October 2021 Newsletter
WBEZ: Blues Icon Muddy Waters’ South Side home earns landmark status
"Blue legend Muddy Waters bought his first home on Chicago’s South Side in 1954 and turned it into a rehearsal space for fellow musicians...
Urbanize Chicago: Peek inside the newly completed Tribune Tower condos
Chicago Tribune Tower Residences Interior Photos, 1925, Hood & Howells, 435 Michigan Ave. Photo Credit: Tribune Tower Residences"After paying $240 million for...
Chicago Tribune: Remembering the Standard Club, which lived large, then passed quietly
"While Chicago was on COVID-19 lockdown, the Standard Club folded without the sendoff due a bastion of high society. There was neither a black-tie...
Interview with John Vinci regarding the Garrick Theater, Richard Nickel, and Architectural Salvage
Interview with John Vinci with Spirt of Space, from Wrightwood 659 as part of the Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan and...
LOSS: “Spotlight on Demolition” October 2021
842 W. Garfield Boulevard, Garfield Park
5230 S. Sangamon Street, Garfield Park
2028 N. Sheffield Avenue, Lincoln Park
5921 S. Campbell Avenue, Gage...
THREATENED: 90-Day Demolition Delay List
The Demolition Delay Ordinance, adopted by City Council in 2003, establishes a hold of up to 90 days in the issuance of any demolition...
LOSS: Despite Being a Designated Chicago Landmark District, Rambler Building on Motor Row Demolished After Extreme Neglect
Prior to its emergency demolition, the Rambler Automobile Co. Showroom was a contributing building in the Motor Row Historic Landmark District established in 2000. It...
IN MEMORIAM: Timuel Black Civil Rights Leader and Chicago Historian
"Activist, educator, historian Timuel Black, the revered elder statesman and griot of Chicago’s Black community, was active in every major American movement during his...
Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards Celebrates Preservation Wins
"For the past 27 years, the Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards has honored individuals, organizations, projects and programs whose work demonstrate...