October 2017 Newsletter

Lawrence Avenue Sears Store Redevelopment Risk

A Preservation Chicago Most Endangered 2016, the shuttered Sears Store at 1900 W. Lawrence Avenue was the first Sears, Roebuck & Company retail store...

Orange-Rated Chicago Machinery Building by D.H. Burnham & Company Targeted with Demolition

1217-1227 W. Washington Boulevard is an orange-rated structure designed by D. H. Burnham & Company in 1910 for the Chicago Machinery Exchange. This outstanding...

Old Main Chicago Post Office Landmarked!

After over twenty years of preservation advocacy since it was shuttered in 1996, the Old Main Post Office was awarded Preliminary Landmark Status at...

Preservation Outcome for Lathrop Homes

After decades of advocacy, the Julia C. Lathrop Homes redevelopment broke ground on October 10, 2017. The final plan includes a combination of historic...

Historic Greystone at 1463 Berwyn Avenue Saved!

UPDATE: The intense, sustained and widespread opposition to the planned demolition and redevelopment of the historic greystone at 1436 W. Berwyn Avenue has yielded...