May 2025 Newsletter
WIN: McCormick Mansion Will Be Transformed Into The Hand & The Eye, a $50M Magic Theater
"With a $50 million investment in the struggling Magnificent Mile, the Chicago healthcare entrepreneur Glen Tullman is opening a massive new live entertainment venue...
WIN: Former Hillshire Foods Building Will Become Medical School
"Construction has begun on the redevelopment of the former Tyson Foods building at 400 S Jefferson Street in West Loop Gate. Located at the...
WIN: Chicago Daily News Building Sold to Developer with Extensive Historic Preservation Experience (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: Developer Plans Residential Adaptive Reuse for 7-Story Western Methodist Book Concern Building at 50 E. Superior Street
"Initial details have been revealed for the residential conversion of the former office building at 50 E Superior Street in River North. Located mid-block...
PETITION: Make Damen Silos a Park and Festival Grounds!
"Sign below to stand up for the Silos! Responses will be shared with public officials involved in this issue."Ever since the State of Illinois...
WIN: Chinatown’s On Leong Merchants Association Building Proposed for National Register of Historic Places
"The former On Leong Merchants Association Building has been a symbol of Chinatown for nearly a century, carrying with it a history as colorful...
LOSS: After Four-Year Advocacy Effort, Phyllis Wheatley Home at 5128 S. Michigan Avenue Lost Following Court Ordered Emergency Demolition (Chicago 7 2021)
Preservation Chicago was successful at preventing the emergency demolition of the Phyllis Wheatley Home at 5128 S. Michigan Avenue in 2021. We created significant...
POTENTIAL WIN: Buyer Expresses Interest In Restoring and Reopening Portage Theater, If Back Taxes Are Addressed (Chicago 7 2012)
"The historic Portage Theater could get a new owner — if the property’s hefty overdue tax bill can get sorted."The Portage Theater has been...
WIN: Pittsfield Building Renovation Gaining Traction Thanks to Developer’s Viral TikTok Videos
"Millions of people online have taken interest in the Pittsfield Building — a historic skyscraper in the Loop that’s long been neglected, with a...
LEY BEY COLUMN: Sol LeWitt’s Famed Loop Sculpture Goes Into Hiding
"A significant, large-scale work by the late artist Sol LeWitt vanished from the exterior of a federally owned downtown building — and the government...