July 2024 Newsletter
WIN: After Extensive Advocacy Campaign, GSA Switches From Demolition to Adaptive Reuse for Century and Consumers Buildings! (Chicago 7 2011, 2013, 2022,...
"After years of efforts by preservationists, the federal government has decided to spare a pair of century-old Loop skyscrapers from the wrecking ball in...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Feds Save Century and Consumers Buildings, But Make Redevelopment Tougher (Chicago 7 2011, 2013, 2022, 2023, 2024)
"The U.S. General Services Administration made the correct choice last week when the agency decided not to demolish downtown’s vacant but historic Century and...
OP-ED: Sara C. Bronin: Chicago’s Historic Century and Consumers Buildings Must Not Fall (Chicago 7 2011, 2013, 2022, 2023, 2024)
"Recently, in my role leading the federal historical preservation agency, I visited two of Chicago’s most talked-about buildings — the Century Building and the...
WIN: John B. Murphy Memorial Auditorium Receives City of Chicago Landmark Designation and Celebrates Grand Opening After Restoration
"The Driehaus Museum, at Wabash and Erie, is proud to announce that its John B. Murphy Memorial Auditorium has received City of Chicago landmark...
WIN: Final Landmark Recommendation Approved for St. Adalbert Church and Complex (Chicago 7 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021)
"Pilsen’s St. Adalbert Church building cleared a key hurdle Thursday in the yearslong fight by former parishioners to have it declared a landmark to...
WIN: Final Landmark Recommendation Approved for Ramova Theater (Chicago 7 2012)
"The landmark process for the Ramova Theatre at 3508 S. Halsted St. in Bridgeport has been far less contentious, with developer Tyler Nevius firmly...
WIN: Double Door Uptown Receives $5M City of Chicago Community Development Grant
"Plans to reopen the Double Door in Uptown have gotten a boost from the city in the form of a $5 million grant."Co-owners Peter...
WIN: Former WAX TRAX! Records at 2449 N. Lincoln Avenue receives a Preliminary Landmark Recommendation
"For nearly 15 years, the two-story building at 2449 N. Lincoln Ave. served as the epicenter of an underground musical, social and cultural movement...
WIN: Building Permits, Class L Tax Designation and Adopt-A-Landmark Grant Approved by City Council for Mid-City Trust and Savings Bank Adaptive Reuse
"The Chicago City Council has approved a Class L tax incentive for the adaptive reuse of the former Mid-City Trust & Savings Bank Building....
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: City Council Places $160 Million Bet On Revitalizing LaSalle Street
""The future of downtown’s troubled LaSalle Street corridor — and maybe the Loop itself — might have brightened a bit last week."Once Chicago’s Wall...