November 2022 Newsletter

WIN: City Council Approves Adaptive Reuse Funding for IIT Armour Institute Main Hall (Chicago 7 2015)

"The Chicago City Council has approved initial funding for the adaptive reuse of the Armour Institute building at 3300 S Federal Street in Bronzeville....

THREATENED: Damen Silos To Be Sold to MAT Asphalt

"The State of Illinois needs a wakeup call about the Damen Silos site along the Chicago River."We have been witnessing the dramatic transformation of...

THREATENED: Concrete Block Building Erected Without Permits Across from Humboldt Park Stables

"Humboldt Park neighbors have launched a petition in hopes of demolishing an unauthorized construction project next to a landmarked museum in the neighborhood’s namesake...

WIN: Preston Bradley Center Auditorium and Social Services Saved By Preservation-Oriented Buyer

"An Uptown church and social services center is getting a much-needed renovation and conversion into a nonprofit community hub after being sold for the...

WTTW Chicago: Chicago Architecture Critics Team Up to Highlight Inequities, Explore Solutions

Who Is the City For? Architecture, Equity, and the Public Realm in Chicago by Blair Kamin with photography by Lee Bey"A vividly illustrated collaboration between...

WIN: Adaptive Reuse Plan Approved for Hudson Motor Car Company Building

"A historic Motor Row building owned by former Bears defensive end Israel Idonije is getting a tony makeover."The four-story, 38-unit complex in the storied...

WIN: City Approves Conversion of Cameron Building Into Manufacturing Incubator

"Since starting out five years ago on Chicago Avenue in West Town as a prized project of former Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the manufacturing incubator...

WIN: Strong Community Support for Historic Preservation and Reuse of Historic Mars Candy Factory Building

"When it comes to what community members want to replace the Mars candy factory 2019 N. Oak Park Ave. in Galewood once it closed...

WIN: Residential Conversion and Restoration Planned for Rector Building at 79 W. Monroe

"The foreign investor that bought part of a vintage Loop office building in June has now acquired the rest of it, which it plans...