March 2025 Newsletter
POTENTIAL WIN: Chicago Collaborative Archives Center Development Team Presents Compelling Case for Adaptive Reuse Proposal for Century and Consumers Buildings to GSA Review Panel...
"After initially planning to demolish the buildings, the GSA relented over the summer and endorsed their adaptive reuse. But when the agency issued a...
WIN: Construction Progresses at Thompson Center (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"One row of glass, just above street level, is making its way around the Thompson Center, as Google renovations continue at Helmut Jahn’s Loop...
POTENTIAL WIN: At 5th Building Court Hearing, Judge Requires Owner to Provide Onyx360 with an Interior Inspection Before Proceeding with Ownership Transfer...
Preservation Chicago has mounted a Rapid Response advocacy effort to save Elim/Reformation Lutheran Church from demolition together with community and preservation partners. We have...
WIN: Kingdom Baptist Church Receives Final Landmark Recommendation
“The Chicago City Council has approved the landmark designation for the Kingdom Baptist Church. Located at 301 N. Central, the church is situated at...
WIN: Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago Receives Final Landmark Recommendation
"Morning Star Baptist Church is on its way to becoming a Chicago landmark."The 113-year-old building got approved for preliminary landmark status from the Commission...
WIN: Strong Community Support for Adaptive Reuse Plan Including Public Library Branch Advances for Long-Endangered Washington Park National Bank (Chicago 7 2016 & 2020)
"Residents of the 20th Ward voted to approve a developer’s plan to rehabilitate the dilapidated Washington Park Bank building, clearing the way for a...
THREATENED: Unusual Split Ownership Complicates Stabilization and Restoration of the Central Manufacturing District Clock Tower (Chicago 7 2014, 2020 and 2025)
"The McKinley Park neighborhood’s iconic clock tower in the Central Manufacturing District is one of Chicago’s most endangered buildings according to a recently released...
THREATENED: Extended Vacancy and Deferred Maintenance Endanger Frank Lloyd Wright’s Walser House (Chicago 7 2025)
"A historic Frank Lloyd Wright home has been added to a list of endangered architecture in Chicago. Located in the Austin neighborhood, the J.J....
THREATENED: After Decades of Neglect, Will the Darrow Bridge be Restored or Replaced? (Chicago 7 2025)
"Jackson Park’s Darrow Bridge is one of Chicago’s 'most endangered' public assets, according to an annual list released by Preservation Chicago."Published last Tuesday, the...
WIN: Annual Clarence Darrow Memorial at Darrow Bridge Draws Larger Crowd (Chicago 7 2025)
"Nina Helstein has been celebrating the memory of lawyer and Hyde Park resident Clarence Darrow with other Chicagoans nearly every March 13 at a...