March 2018 Newsletter
Strong Attendance and Excellent Media Coverage for 2018 “Chicago 7 Most Endangered” List Press Conference
Preservation Chicago revealed its 2018 "Chicago 7 Most Endangered Buildings" at noon, on February 28, 2018 in the Chicago Architecture Foundation's Lecture Hall in...
John Vinci: Life and Landmarks at Glessner House, Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Architect John Vinci is acclaimed for his pioneering activism for the cause of historic preservation over a career spanning more than 50 years. Major...
THREATENED: Let’s Restore the Uptown Theatre Petition Receives over 10,000 Signatures!
Preservation Chicago and the Friends of Uptown Theatre have sponsored the petition "Mayor Rahm Emanuel: Restore the Uptown!" Momentum is growing, but we need...
WIN: Church of the Epiphany’s Conversion to an Art Center Receives City Approval
After many years of preservation advocacy and many false starts, plans are underway to adaptively reuse Romanesque Revival Church of the Epiphany as a...
THREATENED: Temptation Chocolates Terra Cotta Removal Demolition Permit Delay Extended to 180 Days
The Temptation Chocolates Building was added to the 90-Day Demolition Delay list on December 1, 2017 requesting “removal of existing terra cotta cladding and...
THREATENED: Washington Park National Bank Faces Uncertain Future (Chicago 7 2016)
The Washington Park National Bank Building was constructed in 1924 by architect Albert Schwartz. The building’s elegant Bedford Indiana limestone façade includes Corinthian pilasters,...
THREATENED: Washington Park Substation Added to 90-Day Demolition Delay List (Chicago 7 2018)
The Washington Park Substation, located at 6141 S. Prairie Avenue, is an outstanding example of the early electrical substations built across the Chicago in...
THREATENED: Washington Park Substation Added to 90-Day Demolition Delay List (Chicago 7 2018)
The enormous Crawford Station, the electrical-generating coal-fired power station that was considered an engineering wonder of the modern world after its completion in 1926,...
THREATENED: Thousands of Archeological Artifacts Discovered in Jackson Park at Proposed Obama Center Site (Chicago 7 2017 & 2018)
Jackson Park has been included as a Preservation Chicago 7 Most Endangered in 2017 and again in 2018. We have been actively advocating for...
WIN: Like a Phoenix Rising, Roof Truss Installation Begins at The Shrine
The rebuilding efforts for fire-damaged Shrine of Christ the King/St. Gelasius/St. Clara Church in Woodlawn reached an important milestone in March 2018 when the...