November 2021 Newsletter
THREATENED: 90-Day Demolition Delay List
The Demolition Delay Ordinance, adopted by City Council in 2003, establishes a hold of up to 90 days in the issuance of any demolition...
BUYER WANTED: Renovated Lincoln Park Home For Sale
"Decades of shifting from a single-family home to a 19-room boarding house to a three-flat hadn’t changed the stately exterior of this Cleveland Avenue...
URGENTLY THREATENED: Developer Moves Forward with Plan to Demolish Cenacle Sisters Building Complex and Subdivide for Huge Single Family Homes
"A religious order quietly sold the Lincoln Park building it has owned since the mid-1960s to a developer, who plans to build on one...
BUYER WANTED: Former St. George Church, School and Rectory in South Chicago For Sale (Chicago 7 2021)
"St. George Church was established in 1903 to serve Slovenian immigrants who settled near the steel mills in South Chicago. This national parish was...
TENANT WANTED: Designated Chicago Landmark Medinah Temple Seeks For New Use
"The owner of the Medinah Temple is wrestling once again with the question: What’s the vacant River North landmark going to be next?"Friedman Properties...
LOSS: Built in 1860 Before the Great Chicago Fire, Developers Demolish 116 N. Willard Court
"An Italianate home in the West Loop, built about a decade before the Great Chicago Fire, is headed for demolition, likely to be replaced...
LOSS: Edgewater’s Motor Row McNitt Building Demolished for Future Development
"Edgewater neighbors and preservationists are trying to halt Howard Brown Health’s planned demolition of a 100-year-old former auto garage on Broadway, asking the health...
WIN: Long Neglected Iowa Building in Jackson Park to Be Restored
"City officials presented initial plans for renovation of the Iowa Building and construction of new baseball fields and a dog-friendly area (DFA) in Jackson...
WIN: Workers Cottage Initiative Grows To More Chicago Neighborhoods
"As developers continue to raze workers cottages for single-family homes and condos in gentrifying Logan Square and other parts of the city, preservationists are...