April 2022 Newsletter
Schiller/Garrick Theatre Visualization as part of Romanticism to Ruin, the Two Lost Works of Sullivan and Wright by Wrightwood 659
"Wrightwood 659 is pleased to announce the virtual release the Schiller/Garrick Theatre Visualization which premiered at Wrightwood 659 as a key element of the...
PARTIAL WIN: Preservation Chicago’s Viral Tweet Leads to Good Outcome for Vintage Orange Garden Neon Sign
"On their way to a Cubs game a few years ago, Chloé Mendel asked her partner, Billy Corgan, if he wanted anything as a...
WIN: AIA Chicago and Preservation Chicago Create “Early Chicago Skyscrapers” Video to Advance UNESCO World Heritage Site Designation Proposal
There is strong support to designate “Early Chicago Skyscrapers” as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A UNESCO World Heritage Site designation would further recognize...
LOSS: Antioch Missionary Baptist Demolished Following Massive Good Friday Fire
"The walls are still being brought down at the old Antioch Baptist Church in Englewood after a fire last month, but that does not...
LOSS: A Few Months Before Adaptive Reuse as Pool Hall, Smashy Garage Demolished After Fire
During demolition, Smashy Garage / Argyle-Clark Garage / Originally the Fred Heyden branch of the Chicago Motor Car Company, 1919, Hall & Ostergren 5006...
WIN: U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary Shannon Estenoz Visits Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley Home and Roberts Temple Church
U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz Visits Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Home on May...
WIN: Muddy Waters House Museum Restoration Will Move Forward After Receiving $116,152 City of Chicago Grant
"The costly rehab of the North Kenwood home of blues icon Muddy Waters is 'out of the woods,' thanks to the announcement of a...
WIN: Fred Hampton’s Maywood Home Receives Landmark Designation
"The Save The Hampton House initiative, an effort led by the late Chairman Fred Hampton’s son, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., and his mother, Akua...
WIN: Paseo Boricua Gateway Flags Receives Final Landmark Designation
"Humboldt Park’s beloved Puerto Rican flags may soon become official Chicago landmarks.
"The Chicago Commission on Landmarks on Thursday unanimously approved landmark designation for the...
WIN: Monumental Baptist Church Final Landmark Designation Approved
Monumental Baptist Church, 1899, Patton, Fisher, and Miller, 729 E. Oakwood Boulevard in Bronzeville. Photo Credit: Eric Allix RogersMonumental Baptist Church, 1899, Patton, Fisher,...