February 2023 Newsletter

90-Day Demolition Delay: 2240 N. Burling Street, Lincoln Park

#100994354 Date Received: 11/18/2022 Ward: 43rd Ald. Timmy Knudsen Applicant: Evergreen Solutions, LLC C/O Ewelina Chojniak Owner: 2224 N Burling, LLC C/O Thaddeus Wong, Manager Permit Description: Demolition of...

Preservation Chicago’s 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered Hybrid Presentation Reaches Hundreds In-Person and via Livestream

The Preservation Chicago 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered presentation was presented to a hybrid audience, both live in-person audience and a simultaneous virtual audience...

WATCH: The Preservation Chicago 2023 “Chicago 7 Most Endangered” Video (Length 3:58)

The Preservation Chicago 2023 "Chicago 7 Most Endangered" Full Video (Length 3:58)

WATCH: The Preservation Chicago 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered Video Short (Length 1:00)

The Preservation Chicago 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered Video Short (Length 1:00)

WATCH: 20 Years of the Chicago 7: Incredible Wins, Tragic Losses, and Those Still Endangered (Length 5:45)

20 Years of the Chicago 7: Incredible Wins, Tragic Losses, and Those Still Endangered. (Length 5:45) 

WATCH: The Full Announcement and Presentation of the Preservation Chicago 2023 “Chicago 7 Most Endangered” (Length: 64 Minutes)

The Full Announcement and Presentation of the Preservation Chicago 2023 "Chicago 7 Most Endangered" (Length: 64 Minutes)

POTENTIAL WIN: Six Development Teams Submitted LaSalle Street Adaptive Reuse Proposals

"Developers seeking the city’s blessing for projects to rejuvenate La Salle Street have gone public with detailed plans, their qualifications for the work and...

THREATENED: Terra Cotta Buildings Throughout Chicago: A 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered

  Chicago’s terra cotta commercial buildings are a precious and endangered category of buildings. Located throughout Chicago, these structures range from small neighborhood commercial buildings...

THREATENED: Pioneer Arcade Redevelopment Stalls Without Allocation of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (Chicago 7 2015)

"1535 N. Pulaski Road is no ordinary Chicago building. Modeled after 17th- and 18th-century Spanish Baroque style architecture, rising two stories with an ivory-colored,...

THREATENED: Extensive Research Shows ‘Every Process Was Ignored, Violated Or Skirted’ for Humboldt Park Construction

"A former alderman who leads a Humboldt Park cultural museum shielded key details about building an archives and storage facility in the park and...