May 2020 Newsletter
LOSS: Fire Destroys Apartment and Retail Building In Auburn Gresham
"A fire broke out May 19 in an Auburn Gresham food market, with two firefighters suffering minor injuries."Just before 6 a.m., the three-alarm blaze...
THREATENED: 4607 N. Magnolia Avenue Needs a Preservation-Oriented Buyer!
Preservation Chicago is working with Sheridan Park neighbors to bring the beautiful historic home at 4607 N. Magnolia Avenue in the Sheridan Park National...
WIN: Historic home at 4649 N. Beacon goes under contract shortly after coming back onto the market
Preservation Chicago worked with Sheridan Park neighbors to bring the beautiful historic home at 4649 N. Beacon Street to the attention of preservation-oriented buyers...
WIN: Two Former Logan Square Religious Buildings Becoming Apartments: Adaptive Reuse Has Become a Popular Strategy
"A developer who’s nearly finished converting a former synagogue in Logan Square to apartments will follow it up by doing the same with a...
WIN: Restoration Begins on Givins Castle in Beverly
"Major repairs at the Givins Castle, the landmark at the corner of 103rd Street and Longwood Drive, are officially underway."After inspections found extensive deterioration...
LOSS: Former Dairy in Lincoln Park To Be Demolished
"They always called it the dairy."'Come to the dairy,' Deborah Clarkson would often say when she invited people to her home. She liked how...
WIN: Schlitz Tied House at 9401 S. Ewing Avenue Granted Preliminary Landmark Status!
On June 4, 2020, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks voted to award preliminary Landmark designation to the former Schlitz Brewery-Tied House located at 9401...
THREATENED: Jackson Park Obama Center Lawsuit Moving Through Appeals Court
"The Seventh Circuit was skeptical Thursday of a parks advocacy organization’s arguments opposing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park,...
LOSS: McKinley Park Wrigley Factory Demolished for Truck Cross-Dock Warehouse
"Demolition is for the former Wrigley factory site at West 35th Street and South Ashland Avenue, clearing the way for a last-mile shipping...
THREATENED: New Residential High-Rise Tower Tower Approved to Replace Cassidy Tire Building by Architect Henry Schlacks
On May 21, the Chicago Department of Planning and Development approved a plan to demolish the Cassidy Tire building to make way for a...