March 2022 Newsletter
PETITION: Use the $52M of federal funds to RESTORE, NOT DEMOLISH the historic skyscrapers! Save the Century and Consumers Buildings! (Chicago 7 2011, 2013...
For nearly twenty years, the General Service Administration (GSA) has allowed the historic Century and Consumers Buildings on State Street in the heart of...
THREATENED: Petition Started to Landmark Our Lady Of Victory Church to Prevent Potential Demolition (Chicago 7 2021)
"A Northwest Side group wants a historical church that held its last mass last year to receive landmark status to prevent it from potentially...
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Historic Pullman Foundation Presents Bon French’s in-depth and personal exploration of RAILROADERS: Jack Delano’s Homefront Photography May 15, 2022
As part of the Pullman Railroad Days event and the 2022 Speaker Series, Historic Pullman Foundation is excited to share this riveting presentation by...
THREATENED: Uncertain Future for Avalon / New Regal Theater (Chicago 7 2012)
"Anyone who’s taken on a building renovation and gotten in too deep can sympathize with Jerald Gary.
"He’s been in that situation to the extreme...
Ward Miller Guest Lectures at University of Chicago Historic Preservation Class
"Ward Miller was the "first ever historic preservation speaker in the first ever historic preservation class at the University of Chicago." On April 4,...
Op-ed: Transform McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center into a recreational center that would serve all (Chicago 7 2016 & 2021)
"The mayor’s new working group appointed to review our Museum Campus should seriously consider transforming McCormick Place Lakeside Center into a year-round, state-of-the-art, municipal...
Op-ed: Helmut Jahn and I re-imagined Lakeside Center in 2011. The city can still take advantage. (Chicago 7 2016 & 2021)
"In a recent Tribune op-ed, Barbara Koenen called on city leaders to convert McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center exhibition hall into the country’s largest municipal...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Casino or not, city has big decisions to make regarding Lakeside Center (Chicago 7 2016 & 2021)
"Lakeside Center, the oldest building in the McCormick Place complex, has also been the quietest in recent years, seemingly overshadowed by the convention center’s...
Sun-Times: Thompson Center Revamp Could Boost LaSalle Street Corridor (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"Back in December, Gov. J.B. Pritzker executed a spin move that would have scored well in an Olympic competition for policy shifts. After months...