Month-in-Review Newsletter

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WIN: Renovated Patio Theater Energized by Live Music and Performances

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"After hanging on for two-and-a-half years, the historic Patio Theater is bringing back more events, concerts and other shows as entertainment life reawakens. "Like many...
2022 Year-in-Review

POTENTIAL WIN: Funding Awarded for Adaptive Reuse of Von Humboldt School Into Affordable Teacher Housing(Chicago 7 2014)

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"Protracted plans to redevelop long-vacant Von Humboldt Elementary School into an 107-unit apartment complex for teachers got a boost in city funding to help...
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WIN: Senators Durbin and Duckworth Support National Landmark Designation for Roberts Temple Church

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"Several U.S. officials on October 21 visited the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ where leaders and historians gathered to share the historic...
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THREATENED: William LeBaron Jenney’s 19 S. LaSalle in Foreclosure

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"The owner of a vintage 16-story office building on LaSalle Street is facing a $21 million foreclosure lawsuit, adding to a wave of distress...
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THREATENED: George Eddy House Targeted for Demolition

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"A white-pillared house on Sheridan Road in Edgewater, built in 1900 during the street's heyday as a long strand of upscale homes along the...
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THREATENED: Damen Silos To Be Sold to MAT Asphalt

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"Neighbors in a McKinley Park environmental group are asking the state to slow down its sale of the Damen Silos to a controversial industrialist. "Neighbors...
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WIN: Flat Iron Arts Building Purchased by Preservation-Sensitive Buyers

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"Longtime owners of the iconic Flat Iron Arts Building in the center of Wicker Park have sold the property to a pair of local...
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WIN: Exceptional Renovation Underway at Belden-Stratford

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"From its creation in 1923, the Belden-Stratford apartment building in Chicago’s Lincoln Park community was designed for an elite crowd. Over the years, its...
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WIN: Strong Community Support for Historic Preservation and Reuse of Historic Mars Candy Factory Building

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"When it comes to what community members want to replace the Mars candy factory 2019 N. Oak Park Ave. in Galewood once it closed...
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WIN: Long-Vacant West Loop Landmark Mid-City Trust & Savings Bank To Become Boutique Hotel

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"An upstart hotel company that frames itself as a cross between Airbnb and traditional inns has purchased a long-vacant West Loop landmark where it...

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