November 2019 Newsletter

PRESS: Former Sun-Times Architecture Critic Comes Out Swinging Against OPC Design, Placement in Park

"While promoting his book “Southern Exposure” about architectural design on the South Side, former Sun-Times architecture critic Lee Bey questioned both the design of...

WIN: Nuveen House Designated as a Chicago Landmark

"A stately Irving Park home built by investment banking magnate John Nuveen is on its way to becoming a protected site. On Thursday, the...

RADIO: What’s That Building? General Richard L. Jones Armory

"Carvings of a Roman soldier, medieval knight, Native American warrior and World War I doughboy peer out from their posts around the edges of...

WIN: Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church/Sinai Temple Designated as a Chicago Landmark

"Designed by the notable architect Alfred Samuel Alschuler, a neoclassical revival-style church complex built in 1912 could soon become the next official Chicago landmark."Last...

WATCH: Preservationists Rally Around Thompson Center as Pritzker Prepares for Sale on Chicago Tonight

"The James R. Thompson Center is hard to miss. The 17-story, sloping glass structure occupies an entire city block in downtown Chicago."Designed by architect...

WIN: Historic Uptown SRO to be Redeveloped into Micro-Apartments.

"The redevelopment of the former Wilson Men’s Hotel building in Uptown has begun, with its new owners working to turn the former single-room occupancy...

WIN: Dated Uptown Office Building Converted to Mid Century-Inspired Apartments

"The two-year transformation of Uptown’s former Combined Insurance building into a new striking apartment development known as the Draper is nearly complete. The adaptive...

WIN: North Lawndale Art Deco Library Restored

"For decades, North Lawndale residents have pointed to their crumbling local library as proof of the city’s neglect of the West Side."Now, after a...

THREATENED: Ukrainian Village Workers Cottages Threatened by New Condo Construction

"Before developers tear down rows of 1910s-era workers cottages and flats on Augusta Boulevard, a group of neighborhood leaders are trying to save what’s...

WIN: Society of St. Adalbert Requests Landmark Designation for St. Adalbert Convent

"A group fighting to preserve St. Adalbert Roman Catholic Church — a property in the heart of Pilsen that is slated to become apartments...