May 2022 Newsletter
Address: New Devon Theater / Assyrian American, 1618 W. Devon Ave., Rogers Park
#100946230
Date Received: 12/3/2021
Ward: 40th Ald. Andre Vasquez
Applicant: Alpine Demolition Services, LLC
Owner: Doris Eneamokwu
Permit Description: Opening of closed existing windows, install new window frame and glazing,...
WIN: Rep. Kelly Confirms $550k in Federal Funding for Mission-Critical Promontory Point Engineering Study (Chicago 7 2022)
Promontory Point, 1937, Alfred Caldwell, Chicago Lakefront between 54th and 56th Streets. Photo Credit: ABC 7 ChicagoFirst Annual Point Day Celebrations on May 28,...
LOSS: Antioch Missionary Baptist Demolished Following Massive Good Friday Fire
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 1890, Bell and Swift, 6248 S. Stewart Ave. Photo Credit: Adam L. StanleyAntioch Missionary Baptist Church in Englewood, gutted by...
WIN: Historic Studebaker Theater to Reopen After Two-Year Renovation
"Brittle scraps of Scotch tape stick to the marble walls, chipped and gouged from decades of comings and goings — and if it were...
THREATENED: With Flurry of Purchases, Latin School Now Owns Eight of 10 Properties on a Stretch of Dearborn Parkway
"The Latin School of Chicago bought an 1890s building on Dearborn Street, its fourth purchase on the same block in recent weeks, and says...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Explore preservation group’s plan to save two doomed Loop towers
"We’re intrigued by a preservation group’s plan to save a seemingly doomed pair of Loop office buildings by turning the towers into a local...
WIN: Bronzeville Marshall Field Warehouse to be Transformed into The Lillian Marcie Center for the Performing Arts
"A much-anticipated addition to Bronzeville’s cultural corridor will receive $26 million since the 2023 state budget has been signed into law."The Lillian Marcie Center...
WIN: St. Laurence Church School to Become Arts Incubator (Chicago 7 2011)
"Rebuild Foundation, an arts and culture nonprofit founded by artist Theaster Gates, broke ground on a new arts incubator on the city’s South Side...
WIN: Xquina Adaptive Reuse Project to Break Ground This Summer
"Construction on the long-anticipated Xquina Incubator & Cafe project is expected to start this summer, officials said. The community hub and business space, which...
WIN: Renovated Apartment Buildings Honor Mattie Butler
"Two affordable rental buildings in Woodlawn are being renamed in honor of the longtime neighborhood housing activist who rehabbed them in the 1990s."With a...