March 2018 Newsletter
THREATENED: 2nd Christian Science Church Declines Purchase Offer from Major Chicago Foundation to Fully Restore and Convert to Lincoln Park Community Cultural Arts Center
Fate of Historic Lincoln Park Church Building Remains Precarious
by Peter Von Buol
Originally published in Inside-Booster and Skyline Newspaper, April 4, 2018
(Reprinted...
LOSS: Belmont Flyover Demolition Underway
The Chicago Transit Authority began the demolition of a collection of buildings in Lake View in March 2018 to make way for the “controversial”...
LOSS: Woodruff Arcade Demolished! (Chicago 7 2018)
The Woodruff Arcade has been demolished. Located at the corner of Broadway, Devon and Sheridan in Edgewater and Rogers Park, the 94-year old Woodruff...
WIN: Stone Temple Baptist Church Receives Federal Grant
Stone Temple Baptist Church was the only building in Chicago to receive a highly competitive African American Civil Rights Grant from the Federal Government....
WIN: St. Boniface Adaptive Reuse Plan Receives Chicago City Council Approval
26 years after St. Boniface Church held its last mass, and after 16 long years of relentless preservation advocacy, and a last minute sale...