May 2021 Newsletter
THREATENED: Tragic Death of Architect Helmut Jahn Reignites Debate Over Thompson Center (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"Arguing that the controversial Loop structure is Helmut Jahn’s definitive achievement, preservation advocates said Monday that the untimely death of the German architect 'really...
THREATENED: Will Thompson Center Upzoning Increase Likelihood of Adaptive Reuse? (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"On Wednesday the Chicago City Council voted to up-zone the Loop's for-sale Thompson Center to DC-16 Downtown Core District—the city's tallest and most dense...
THREATENED: Following Petition Drive with 31K Signatures, Amtrak Signals Willingness to Consider Adaptive Reuse of Union Station Power House (Chicago 7 2017 & 2020)
The iconic Art Deco Chicago Union Station Power House is threatened with demolition.This streamlined architectural masterpiece was designed in 1931 by Graham, Anderson, Probst...
THREATENED: Push to Landmark Thompson Center Before State of Illinois Sells Off To Developer (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
It's not a 24/7 hour use.
It's not used on the weekends.
If you try to go the building once and find closed doors, you never...
WIN: Lake Street Schlitz Tied House Recommended to Chicago City Council for Final Landmark Designation – 90-Day Demolition Delay
UPDATE: Over the strong objections of the developer, the Lake Street Schlitz Tied House was recommended on June 3, 2021 for consideration for Final...
WIN: Muddy Waters Home Recommended for Landmark Designation!
"McKinley Morganfield was born in rural Issaquena County, Mississippi, in 1913, the son of a sharecropper who played guitar on weekends. His mother died...
Remembering Edgewater Beach Hotel By John Holden and Kathryn Gemperle
"Nothing epitomized the glamour and excitement of Chicago’s jazz age and war years like the fabled Edgewater Beach Hotel. Much more than a hotel,...
Second Church of Christ Scientist 2700 N. Pine Grove Avenue, Lincoln Park-90-Day Demolition Delay
Address: Second Church of Christ Scientist 2700 N. Pine Grove Avenue, Lincoln Park
(A Chicago 7 Most Endangered 2019)
#100903102
Date Received: 01/07/2021
Ward: 43rd Ward Alderman Michele Smith
Applicant:...
90-Day Demolition Delay: 1399 W. Lake Street, West Loop (Lake Street Schlitz Tied House / La Lucé)
Address: 1399 W. Lake Street, West Loop (Lake Street Schlitz Tied House / La Lucé)
#100901650
Date Received: 12/02/2020
Ward: 27th Ward Alderman Walter Burnett
Applicant: Spirit Wrecking...