment building with retail are moving forward at the site of Uptown’s Holiday Club."Catapult Real Estate Solutions is overhauling the...
WIN: Historic Mary Thompson Hospital Adaptively Reused for Residential Apartments
"The former Mary H. Thompson Hospital in Fulton Market is still standing, but now the property is a 210-unit luxury apartment building near Fulton...