February 2018 Newsletter

If you value preservation in Chicago… please support Preservation Chicago!

Preservation Chicago is a small organization with a big impact. In a city the size of Chicago, every drop of YOUR support counts.Please CHOOSE to...

Chicago Union Station

PDF Download: Preservation Chicago’s 2018 Chicago 7 Most Endangered BookletAddress: 210 - 225 S. Canal Street Architects: Graham, Anderson, Probst, and White Graham, Burnham and Company D.H....

Hotel Guyon

PDF Download: Preservation Chicago’s 2018 Chicago 7 Most Endangered BookletAddress: 4000 W. Washington Boulevard Architect: Jens J. Jensen Date: 1927 Neighborhood: West Garfield Park Style: Moorish-RevivalOVERVIEW: Conceived in the...

Woodruff Arcade Building

PDF Download: Preservation Chicago’s 2018 Chicago 7 Most Endangered BookletAddress: 6361 N. Broadway Architect: Herbert H. Green Date: 1923 Neighborhood: Edgewater Style: Chicago School / Chicago Commercial StyleOVERVIEW: Completed...

Brick Paved Streets and Alleys – 2018 Most Endangered

PDF Download: Preservation Chicago’s 2018 Chicago 7 Most Endangered BookletAddress: Throughout Chicago Date: Primarily between 1880s and 1910sOVERVIEW: Joni Mitchell sang “you don’t know what you’ve...

Washington Park Substation / Gaitan Building

                   Washington-Park-National-Bank-2020-Chicago-7-Write-Up-FinalAddress: 6141 S. Prairie Avenue Architect: Hermann von Holst Date: 1928 and 1939 Neighborhood: Washington Park Style: Classical RevivalOVERVIEW: In the early 20th...

William Rainey Harper High School – 2018 Most Endangered

PDF Download: Preservation Chicago’s 2018 Chicago 7 Most Endangered BookletAddress: 6520 S. Wood Street Architect: Dwight Perkins Date: 1909-1911 Neighborhood: Englewood Style: Prairie Style / Chicago SchoolOVERVIEW: Chicago...

James R. Thompson Center / State of Illinois Building – 2018 Most Endangered

PDF Download: Preservation Chicago’s 2018 Chicago 7 Most Endangered BookletAddress: 100 W. Randolph Street Architect: Murphy/Jahn, Helmut Jahn Date: 1985 Neighborhood: Loop Style: Post-ModernOVERVIEW: Considered one of Chicago’s...

Jackson Park, Midway Plaisance, & South Shore Cultural Center – 2018 Most Endangered

PDF Download: Preservation Chicago’s 2018 Chicago 7 Most Endangered Booklet Address: Bounded by Lake Michigan, 56th, Stony Island and 71st Landscape Architects/Architects: Frederick Law Olmsted & Calvert...

WIN: Graeme Stewart School Conversion to Apartments Complete

The Graeme Stewart School, formerly a Chicago Public School, at 4525 N. Kenmore Avenue in Uptown has been successfully adaptively reused as 64 residential...