August 2025 Newsletter
COLUMN: Architect Dwight Perkins’ Buildings Teach Valuable Lessons on School Design, More Than a Century Later
"The city is filled with well-designed building types: banks, houses, churches — skyscrapers, of course. But how often are public schools considered?"Chicago’s schools, particularly...
WIN: Closed in 2013, Emmet Elementary Transformed into Aspire Center for Workforce Innovation After Adaptive Reuse (Chicago 7 2014)
"Veteran Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teacher Barbara Johnson was teaching at Oscar DePriest Elementary School in 2013 when nearby Robert Emmet Elementary School was...
WIN: Former St. Barnabas Episcopal Church Will Become Community Center
"A center for arts and activism is coming to a closed Garfield Park church, which will also become the headquarters for a program that...
WIN: After Long Delay, Construction Begins on Jefferson Park Firehouse Second Floor Residential Adaptive Reuse
"Construction recently began on the conversion of the second-floor of the former firehouse in Jefferson Park to four apartments."The 119-year-old structure at 4837 N....
WIN: Historic Façade From Two-Story Building Reconstructed Into New Five-Story Residential Building at 3160 N. Broadway
"Construction is quickly wrapping up on the mixed-use development at 3160 North Broadway in Lakeview East. Located just south of the intersection with West...
WIN: Landmarked Carnival Foods Corner Building to be Incorporated Into New Residential Construction at 458 W. Dickens
"The Permit Review Committee has approved a proposed addition to the existing building at 458 W. Dickens. Planned by Carnival Grocery owner Arthur Paris,...
WIN: Historic Façade Incorporated Into New Residential Construction at 3731 N. Sheffield Avenue
"A modern addition to a vintage Chicago greystone at 3731 North Sheffield Avenue is rounding into form in the Wrigleyville neighborhood. The new four-story...
WIN: Historic Greystone Building Incorporated Into Higher Density New Construction at 1539 N. Wells Street
"A permit issued by the City of Chicago will allow an addition to be built at the rear of a vintage greystone rental building...
LOSS: Six Years After Rushed Demolition, 16 W. Maple Remains Vacant Site
"A development site in a busy pocket of the Gold Coast where plans for a residential high-rise fizzled out is on the market."Calmwater Capital...
THREATENED: Ford City Mall Threatened With Demolition
"As a proposed plan to transform Ford City Mall into an industrial campus awaits zoning approval, Ald. Derrick Curtis (18th) warned neighbors that if...