February 2018 Newsletter
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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...