March 2022 Newsletter
THREATENED: Portage Theater Makes Slow Progress, but Needs Significant City Support to Reopen (Chicago 7 2012)
"Repairs are inching forward on the long-closed Portage Theater, part of an ambitious, multi-million-dollar plan from its newest owner to revive the iconic venue.
"But...
LOSS: Final hours for the John Ramcke House at 2028 N. Seminary
John Ramcke House, 2028 N. Seminary. Built 1888. Demolished April 2022. Image Credit: Tweet by @Fynmere"Over the years, the Lincoln Park neighborhood has...
Chicago Magazine: Think TikTok is Obsessed with Goth Target? Meet Ward Miller.
"When Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation Chicago, walks by the Sullivan Center, he can’t help but to go inside. It’s not the Target...
WIN: Humboldt Park Methodist Church to be Adaptively Reused as Affordable Housing With Federal Funds
"A nonprofit developer is getting $2 million in federal funds to convert a Logan Square church into affordable apartments.
"LUCHA was one of 10 developers...
WIN: After 25 Years Leading Chicago Architecture Center, Lynn Osmond Tapped to Run Choose Chicago
"Lynn Osmond, Chicago Architecture Center CEO, tapped as head of city’s official destination marketing organization
"Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and Choose Chicago announced (March 15,...
WIN: Lee Bey Becomes Architecture Critic for the Chicago Sun-Times
"It’s a good time to be an architecture fan in Chicago. Historian, photographer, and critic Lee Bey will have a monthly column in the...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Writing a new chapter for Avalon Regal and Congress theaters
"We applaud the city’s proposal to kick in $20 million to help fund a major restoration of Logan Square’s Congress Theater.
"But we’re also watching...
WIN: Shuttered Overton Elementary School to be Adaptively Reused as Community Center
"Two Bronzeville projects to improve food access and environmental sustainability are moving forward as part of a city program to support developments near public...
South Side Weekly: The South Suburbs’s Little Known Underground Railroad; Historians and activists push to recognize the history of Underground Railroad stops and guides...
"The Underground Railroad was neither a railroad nor was it underground. It was a secret network led by people that included free Black and...
WIN: Thompson Center Sale For Renovation Finalized
"Less than four months after Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a development team would take over the beleaguered James R. Thompson Center in the Loop,...

