December 2019 Newsletter

WIN: Little Village Firehouse to be Adaptively Reused for Community Use

"For a long time, 2358 S Whipple St. was one of the only Chicago Fire Stations serving the Little Village Neighborhood, it held two...

WIN: Church of the Epiphany to Reopen as Arts Center and Event Space

"The stunning (and I use not that word lightly) new venue is the former Church of the Epiphany — an Episcopal church located at...

LOSS: 16 W. Maple Demolished Despite 11th Hour Advocacy

"After standing for more than 130 years along Maple Street, a four-story greystone in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood is officially no more. Crews demolished...

POTENTIAL WIN: Alderman Sigcho-Lopez Requests St. Adalbert be Designated a Chicago Landmark (Chicago 7 2016 & 2019)

"Pilsen’s rookie Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) has requested that the shuttered St. Adalbert Church be designated a Chicago landmark in hopes of keeping the...

THREATENED: Push to Find an Adaptive Reuse Developer for Union Station Power House (Chicago 7 2017)

"An old coal-fired power plant might not be the first idea that comes to mind when Chicagoans think of buildings in need of saving...

WIN: Landmarks Commission Announces 2019 Adopt-a-Landmark Fund Grantees

Four Neighborhood Landmarks, including a Chinatown community center and three historic neighborhood churches will be awarded rehabilitation grants from the Citywide Adopt-a-Landmark Fund through...

WIN: Yellow Brick Road Celebrates Place Where Frank Baum Wrote “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”

"Soon Humboldt Park neighbors will be able to follow the yellow brick road just like Dorothy and Toto near where creator L. Frank Baum...

WIN: Ramova Theater Restoration Plan Announced

"A long-shuttered historic movie theater building in Bridgeport could soon be revived as a live entertainment venue, restaurant and brewery."Plans to redevelop the 90-year-old...

WIN: Chicago & North Western Railway Company Building Landmarked Prior to Hotel Conversion

"An 115 year-old building in the Loop being redeveloped as a Hilton hotel may earn landmark status and a $20 million property tax break...