August 2024 Newsletter
WIN: $1.5M State Grant Awarded for Restoration of Pike House/Watchman’s Residence
"State Senator Willie Preston joined the Eugene S. Pike House Foundation, Beverly Area Arts Alliance and Commissioner Stanley Moore Saturday to announce significant state...
WIN: Restoration and Facade Preservation of Nealey Foods Building Mixed-Use Development at 300 W. Fulton Market Moving Forward
"The Commission on Chicago Landmarks has approved the demolition of the existing structure at 906 W. Fulton as part of a mixed-use rehab planned....
WIN: Little Village Arch Restored Following Landmark Designation
"The Little Village Arch, serving as a gateway for the neighborhood dubbed the 'Mexican capital of the Midwest,” has been newly restored."Community members and...
POTENTIAL WIN: After Years of Advocacy, CHA Finally Announces Plans to Restore Long-Vacant Cabrini Rowhouses (Chicago 7 2022)
"Initial massing and density studies have been presented for the potential redevelopment of multiple Cabrini Green sites within the Near North Side. Roughly bound...
THREATENED: Ongoing Efforts to Save Strangers Home Missionary Baptist Church and All of Mankind Mural (Chicago 7 2024)
"Standing in a vacant lot that sits between the two housing projects he grew up in, Marques 'Merk' Elliston pointed down an alley toward...
THREATENED: After Years of Deferred Maintenance, City of Chicago Sues to Stop Unpermitted Repair Work at Portage Theater (Chicago 7 2012)
"The City of Chicago is now suing the owner of a historic, but neglected theater in the Northwest Side's Portage Park neighborhood. The lawsuit...
WIN: Music Box Theatre Reopens After Interior Renovation
"The Music Box Theatre has reopened after undergoing a major renovation that included installing over 700 new seats in the main auditorium."The historic movie...
PARTIAL WIN: Promontory Point Conservancy Receives $117K Grant from Driehaus Foundation for Engineering Study (Chicago 7 2022)
"The Promontory Point Conservancy received a $117,500 grant last week to bolster its efforts in making the case that the park's limestone shoreline can...
THREATENED: Community Effort Ramps Up to Ensure Preservation-Sensitive Restoration of Long-Neglected Darrow Bridge
"Clarence Darrow Bridge, which overlooks the lagoon south of the Museum of Science and Industry, is one of the few remnants of the famous...
PARTIAL WIN: Facade of Second Church of Christ Scientist Incorporated Into New Construction, But Dome and Interior Lost (Chicago 7 2019)
"A project that’s part historic preservation and part new construction is taking shape in Lincoln Park, adding a six-story residential tower to a Beaux...