November 2024 Newsletter
WIN: Landmarks Commission Approves $2.4M in Adopt-a-Landmark Funding
On December 5, 2024, the City of Chicago Landmarks Commission approved more than $2.4 million in Adopt-a-Landmark funds today to support renovation projects at...
COLUMN: Former Chicago Daily News Building, Now for Sale, Deserves Landmark Protection (Chicago 7 2008)
“The former Chicago Daily News Building is among the city’s best examples of Art Deco architecture, a big beautiful sculpted slab of limestone that...
LOSS: Demolition of Woods Motor Vehicle Company at 1130 S. Wabash Avenue Complete
"1130 South Wabash Avenue in the South Loop is close to being completely demolished. All five levels, and the basement, are still visible, but...
WIN: Funding Approved for Second Phase of Lathrop Homes After Lengthy Delays (Chicago 7 2007, 2013, 2022)
"Additional funding has been approved by the Chicago Community Development Commission for the next phase of the Lathrop Homes redevelopment around 2712 N Hoyne...
WIN: Illinois Senate Passes Resolution 891 to Support the Restoration of Promontory Point’s Historic Limestone Retaining Wall (Chicago 7 2022)
"To support the preservation of Promontory Point, a historic landmark in Burnham Park, State Senator Robert Peters passed a resolution which aims to restore...
POTENTIAL WIN: Developer Plans to Adaptively Reuse Pelouze Building as Residential
"A Chicago loft office building with ties to architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and actress Mary Tyler Moore has been sold to a...
POTENTIAL WIN: Boylston Building at 116-122 W. Illinois Street to be Converted to Residential
"A loft building in Chicago’s River North has traded hands for the first time since it was built more than a century ago, setting...
WIN: City Council Approves Adaptive Reuse of 1220 W. Van Buren for Residential Oxford Lofts
"The Chicago City Council has approved the residential conversion of the loft building at 1220 W Van Buren Street in the West Loop. The...
WIN: Restoration of Historic Esdohr House in Jefferson Park Complete
"The historic Esdohr House, one of the oldest remaining structures in Jefferson Park, has been restored and will host pop-ups next summer."The house at...
WIN: Grant Received to Adaptively Reuse Vacant Chicago Firehouse as as a Youth Center for the National Museum of Mexican Art
"The National Museum of Mexican Art has received a $1 million grant to help its conversion of an old Chicago fire station into a...