December 2020 Newsletter
WIN: Sheridan Trust & Savings Bank Building / Uptown National Bank / Bridgeview Bank to be Adaptively Reused
Uptown National Bank Building, Marshall & Fox, 1924, 4753 N. Broadway. Photo Credit: Max Chavez / Preservation Chicago"One of the most prominent and...
WIN: Miracle House Becomes Preliminary Chicago Landmark
"The Chicago Commission on Landmarks voted unanimously during its Dec. 3 virtual meeting to grant the preliminary landmark designation to Galewood's so-called Miracle House...
WIN: Preliminary Landmark Status Approved for Cluster of Four Historic Buildings at Willow and Halsted
"The Commission on Chicago Landmarks approved on Dec 3, 2020 the preliminary landmark proposal for a cluster of four late 19th century buildings in...
THREATENED: Thompson Center Sale Delayed Due to Pandemic Economy (Chicago 7 2018, 2019, & 2020)
"Count the state of Illinois’ plan to line up a buyer for the James R. Thompson Center by the end of 2020 as another...
LOSS: Pilsen Landmark District Rejected (Chicago 7 2006)
"A City Council committee on December 1, 2020 shot down a controversial plan to create one of the city’s largest landmark districts in the...
POTENTIAL WIN: City Agrees to Landmark Status for St. Adalbert Catholic Church (Chicago 7 2014, 2016 & 2019)
Column: In a shift, city will take first steps to grant landmark status to Pilsen’s shuttered St. Adalbert, Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune, 10/30/20
WIN: Once a Lost Cause, Superior Street Rowhouses Now Protected as Part of Near North Side Chicago Landmark District
Landmark Status Approved for Near North Side Multiple Property District, City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, 5/20/20
WIN: After Years of Advocacy, Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley Home Designated a Chicago Landmark!
Column: Emmett Till house makes strides toward becoming an official city landmark and a museum, Bliar Kamin, Chicago Tribune, 11/6/20
PETITION: La Lucé/Lake Street Schlitz Tied House Petition Receives Over 7,000 Signatures
Petition to save La Lucé Building/ Schlitz Tied House, 1892, 1393-1399 W. Lake Street. Photo Credit: Ward Miller / Preservation ChicagoCity of Chicago: Thank...
December 2020 Year
The Chicago Theatre in the Snow. Photo Credit: Joshua Mellin
https://www.instagram.com/joshuamellin/Prints available by contacting photographer Joshua Mellin, joshuamellin.com/contactOriginally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre,...