April 2022 Newsletter
LOSS: Demolition of Cassidy Tire / Tyler & Hippach Mirror Company Factory Underway (Chicago 7 2021)
One last photo of Cassidy Tire before demolition. Built as the Tyler & Hippach Mirror Company Factory (Henry J. Schlacks, 1902). Soon to be...
WIN: Historic 1928 Parking Garage To Be Adaptively Reused for Residential
"A building on Broadway in Lake View is undergoing an unusual transition, only part of which pedestrians can see from street level. The layer...
WIN: Adaptively Reused and Landmarked, Stewart School Lofts Sells For Big Profit (Chicago 7 2014)
"More development news to share this morning, as Stewart School Lofts has been sold to a developer for $23 million, a premium of $7...
POTENTIAL WIN: Closed Mars Candy Factory To Be Repurposed for Community Use
"As the Mars chocolate factory prepares to close in 2024, its owners are working with Galewood residents to figure out how the community can...
WIN: Theater Renovation Underway at the Fine Arts Building
Fine Arts Building / formerly the Studebaker Building, 1884 and 1898, Solon Spencer Beman, 410 S. Michigan Ave. Photo Credit: Eric Allix RogersFine Arts...
WIN: Bronzeville Marshall Field Warehouse to be Transformed into The Lillian Marcie Center for the Performing Arts
"A much-anticipated addition to Bronzeville’s cultural corridor will receive $26 million since the 2023 state budget has been signed into law."The Lillian Marcie Center...
WIN: Historic Morse Theater to Reopen as Rhapsody Theater
"A historical theater in Rogers Park is getting yet another makeover, this time morphing into The Rhapsody Theater that will host magic shows and...
POTENTIAL WIN: Owner Chooses Rehab Over Demolition for 2222 N. Halsted Street
"The owners of a 135-year-old Lincoln Park three-flat want to add a fourth-floor addition to the property, but some neighbors resisting the change."The building...
WIN: After Difficult Negotiations, 1710 W. Lunt Renovation Moving Forward
"A developer is dumping plans to turn a historical-yet-vacant Rogers Park building into a 20-unit complex after efforts to amend the plan to appease...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Bad times at Antioch Baptist: A roofer’s torch claims another landmark Chicago church
"'Great architecture has only two natural enemies,' the late Chicago preservationist Richard Nickel famously said. 'Water and stupid men.'"But Nickel might’ve added a third...