June 2021 Newsletter
Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative Seeks to Survey and Protect Endangered Workers Cottages
Logan Square Workers Cottages. Image credit: Tom Vlodek / Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative"As developers continue to raze workers cottages for single-family homes and condos in...
Chicago Patch: It’s ‘Insane’ Chicago Isn’t The Sweet Home Of A Blues Museum
Roger Stolle, a blues-loving promoter, tourism director and owner of Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art shop in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Photo: Credit: Mark...
Ward Miller radio interview regarding the Thompson Center and the tragic loss of famed architect Helmut Jahn
"Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation Chicago, joins Anna to talk about the importance of preserving the Thompson Center and the tragic death of...
WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? The Henry Gerber House
"The first gay rights organization in America formed right here in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood — decades before the Mattachine Society in 1950s Los...
Chicago Architectural Club Announces 2021 Chicago Prize Competition: James R. Thompson Center
“Governor Pritzker has the opportunity, after years of neglect by his predecessors, to lead thru the sale of the Thompson Center by giving it...
WBEZ Chicago: Preservation Advocates Continue Pursuit Of Landmark Status For Thompson Center
"Reset gets an update on efforts to save the James R. Thompson Center from being demolished after a state panel recommended that the building...
WIN: New Hope for Cook County Land Bank Under Eleanor Gorski’s Leadership
"A Chicago planning department veteran who helped shepherd city approvals for the renovation of Wrigley Field, creation of the Fulton Market Innovation District and...
PARTIAL WIN: Court Allows Extra Time Merrick-Culver House, One of Austin’s Oldest Houses, Before Demolition Order
"A Chicago homeowner is in a battle against time to save what historians believe is the oldest home in the Austin neighborhood from demolition...
WIN: Kimbark Avenue Mansion in Landmark District Beautifully Restored
"Vince Baggetto has been designing kitchens for more than 30 years professionally and occasionally rehabbing houses for fun. When he spotted a 19th-century house...
WIN: ‘We are excited to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to restore the Blair Mansion to a single-family home.”
"The buyers of a historical Lake Shore Drive mansion owned since the early 1950s by the International College of Surgeons will convert it back...