April 2025 Newsletter
POTENTIAL WIN: Preservation Chicago Launches Rapid Response Advocacy Campaign to Landmark Pope Leo’s Childhood Church
to "The parish buildings of the former St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church are still handsome, noble-looking religious structures, even as they...
WIN: Century and Consumers Buildings Become Designated Chicago Landmarks! (Chicago 7 2011, 2013, 2022, 2023 & 2024)
Despite a high-profile advocacy effort to save the Century and Consumers Buildings from demolition, their eventual final Chicago Landmark Designation occurred with little fanfare....
POTENTIAL WIN: At 6th Building Court Hearing, Substantial Progress Towards Ownership Transfer of Elim/Reformation Lutheran Church to Onyx360 for Renovation and Adaptive Reuse
Preservation Chicago has mounted a Rapid Response advocacy effort to save Elim/Reformation Lutheran Church from demolition together with community and preservation partners. We have...
WIN: Austin’s New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church / Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at 1400 N. Laramie Avenue Receives Preliminary Landmark Recommendation
Read the full story: WIN: Austin’s New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church / Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at 1400 N. Laramie Avenue Receives...
WIN: Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago Receives Final Landmark Recommendation
"Morning Star Baptist Church is on its way to becoming a Chicago landmark. The 113-year-old building got approved for final landmark status from the...
THREATENED: Endangered Frank Lloyd Wright’s Walser House Makes Landmarks Illinois Endangered List (Chicago 7 2025)
"After making Preservation Chicago’s annual list of most endangered historic buildings back in March, the J.J. Walser House has now been named one of...
POTENTIAL WIN: Olivet Baptist Church Proposed as Centerpiece of Large Mixed-Use Development (Chicago 7 2025)
"During the 1860s, Olivet Baptist Church was an active stop on the Underground Railroad, helping escaped slaves with food and a warm place to...
POTENTIAL WIN: Scoring Stage Adaptive Reuse Plan Proposed for Stock Yards National Bank After Lengthy Vacancy
"Like the face of its clock tower, the Stockyards Bank is frozen in time. Inside, the buildings’ faded splendor is visible in all the...
WIN: Chicago Daily News Building Sold to Developer with Extensive Historic Preservation Experience (Chicago 7 2008)
"A Chicago real estate firm known for redeveloping historic properties plans to buy the historic former home of the Chicago Daily News from the...
WIN: TIF Approved for Adaptive Reuse of The Clark Adams Building / Bankers Building at 105 W. Adams Street for Residential
"The Chicago Community Development Commission has initially approved TIF funding for the redevelopment of 105 W. Adams Street in The Loop. Located at the...