March 2023 Newsletter

90-Day Demolition Delay: 2240 N. Burling Street, Lincoln Park

#100994354 Date Received: 11/18/2022 Ward: 43rd Ald. Timmy Knudsen Applicant: Evergreen Solutions, LLC C/O Ewelina Chojniak Owner: 2224 N Burling, LLC C/O Thaddeus Wong, Manager Permit Description: Demolition of...

90-Day Demolition Delay: Burnham Designed Pavilion in Jackson Park, 2241 E. Marquette Drive (A Chicago 7 Most Endangered in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 &...

#100995228 Date Received: December 5, 2022 Ward: 4th Ald. Sophia King Applicant: Bauer Latoza C/O Ed Torrez Owner: Chicago Park District C/O Heather Gleason, Director of Planning and Construction Permit...

90-Day Demolition Delay: 2127-2129 W. Crystal Street, Wicker Park

#100950268 Date Received: December 6, 2022 Ward: 2nd Ald. Brian Hopkins Applicant: Tir Conaill Concrete, Inc. C/O Charlotte McVeigh Owner: 2127-29 W Crystal, LLC C/O Nathan Marsh Permit Description:...

Chicago Reader: Best person to tell you everything you wanted to hear and more about why that neglected building that’s attracted a developer’s eye...

"Looking for a short answer to the question of why Chicago needs to save, say, the shuttered, circa 1920 Continental Can Company building at...

MAS CONTEXT: From Resources to Rubble: Evaluating Chicago’s Demolition Delay Ordinance in its Twentieth YearChi

"Two blocks west of City Hall sits Chicago’s most infamous empty lot. From 1927 to 2002, this was the site of the Old Mercantile...

Chicago YIMBY: Lost Legends #1: The Chicago Federal Building In The Loop

Kluczynski Federal Building. Photo credit: US General Services Administration"The architectural landscape of Chicago is ever-evolving, with many structures meeting their end to make way...

Mies van der Rohe Society presents Mies and Me: Mies van der Rohe’s 137th birthday April 19, 2023

Mies and Me: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s 137th birthday and Mies Mies Society’s 20th anniversary. Image credit: Mies van der Rohe SocietyWednesday, April...

Preservation Chicago Host Committee for Climate Action Museum Earth Day Fun-Raiser & Dance April 22, 2023

"The Climate Action Museum Ministry of Love invites you to attend our 1st Earth Day Fun-Raiser and Dance to RAISE FUNDS to build and...

Kreisman Initiative on Housing Law and Policy Symposium presents Missing Middle Housing: The Key to Scaling Affordability? May 1, 2023 With Guest Speaker Ward...

“Missing Middle Housing: The Key to Scaling Affordability?” Kreisman Housing Law and Policy Initiative 2023 Annual SymposiumMonday, May 18am - 6:30pm David Rubenstein Forum at the...