October 2022 Newsletter
WIN: Commission on Chicago Landmarks Celebrates Best Preservation Projects of 2022
"The Commission on Chicago Landmarks honored eight successful development projects and seven advocacy leaders at the 2022 Preservation Excellence Awards."The projects included the restored...
THREATENED: Damen Silos To Be Sold to MAT Asphalt
"Neighbors in a McKinley Park environmental group are asking the state to slow down its sale of the Damen Silos to a controversial industrialist."Neighbors...
THREATENED: George Eddy House Targeted for Demolition
"A white-pillared house on Sheridan Road in Edgewater, built in 1900 during the street's heyday as a long strand of upscale homes along the...
THREATENED: William LeBaron Jenney’s 19 S. LaSalle in Foreclosure
"The owner of a vintage 16-story office building on LaSalle Street is facing a $21 million foreclosure lawsuit, adding to a wave of distress...
WIN: Senators Durbin and Duckworth Support National Landmark Designation for Roberts Temple Church
"Several U.S. officials on October 21 visited the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ where leaders and historians gathered to share the historic...
Eleanor Gorski Leaves Cook County Land Bank Authority to Head Chicago Architecture Center
"A Chicago planning department veteran who was hired last year to run the Cook County Land Bank Authority is on the move again, taking...
POTENTIAL WIN: Funding Awarded for Adaptive Reuse of Von Humboldt School Into Affordable Teacher Housing(Chicago 7 2014)
"Protracted plans to redevelop long-vacant Von Humboldt Elementary School into an 107-unit apartment complex for teachers got a boost in city funding to help...
WIN: Renovated Patio Theater Energized by Live Music and Performances
"After hanging on for two-and-a-half years, the historic Patio Theater is bringing back more events, concerts and other shows as entertainment life reawakens."Like many...
LOSS: Maloney Funeral Home, One of Chicago’s Oldest, Demolished for New Construction
"One of Chicago’s oldest funeral homes has closed and is set to be demolished as its longtime Devon Avenue home is redeveloped.."John E. Maloney...
WIN: Sweetgreen Restaurant to Open in Lincoln Common Boiler House (Chicago 7 2011 & 2016)
"Sweetgreen is opening a restaurant this week in Lincoln Park."The Sweetgreen opens Tuesday at Lincoln Common, 2361 N. Lincoln Ave., Suite A1-110."The 2,769-square-foot space...