March 2023 Newsletter

THREATENED: IDOT Releases New Redefine the Drive Renderings (Chicago 7 2022)

"New renderings have been released of the potential future condition of the northern lakefront as part of the Redefine the Drive efforts currently underway....

WIN: Landmarked LaSalle Street Cable Car Powerhouse to Become Steakhouse

"One of England's most popular restaurants, rated No. 1 on a world's best steakhouse list, is coming to Chicago. "Hawksmoor, which opened its first U.S....

WIN: Depositor’s Bank Building at 4701 S Ashland Avenue to be Adaptively Reuse for Senior Housing

"Growing up in Back of the Yards, Jesse Iñiguez remembers the shops at 47th Street and Ashland Avenue as the place his family went...

THREATENED: Regent Theater / Village North/ New 400 Theater Chicago’s Oldest-Running Movie House at Risk of Closure

"Tony Fox never planned to own a movie theater. Fox bought The New 400 Theaters and surrounding storefronts in 2007 as a redevelopment project....

THREATENED: Dispute Over Historic Tours at Edgar Miller Designed Glasner Studio Results in Legal Actions

"Edgar Miller’s Kogen-Miller Studios is one of Chicago’s most idiosyncratic and astonishing architectural sites. Lately, though, it has been ensnared in a disagreement that...

WIN: Permits Issued for Adaptive Reuse of St. James Methodist Church at 4601-4611 S. Ellis

"Renovation permits have been issued for the adaptive reuse of the former St James United Methodist Church at 4601 S. Ellis. Located at the...

WIN: Edgar Miller ‘Animal Court’ Sculptures To Finally Be Restored and Reinstalled at National Public Housing Museum

"The prevailing image of Chicago public housing is that of blocks of big, grim brick-and-concrete towers. It didn’t start out that way, though. "The first...

WIN: Adaptive Reuse Plan Announced for W.M. Hoyt Warehouse, Landmarked as Part of the Cermak Road Bridge District

"New details have been revealed for the mixed use redevelopment of 465 W Cermak Road in Chinatown. Located directly on the south branch of...

WIN: Local Group Launches Effort to Restore Chicago Harbor Lighthouse for Museum

"Architects and maritime history lovers are raising money to restore the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, which was built in 1893 for the World’s Columbian Exposition...

THREATENED: Pike House/Watchman’s Residence Proposals Due April 28!

"The Eugene S. Pike House built in 1894 is a historic home designed by Harry Hale Waterman. It is located in the Beverly neighborhood...