August 2022 Newsletter

SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Take the Tiger Woods South Side Golf Course Off the Table (Chicago 7 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021)

"It’s time to give up on the moribund plan for a professional-caliber South Side golf course, stuff it into the golf bag along with...

SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Give an A+ for effort to grant landmark status for Bowen High School

"When Carl Schurz High School was granted city landmark status in 1979, the report making the case for the designation listed other architecturally significant...

SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Downtown’s Endangered Century and Consumers Buildings Deserve Landmark Status (Chicago 7 2011, 2013 & 2022)

"The Century and Consumers buildings, two vacant downtown skyscrapers that are shamefully rotting away and now targeted for demolition by the federal government, might...

WTTW Chicago: The Richard Nickel Story

"Just a few decades ago, Chicago was tearing many architectural landmarks, including the work of legendary architect Louis Sullivan. No one, it seemed, felt...

Starship Chicago: Thompson Center A Film by Nathan Eddy (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)

"Architect Helmut Jahn’s kaleidoscopic, controversial State of Illinois Center in Chicago, which shocked the world when it opened in 1985, may not be long...

Was Humboldt Park’s Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank Built to Last? A Documentary by Rob Reid and The Humboldt Park Moon

"Was Humboldt Park’s Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank Built to Last?"This is the story of Humboldt Park’s Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank building. Constructed...

Uptown: Portrait of a Palace A Documentary by John Pappas and Michael Bisberg

"What happens when a building slips through a crack in time? Leftover from an extinct era and useless in modern society, the Uptown Theatre...

WIN: After Decades of Delays, St. Boniface Residential Adaptive Reuse Moving Forward (Chicago 7 2003 & 2009)

"Construction on a long-delayed project to turn a historical Noble Square church into condos will begin as soon as the city grants a key...

90-Day Demolition Delay: 1325 W. Carmen Avenue, Andersonville

#100970938 Date Received: 05/17/2022 Ward: 47th Ald. Matt Martin Applicant: Demox, Inc. C/O Vitalii Grygorashchujk Owner: Jerald and Pamela Kreis Permit Description: Wreck and removal of a 2-1/2 story...

“Early Chicago Skyscrapers” for UNESCO World Heritage Site Designation by AIA Chicago and Preservation Chicago

There is strong support to designate “Early Chicago Skyscrapers” as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A UNESCO World Heritage Site designation would further recognize...