July 2026 Newsletter
WIN: City Council Approves $1.55 Million in TIF Funding for The Workshop, the Adaptive Reuse of a 1921 Building at 3741 W. Lawrence Avenue...
“The Chicago City Council has approved $1.55 million in TIF funding for The Workshop, a community-oriented performing arts and gathering space planned at 3741...
LOSS: Demolition Permits Issued for the Torstenson Glass Company Building, a 135-Year-Old Chicago Legacy Business, at 3233 N. Sheffield Avenue in Lake View
“Two Chicago real estate companies’ plan to demolish the former Torstenson Glass building and build luxury apartments is moving forward.“North Park Ventures and SNS...
THREATENED: Another Lake View Greystone Faces Demolition at 3619 N. Magnolia Avenue While Neighbors and Preservation Chicago Advance a Newport Avenue Landmark District
“The next-door neighbor of a 1910 greystone demolished back in March on North Magnolia Avenue in Lake View is now also slated for the...
THREATENED: Years of Unpermitted Alterations Have Compromised the Wacker House in the Old Town Triangle Historic District
“The original home on the site at 1838 N. Lincoln Park West burned in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Three years later, brewer...
BUYER WANTED: Al Capone’s Banker’s House at 8844 S. Pleasant Avenue in Beverly Listed For Sale
“One of Beverly’s most distinguished estates, located at 8844 S. Pleasant Avenue, has hit the market for $1.2 million, offering buyers the chance to...
WGN Radio — “Advocating for Chicago’s Historic Architecture and Preserving History” Interview of Ward Miller and Warren Strovel By Steve Dale
“Preservation Chicago is an advocacy organization. It’s a nonprofit that encourages the preservation of historic buildings, and we’re not looking at every historic building....
WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? Promontory Point
“Promontory Point, a 40-acre bulb poking eastward into Lake Michigan at 55th Street, is a deliberately picturesque piece of the south lakefront. A peninsula...
WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? Jackson Park Bathing Pavilion at 63rd Street Beach
“This monumental building, with its two towers and long open-air promenades on the lower and upper levels, is a century-old symbol of Chicago’s love...
WBEZ Chicago: ‘Give while you live’: Who is Museum of Science and Industry founder Julius Rosenwald?
PITN: ‘Give While You Live’ — Julius Rosenwald, the Humble Founder Who Refused to Put His Name on the Museum of Science and Industry“Rosenwald...