February 2023 Newsletter
THREATENED: Southwest Side Industrial Buildings – Continental Can Company Building: A 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered
In 2022, plans were announced to demolish of one of the most prominent buildings in the Central Manufacturing District’s-Original East District (CMD East), the...
THREATENED: Oldest-Running Movie House in Chicago Likely To Close
"The New 400 Theaters navigated the pandemic and reopened in 2021 to continue its streak as the oldest-running movie house in the city. But...
WIN: Edgar Miller ‘Animal Court’ Sculptures To Be Restored and Reinstalled at National Public Housing Museum
"The prevailing image of Chicago public housing is that of blocks of big, grim brick-and-concrete towers. It didn’t start out that way, though."The first...
THREATENED: Southwest Side Industrial Buildings – Damen Silos: A 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered
The Damen Grain Silos situated along the South Branch of the Chicago River have been an iconic part of Chicago industrial and agricultural history...
WIN: Local Group Launches Effort to Restore Chicago Harbor Lighthouse for Museum
"Architects and maritime history lovers are raising money to restore the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, which was built in 1893 for the World’s Columbian Exposition...
BUYER WANTED: Fisher Studios Condo at 1209 N. State Parkway Offered For Sale
"In the 1930s, when a Marshall Field’s executive tapped an innovative Chicago architect to design apartments for a site on North State Parkway, he...
WIN: As the Premier Black Railway Workers Museum for nearly 30 years, Pullman Porter Museum Launches Capital Campaign for Museum Campus Expansion
"The National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum will mark its anniversary this weekend with a gala and fundraiser to support its $30 million...
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...
90-Day Demolition Delay: Burnham Designed Pavilion in Jackson Park, 2241 E. Marquette Drive (A Chicago 7 Most Endangered in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 &...
#100995228
Date Received: December 5, 2022
Ward: 4th Ald. Sophia King
Applicant: Bauer Latoza C/O Ed Torrez
Owner: Chicago Park District C/O Heather Gleason, Director of Planning and Construction
Permit...

