June 2020 Newsletter

June 2020 Newsletter

June 2020 Month-in-Review Newsletter

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Music Box Theatre Begins Phased Reopening This Weekend With Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ Table of Contents ADVOCACY LOSS: Chicago Town and Tennis Club / Unity Church Demolished ...
Closed Petitions

LOSS: The Wrecking Ball Is Response To Preservation Chicago’s Written Offer for $1.5 Million to Move Chicago Town and Tennis and Petition with 3,000...

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Link to T witter video of Demolition of Chicago Town and Tennis Club/Unity Church, 1925, George W. Maher and Son, 1925 W. Thome Avenue....
December 2020 Newsletter

WIN: West Side YMCA/YWCA Adaptively Reused for Residential Apartments

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"A set of red brick buildings that over the course of a century held first a YMCA/YWCA and later the Salvation Army is set...
June 2020 Newsletter

THREATENED: Jackson Park Remains Threatened by Obama Center Development, But Some Positive Movement as Illinois State Historic Preservation Office Letter Calls for “Additional Design...

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To many observers it appears that the city, state and federal agencies required to review the proposed Obama Center plans in Jackson Park have...
June 2020 Newsletter

LOSS: Crawford Station’s Turbine Hall Facade Demolished (Chicago 7 2014 & 2019)

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"Companies that win multimillion-dollar tax incentives to bring industrial jobs to Chicago could be stripped of those benefits if they “betray the public’s trust”...
Apartment Building

THREATENED: Demolition Permit Released for Jeffery Theater and Spencer Arms Hotel (Chicago 7 2014)

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A Preservation Chicago 7 Most Endangered in 2014, the historic Jeffery Theater is located at the crossroads of what was once the bustling heart...
July 2020 Newsletter

THREATENED: Old Irving Park Historic Church and Home Threatened with Demolition

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"Two nearly 100-year-old buildings in Old Irving Park are going to be demolished to make way for housing developments. Several single-family homes are planned...
June 2020 Newsletter

THREATENED: Englewood Brewery Renovation Grinds to Halt Due to Lease Dispute

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"Englewood Brews, once a promising enterprise planned for a beleaguered Southwest Side neighborhood, may be dead in the water as owners, a local development...
July 2020 Newsletter

BUYER WANTED: Argus Brewery in Roseland/Pullman Landmark for Sale

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"Argus Brewery, which quietly stopped operating on Chicago’s Far South Side in late March, is available on the people’s internet marketplace for $2.5 million....
September 2020 Newsletter

BUYER WANTED: 4607 N. Magnolia Avenue Needs a Preservation-Oriented Buyer!

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Preservation Chicago is working with Sheridan Park neighbors to bring the beautiful historic home at 4607 N. Magnolia Avenue in the Sheridan Park National...

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