July 2025 Newsletter
WIN: After 11 Year Effort and 11th Hour Negotiations, City Council Approves Final Landmark Designation for St. Adalbert’s Church (Chicago 7...
"A late compromise helped landmark status for Pilsen’s St. Adalbert Catholic Church finally move ahead Tuesday, a decisive step in a fierce preservation battle."The...
LOSS: Damen Silos Demolished Despite Strong Support for Public Park and Permanent Festival Grounds Reuse Alternative Plan
"The demolition of the Damen Silos is underway and moving quickly. Just five days in, the smaller buildings surrounding the massive structures near South...
WIN: Original Portrait of Chicago’s First Architect, John Mills Van Osdel Donated to Church of the Holy Family
"Unveiled amid towering Victorian Gothic walls and stained-glass biblical figures at a Near West Side church, was an oil portrait of the late architect...
WIN: After 10-Year Effort, Clarendon Park Community Center Ribbon-Cutting After Comprehensive Preservation-Oriented Renovation (Chicago 7 2015)
"Uptown neighbors can once again enjoy the Clarendon Park Community Center, which reopened Monday after a years-long renovation project."The $13 million renovation of the...
WIN: TIF Funds Awarded for Pioneer Arcade Affordable Housing Adaptive Reuse Plan (Chicago 7 2015)
"Humboldt Park’s landmarked Pioneer Arcade building — once a bowling alley and billiards spot in the 1920s — is closer to becoming a 61-unit-affordable...
WIN: Closed Corpus Christi Catholic Church To Become Nonprofit Community Center (Chicago 7 2021)
"Four years after Corpus Christi Catholic Church closed its doors, the Grand Boulevard building it once called home will become a youth community center."The...
WIN: Successful Rapid Response Advocacy Effort Results in Final Landmark Recommendation for Erie Street Row at 161 E. Erie
"The Commission on Chicago Landmarks has approved a final landmark recommendation for the Erie Street Row, a set of three rowhouses at 161 E....
WIN: Preliminary Landmark Designation Approved for Bankers Building / Clark Adams Building at 105 W. Adams Street
"The Commission on Chicago Landmarks has approved a preliminary landmark recommendation for the Bankers Building at 105 W. Adams. Located at the southwest corner...
WIN: Final Landmark Designation and Class L Approved for Harris Trust & Savings Bank Hotel
"Landmark status and tax incentives have been approved for the mixed-use redevelopment of 111 West Monroe Street in The Loop. Located at the corner...
WIN: New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church / Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at 1400 N. Laramie Avenue in Austin Receives Final Landmark Recommendation
"Austin's New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church, 1400 N. Laramie Ave., received a final landmark recommendation from the Landmark Commission today. Built from...