March 2026 Newsletter
THREATENED: Chicago Tribune: Most Endangered Chicago Buildings List Includes Pope Leo’s Childhood Church and Art Institute Trading Room
"From Pope Leo XIV’s childhood church to the reconstructed and relocated Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room at the Art Institute, Preservation Chicago’s annual ranking...
THREATENED: Chicago Sun-Times: Will Art Institute Expansion Leave Louis Sullivan’s Chicago Stock Exchange Room in the Cold?
"The old Chicago Stock Exchange Building trading room — Adler & Sullivan’s gilded age space rescued from demolition 54 years ago — could be...
THREATENED: ArchitectureChicago PLUS: When a Museum Devours its Own: The Mortal Threat to Adler & Sullivan’s Stock Exchange Trading Room
"Here's the thing. Great art museums are both amazing treasures and amoral empires. Just ask countries like Benin, or Jewish families whose ancestor's art...
THREATENED: The Masterpiece by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Mentor Could Disappear for Good (Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room, Chicago 7 2026)
"Non è la prima volta che questa stanza sopravvive alla sua stessa scomparsa. E forse non sarà l’ultima. La trading room del Chicago Stock...
WIN: Preliminary Landmark Status Approved for Chicago Daily News Building (Chicago 7 2008)
“A Chicago real estate firm known for redeveloping historic properties plans to buy the historic former home of the Chicago Daily News from the...
WIN: Rapid Response Effort Results in Roger Brown House Receiving Final Landmark Recommendation
"Artist Roger Brown’s former home and studio has cleared another key hurdle toward landmark status, months after preservationists warned the 19th-century building could be...
WIN: Bryn Mawr Historic District Granted Preliminary Landmark Designation
"An Edgewater historic district is one step closer to becoming a Chicago landmark. The city’s Commission on Chicago Landmarks granted a preliminary landmark recommendation...
WIN: Landmarked Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church Receives $500k Grant
"A West Side Baptist church — once documented by photographer Gordon Parks and listed on the National Register of Historic Places — has received...
WIN: Hyde Park Union Church Receives $163K Adopt-a-Landmark Roof Repair Grant
"Hyde Park Union Church has been awarded a $163,838 city grant to repair its 100-year-old roof, part of the latest round of Adopt-A-Landmark funding...
WIN: After Extensive Delays, Greenstone Church’s $1.2 million Adopt-a-Landmark Bell Tower Restoration Begins
"The city-funded $1.2 million restoration of the crumbling bell tower of Pullman’s historic 144-year-old Greenstone United Methodist Church is set to begin after a...