February 2023 Newsletter
WBEZ Chicago: The Avalon Regal Theater was once a luxurious movie palace. Today, its future is uncertain. (Chicago 7 2012)
"Eleanor Truex lives in south suburban Flossmoor and occasionally, when traffic is especially bad, she gets off the highway and takes a detour through...
90-Day Demolition Delay: 2127-2129 W. Crystal Street, Wicker Park
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Date Received: December 6, 2022
Ward: 2nd Ald. Brian Hopkins
Applicant: Tir Conaill Concrete, Inc. C/O Charlotte McVeigh
Owner: 2127-29 W Crystal, LLC C/O Nathan Marsh
Permit Description:...
90-Day Demolition Delay: 1542 N. Mohawk Street, Old Town
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Date Received: 09/09/2022
Ward: 2nd Ald. Brian Hopkins
Applicant: Precision Excavation, LLC
Owner: Todd and Kara Dziedzic
Permit Description: Wreck and removal of a masonry two-story single-family building...
The Newberry: Dinkel’s Bakery: The Story of a Lakeview Landmark
"The Newberry recently acquired the archives of Dinkel's Bakery, a landmark of the Lakeview neighborhood that closed its doors in 2022."If you’ve traveled through...
Driehaus Museum Presents Capturing Louis Sullivan: What Richard Nickel Saw EXTENDED to May 21, 2023
"Richard Nickel (1928-1972) was a Polish-American architectural photographer and preservationist. Nickel first encountered the work of Louis Sullivan (1856-1924) as a student, when photographing...
Navy Pier presents Flow – Water Brings Life to Chicago The Photography of Barry Butler Through December 31, 2023
"Navy Pier is honored to open a new exhibit, 'Flow - Water Brings Life to Chicago.'"Barry Butler’s 22-image exhibit is a celebration of many...
THREATENED: Southwest Side Industrial Buildings – Fisk Power Station – 2023 Most Endangered
The enormous Fisk electrical-generating station dates from 1903. Designed by architects Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, it achieved the previously impossible task of employing technology...
WIN: Washington Park National Bank Façade Preservation Redevelopment Plan Receives City Funding (Chicago 7 2016 & 2020)
"A long-stalled effort to build high-end offices on the site of the century-old Washington Park National Bank building in Woodlawn has received a multimillion-dollar...
THREATENED: Demolition Looming Historic Three-Flat at 2240 N. Burling After Demolition Delay Expires
"Judy Blatherwick and her family put in decades of work restoring their graceful, Italianate wood-frame home in Lincoln Park, but after selling the nearly...
WIN: Final Landmark Recommendation Protects Both Interior and Exterior of Innovative 1970s Netsch Home
"The Old Town home that innovative 20th-century architect Walter Netsch designed with a bold, unconventional floor plan of multiple levels and bands of skylights...