March 2023 Newsletter
WIN: As the Premier Black Railway Workers Museum for nearly 30 years, Pullman Porter Museum Launches Capital Campaign for Museum Campus Expansion
"The National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum will mark its anniversary this weekend with a gala and fundraiser to support its $30 million...
THREATENED: Openlands Letter Writing Campaign to Protect the South Shore Nature Sanctuary, and to Prioritize the Restoration of Jackson Park and South Shore Golf...
"In 2017 the Chicago Park District proposed a plan to redevelop the Jackson Park 18-hole golf course and the South Shore 9-hole course, combining...
WIN: The Iowa Building Restoration Underway
"The building that sits in Jackson Park at 56th Street and South Shore Drive is known as the Iowa Building, but this small shelter...
WIN: Austin’s Pink House Saved But Some Character Lost in Gut Renovation
"The iconic pink house in Austin is being renovated — and the color it became famous for is now gone."The Victorian at 556 N....
BUYER WANTED: Pair of Prairie Avenue “Millionaire’s Row” Mansions Offered For Sale
"The U.S. Soccer Federation has listed two adjacent South Loop mansions that it long has owned and used as its headquarters for a combined...
BUYER WANTED: Fisher Studios Condo at 1209 N. State Parkway Offered For Sale
"In the 1930s, when a Marshall Field’s executive tapped an innovative Chicago architect to design apartments for a site on North State Parkway, he...
BUYER WANTED: Condo in Carl Street Studios at 155 West Burton Place Listed for Sale
"This one-of-a-kind property is a work of art by Edgar Miller and Sol Kogen at Carl Street Studios.Nestled behind a secure iron gate in...
IN MEMORIAM: Arthur Takeuchi, Chicago Architect
"Arthur Shigeo Takeuchi (June 16, 1931 - October 28, 2022), architect, pupil of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and former faculty member of the...
90-Day Demolition Delay: Harold Meitus House, 6740 S. South Shore Dr., South Shore
#101010607
Date Received: 03/29/2023
Ward: 5th Ald. Leslie Hairston.
Applicant: Precision Excavation, LLC C/O Estefania Enriquez
Owner: South Shore & 67, LLC C/O Naser Odeh, Manager
Permit Description: Wreck...
90-Day Demolition Delay: 3524 N. Fremont St., Northalsted
#101011966
Date Received: 04/11/2023
Ward: 44th Ald. Thomas Tunney
Applicant: Castleview Holdings, LLC C/O William Broderick, Manager
Owner: Castleview Holdings, LLC C/O William Broderick, Manager
Permit Description: Demolition of...