July 2022 Newsletter
WIN: Modernist Lake Meadows Professional Building to be Fully Restored
"A steel-and-glass building on Bronzeville’s northern edge is among Chicago’s finer modernist structures, yet it has gone relatively unnoticed and uncelebrated since its construction...
WIN: Google To Purchase Thompson Center for New Chicago Headquarters (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"We’re encouraged that the architecturally-daring James R. Thompson Center — seemingly consigned to the scrap heap just a few years ago — is now...
WIN: Project Hercules Could Rescue Two Vacant Loop Skyscrapers; Thompson Center and 115 S. LaSalle
"In the middle of a pandemic, Michael Reschke and Quintin Primo signed onto a massive rehab project, buying the James R. Thompson Center, a...
CHICAGO TRIBUNE EDITORIAL: Happily Googling the Thompson Center (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"Google’s decision to take up residence in the James R. Thompson Center, formerly the State of Illinois Center, is a meaningful victory for Chicago’s...
WIN: Covent Hotel Renovation and Conversion to Affordable Housing to Begin
"Construction is set to begin on the Covent Hotel redevelopment this September after years of planning and approval hurdles. Originally proposed back in 2016,...
WIN: Standard Club’s Great Chicago Fire Murals by Edgar Miller to be Loaned to Art Institute
"The Standard Club, homeless since deciding to close in 2020 and agreeing this year to sell its Plymouth Court building, is loaning—and potentially donating—some...
THREATENED: ‘Monument with Standing Beast’ Sculpture to be Relocated
"One of Chicago’s iconic pieces of public art will be getting a new home."French artist Jean Dubuffet’s sculpture 'Monument with Standing Beast,' in place...
WIN: Second Presbyterian Church Receives $250,000 Adopt-a-Landmark Grant for Interior Restoration
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks has approved Adopt-A-Landmark funding for Second Presbyterian Church. Located at 1936 S. Michigan, the church is designed as a...
Medinah Temple to be Updated for Temporary Casino Use
"Medinah Temple’s three-story interior will need renovations as it becomes home to a temporary casino for Chicago, officials said Tuesday."The city held its first...
THREATENED: Cook County Scavenger Sale Undermines South and West Side Housing Stock
"An extraordinary report from Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas reveals what happens when government not only doesn’t get out of its own way, but...