December 2017 Newsletter
4. THREATENED: North Avenue Carbit Paint Building Receives Demolition Permit.
The two-story mixed-use building located at near Humboldt Boulevard and North Avenue overlooking Humboldt Park received a demolition permit on December 22, 2107. ...
3. TBD: Planned Gospel Museum would Save Historic Walls of Pilgrim Baptist Church
Since the devastated fire in 2006 that destroyed all but the exterior limestone walls of the highly-significant Adler and Sullivan-designed Pilgrim Baptist Church/K.A.M. Isaiah...
2. THREATENED: Lincoln Park Second Christian Science Church To Be Closed. Preservation Chicago Advocates for Cultural Center Use.
The Second Christian Science Church, located at 2700 N. Pine Grove Avenue and Wrightwood Avenue, has been an architectural masterpiece in the Lincoln Park...
THREATENED: Olmsted’s Jackson Park, Midway Plaisance, and South Shore Cultural Center Threatened by Obama Presidential Center (Chicago 7 2017)
Jackson Park appeared on the Preservation Chicago 2017 Most Endangered List and Preservation Chicago has actively advocated to protect this important historic landscape designed...
10. LOSS: Fulton Market Grain Elevator Demolition Permit Issued To Clear Site for Redevelopment
Archer Daniels Midland announced plans to close the historic wheat plant and what is reported to be Chicago's last active grain elevator located on...
9. LOSS: Chicago’s Last Remaining Stable Demolished
The Noble Horse Theater at 1410 N. Orleans Street, reportedly Chicago’s last standing operating horse stable has been demolished. The stable and many of...
8. LOSS: St. Angela Church Demolition
After a six month delay, the St. Angela Church demolition was rescheduled for December 18, 2017. Located in the Austin community at 1300...
7. LOSS: Demolition of Malcolm X College
The 1971 Modernist masterpiece Malcolm X College was demolished after being replaced with a new college building located across the street. It was designed...
6. LOSS: Emergency Demolition Order for Ashland Sixty-Third State Historic Bank Building
The long vacant Ashland Sixty-Third State Bank, located at 1536 W. 63rd Street, was issued an emergency demolition order by the City of Chicago...
4. LOSS: South Side Masonic Temple to be Demolished (Chicago 7 2007 and 2015)
The long vacant South Side Masonic Temple at 64th and Green Street in Englewood has been ordered for demolition by the City of Chicago...