May 2020 Newsletter
THREATENED: Preservation Chicago Releases Demolition Best Practice Guidelines In Response to Crawford Demolition Debacle (Chicago 7 2014 & 2019)
Chicago’s demolition regulations are weak and rarely enforced. The outrage over the Crawford Power Station demolition debacle must result in city-wide reforms to better protect...
WIN: Central Camera Owner Vows to Rebuild After Arson
The Loop’s iconic Central Camera went up in flames during Saturday night’s unrest, but the third-generation owner is vowing to rebuild “and make it...
Help Restore Louis Sullivan’s Holy Trinity Cathedral
"On June 7th, 2020, Holy Trinity Cathedral designed by Louis Sullivan celebrated its 128-year anniversary of its founding as the oldest Orthodox community in...
PETITION: Imagine a New Emmerson Park Fieldhouse Save the Chicago Town & Tennis Club
From Outhouse to Fieldhouse!Our Kids Deserve Better. Children's programming at Emmerson Park in Chicago is held in a former public restroom building that’s been...
WATCH: April 5, 1968, a poem by Eve L. Ewing
"Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a new work by acclaimed poet Eve L. Ewing evokes the day Madison Street...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Chicago’s ‘Other’ Michigan Avenue Could Be Magnificent Once More (Chicago 7 2020)
"Keep an eye on the Roseland neighborhood’s Michigan Avenue, once a retail strip so popular it was called Chicago’s second Magnificent Mile. Shoppers could...
LOSS: Wrigleyville’s Yesterday Antique Shop Demolished
"The cherished memorabilia shop Yesterday, a relic and snapshot of 1970s Wrigleyville, will soon be demolished and replaced by a three-flat."Yesterday founder Tom Boyle...
LOSS: “Spotlight on Demolition” Former Sears Store, 6153 S. Western Ave., Gage Park (Chicago 7 2016) 221 S. Racine Ave., Greektown 3349 W. Addison...
“It’s an old, common cry in a city where demolition and development are often spoken in the same breath, and where trying to save...
THREATENED: 90-Day Demolition Delay List
The Demolition Delay Ordinance, adopted by City Council in 2003, establishes a hold of up to 90 days in the issuance of any demolition...

