February 2021 Newsletter
THREATENED: Demolition Delay Extended for Seminary Avenue Victorian Home After Strong Community Engagement
"Some neighbors who want to preserve a 19th Century, Victorian-era home in Lincoln Park now have more time to try to save the house...
THREATENED: Uncertain Future for Mildred King-Archibald-Hyde Home, Co-Founder of Fannie May Candies Company
"The former home of Mildred King Hyde, who launched with her first husband the Fannie May candy business and may have funded the startup...
WIN: St. Boniface Redevelopment Moving Forward Again After Three Year Delay (Chicago 7 2003 & 2007)
"Despite a three-year delay, a neighbor’s plans to preserve and redevelop the St. Boniface church building in West Town’s Noble Square are still in...
WIN: Preservation-Sensitive Adaptive Reuse Project Completed at Sears on Lawrence (Chicago 7 2016)
"Summit Design + Build has completed construction at 1900 W. Lawrence in the North Side’s Ravenswood neighborhood. The nearly 100-year-old building was the former...
THREATENED: 25 Catholic Parishes Organize to Protest Threatened Church Closings (Chicago 7 2019 & 2021)
"Over two dozen parishioners called out the Archdiocese of Chicago on Wednesday for what they say is putting profit over the faithful by closing...
WIN: City Agrees to Landmark St. Adalbert Church (Chicago 7 2014 & 2016)
"Officials finally are taking the first steps to landmark Pilsen’s iconic St. Adalbert Roman Catholic Church after a years-long fight by former parishioners to...
POTENTIAL WIN: Long Vacant Palmer Mansion Might Be Sold and Adaptively Reused for African American Media Archive (Chicago 7 2019)
"A Bronzeville-based archive of Black media is preparing to buy a long-vacant home on King Drive once owned by community organizers Lutrelle 'Lu' Palmer...
THREATENED: Long Neglected Burnham Designed Pavilion in Jackson Park Struck by Car in Accident (Chicago 7 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021)
"A historic, century-old comfort station on the southeastern end of Jackson Park was struck by an SUV and damaged last week."But the single-story open-air...
PARTIAL LOSS: Demolition Begins on Three-Story Section of ADM Mill Building (Chicago 7 2021)
"Sterling Bay is demolishing a former Archer Daniels Midland flour mill in the Fulton Market district, after preservationists unsuccessfully urged the Chicago developer to...
WIN: Laramie State Bank to be Restored by INVEST South/West Initiative (Chicago 7 2019)
"A vacant West Side bank will be redeveloped into a café, a business incubator, and a museum celebrating the history of Chicago blues, city...

