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: 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...
WIN: Strong Community Support for Adaptive Reuse Plan Including Public Library Branch Advances for Long-Endangered Washington Park National Bank (Chicago 7 2016 & 2020)
"Residents of the 20th Ward voted to approve a developer’s plan to rehabilitate the dilapidated Washington Park Bank building, clearing the way for a...
THREATENED: Unusual Split Ownership Complicates Stabilization and Restoration of the Central Manufacturing District Clock Tower (Chicago 7 2014, 2020 and 2025)
"The McKinley Park neighborhood’s iconic clock tower in the Central Manufacturing District is one of Chicago’s most endangered buildings according to a recently released...
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...