November 2023 Newsletter

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: 2023 Preservation Excellence Awards from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks

 2023 Preservation Excellence AwardsThe projects below each received a 2023 Preservation Excellence Award from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2023The...

WIN: 2023 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards from Landmarks Illinois

Learn more about the 30th Anniversary 2023 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation AwardsTribune Tower, Old Post Office win awards for adaptive reuse,...

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...

WIN: Ciere Boatright selected as next Commissioner of Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development

"Much like the candidate he backed to run the Chicago Police Department, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s pick to run Chicago’s Department of Planning & Development...

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...

BUYER WANTED: Penthouse in former Montgomery Ward & Co. Headquarters Building

"A uniquely Chicago condo, set 19 stories above Millennium Park in the ornate crown of an early high-rise built for a retailing empire, will...

BUYER WANTED: Neglected Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Waller Apartments Listed For Sale

"A row house that is one of just six remaining from an 1890s low-cost housing block designed by Frank Lloyd Wright sits vacant and...

BUYER WANTED: Kenwood Mansion For Sale

"Another sumptuous relic from Kenwood’s heyday as one of the city’s most stylish places to build fine homes has come on the market, with...