November 2023 Newsletter
THREATENED: Closed in 2014 After Being Declared Unsafe, Darrow Bridge / Columbia Bridge Languishes
"The Chicago Department of Planning and Development estimates that some 700,000 people will visit the Obama Presidential Center (OPC) each year after its completion...
WIN: Former St. Bartholomew School to House Migrants
"Plans are being made to temporarily house between 300 to 350 migrants next year at the former Saint Bartholomew School, 4910 W. Addison St.,...
WIN: CHA Launches Restore Home to Renovate 36 Small- to Mid-Sized Apartment Buildings
"The Chicago Housing Authority doesn’t have the greatest reputation for keeping its promises. So every time it makes a new one, it has something...
WIN: 1516 W. Carroll Avenue Warehouse to Adaptively Reused as Restaurant and Urban Farm
"Chef Erling Wu-Bower is making his return to the Chicago food scene with a new restaurant focusing on “personal cuisine” dedicated to his roots."Wu-Bower,...
WIN: Class L Tax Incentives Approved for Flatiron Building Renovation
"Tax incentives have been approved for the Flatiron Building at 1579 N Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park. Located at the heart of the neighborhood...
WIN: Nat King Cole Home Renovated
"The Bronzeville three-flat where groundbreaking Black musician Nat King Cole grew up, a city landmark that was in poor condition, has been rehabbed and...
WIN: Request Denied to Demolish 1530 W. Touhy Avenue for a Parking Lot
"A local church’s plans to expand its parking lot onto what’s currently a single-family home have been turned down by the alderwoman after neighbors...
THREATENED: Sale of United Electrical Workers Union Hall Endangers Mural
"The 'Solidarity' mural inside the United Electrical Workers union hall at 37 S. Ashland Ave. illustrates struggles and successes of working people. In one...
WIN: Chicago Bungalow Association Announces 2023 Driehaus Bungalow Awards
Driehaus Bungalow Awards"The Driehaus Bungalow Awards were created in 2005 by the Chicago Bungalow Association, with the generous support of The Driehaus Foundation. An...
IN MEMORIAM: Rev. George A. Lane, SJ, Jesuit priest who helped save Church of the Holy Family from demolition during the 1990 “Miracle on...
"A Jesuit priest who saved Church of the Holy Family from demolition in 1990 and over the next decade restored Chicago’s second oldest church...