October 2023 Newsletter
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: 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: Dan Coffey, Chicago Theater Restoration Architect
"Daniel Coffey, an architect who led the restoration of the Chicago Theatre in the mid-1980s, kicking off a gradual revival of the North Loop...
BUYER WANTED: Adaptive Reuse of Anderson-Eifel Monument Company Building
"Just in time for Halloween, a house made out of the remains of an old tombstone factory is going up for sale today."Mike Quinlan...
90-Day Demolition Delay: Harold Meitus House, 6740 S. South Shore Dr., South Shore
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Date Received: 03/29/2023
Ward: 5th Ald. Desmon C. Yancy
Applicant: Precision Excavation, LLC C/O Estefania Enriquez
Owner: South Shore & 67, LLC C/O Naser Odeh, Manager
Permit Description:...
Architecture and History of Chicagoland Substack: Open House Chicago 2023
"I remember in years past I would rush around during the weekend of Open House Chicago trying to see as much as I possibly...
Block Club Chicago: The Fall Of The House Of Schuttler: A Haunted West Side Mansion, A Family Curse And A Chicago Legacy
"Today, staring up at the massive, four-story red brick condo building at the northeast corner of Adams and Aberdeen streets, you would never know...
NewCity: Enduring Art: After 125 Years, the Fine Arts Building Is Defiantly Unmodernized and Ready for Its Next Act
"Every building hides a world behind its doors—even blank-faced office blocks have a history and a social life—but perhaps no Chicago building hides more...