November 2020 Newsletter

90-Day Demolition Delay

1399 W. Lake Street, West Loop (Lake Street Schlitz Tied House / La Lucé)-90-Day Demolition Delay

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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...
November 2020 Newsletter

November 2020 Month-in-Review Newsletter

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Table of Contents ADVOCACY Open Call for Chicago 7 2021 Nominations THREATENED: La Luce / Lake Street Schlitz Tied PETITION: Save the Lake Street Schlitz...
Closed Petitions

PETITION: Protect and Landmark the Lake Street Schlitz Tied House!

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City of Chicago: Thank you for taking emergency steps to halt the demolition of the historic La Luce restaurant building / Lake Street Schlitz...
November 2020 Newsletter

THREATENED: New 90 Day Demolition Delay for Lake Street Schlitz Tied House / La Lucé After Demo Permit Accidentally Released!

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"A surviving Victorian building in Chicago’s rapidly developing Fulton Market district, originally a Schlitz tavern and later the home of the Italian restaurant La...
November 2020 Newsletter

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"It’s hard to tell what was gained — if anything at all — from a City Council committee’s decision Tuesday to reject both a...
December 2020 Newsletter

LOSS: Pilsen Landmark District Rejected (Chicago 7 2006)

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"A City Council committee on December 1, 2020 shot down a controversial plan to create one of the city’s largest landmark districts in the...
November 2020 Newsletter

Chicago Tribune Column: The despised Pilsen landmark plan gets a hearing today. Here’s how to save the treasured neighborhood. (Chicago 7 2006)

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"There’s no doubt Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood has the stuff to become an official city landmark district. Yet a plan to do just that is...
December 2020 Newsletter

THREATENED: Thompson Center Sale Delayed Due to Pandemic Economy (Chicago 7 2018, 2019, & 2020)

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"Count the state of Illinois’ plan to line up a buyer for the James R. Thompson Center by the end of 2020 as another...
December 2020 Newsletter

WIN: Preliminary Landmark Status Approved for Cluster of Four Historic Buildings at Willow and Halsted

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"The Commission on Chicago Landmarks approved on Dec 3, 2020 the preliminary landmark proposal for a cluster of four late 19th century buildings in...
November 2020 Newsletter

THREATENED: Congress Theater Restoration In Jeopardy After Developer Losses Property

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"Around the same time the lawsuit became public, a judge appointed a receiver to 'care for' the 1920s theater, which has fallen into disrepair,...

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