August 2022 Newsletter
WIN: Illinois Institute of Technology Completes Restoration of Three Mies van der Rohe Buildings
"With Dirk Denison Architects and Gilbane Building Company, the Illinois Institute of Technology has recently completed a $70 million housing project that has restored...
THREATENED: Pilsen Food Pantry’s Purchase Offer for former Holy Trinity Croatian Church Delayed as Archdiocese Appears to Wait for Higher Offer From Developer
"A food pantry in Pilsen has been operating out of a former church for the last two years."The founder is hoping to buy the...
WIN: Adaptive Reuse Progressing of Vintage Fulton Market Industrial Building Into Guinness Chicago Taproom
"Renovation and construction work are rapidly taking shape for Fulton Market’s new Guinness Taproom. Coordinated by developer Fred Latsko, the project is an adaptive...
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Altgeld Gardens 'Up-Top' Commercial Building
1945-46, Keck & Keck, 13106-13128 S. Ellis Avenue. Image credit: Preservation ChicagoAltgeld Gardens 'Up-Top' Commercial Building Preservation Chicago 2022 Chicago...
THREATENED: 209-227 S. State Street Listed For Sale and New Construction
"A big, empty building on State Street in the Loop is hitting the market again, a property that could attract interest from developers that...
THREATENED: 90-Day Demolition Delay List
The Demolition Delay Ordinance, adopted by City Council in 2003, establishes a hold of up to 90 days in the issuance of any demolition...
Chicago Tribune: ‘Capturing Louis Sullivan’ at Driehaus Museum: 50 years after Richard Nickel’s death, his photographs still haunt and inspire
"Richard Nickel was nothing if not a man of his word."'I’m afraid our days of adventuring, salvaging, avoiding the cops, etc. in the cause...
THREATENED: State Seeks to Unload Damen Silos
"Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to sell off an abandoned industrial site in Chicago best known as a backdrop for the 2014 Hollywood blockbuster 'Transformers:...
WIN: 100-Year Old ‘Ghost Signs’ Rescued Just Days Before Demolition
Bob Behounek, Robert Frese, Kelsey McClellan and Andrew McClellan pose for a photo at 3609 N. Ravenswood Ave. on Aug. 3, 2022, where well-preserved...