October 2023 Newsletter
POTENTIAL WIN: Plan to Convert Jackson Park into PGA Golf Course ‘Dead in the Water’
""While the Obama Presidential Center is rising in Chicago’s Jackson Park, a closely related project favored by the former president continues to languish."Backers still...
THREATENED: OPC Lawsuit Challenges Precedent Set by Transferring Public Parkland for Private Use
"As the Obama Presidential Center’s main building rises higher above Jackson Park, the project’s main opponents on Tuesday made what could be one of...
THREATENED: Closed in 2014 After Being Declared Unsafe, Darrow Bridge Languishes
"The Chicago Department of Planning and Development estimates that some 700,000 people will visit the Obama Presidential Center (OPC) each year after its completion...
WIN: Our Lady of Lourdes to be Adaptively Reused for Residential
"Initial details have been revealed for the residential conversion of the Our Lady Lourdes School at 4641 N. Ashland Avenue in Uptown. Located just...
WIN: Proposal to Convert Former Saint Wenceslaus School into Residential Apartments
"The former Saint Wenceslaus School, 3425 N. Lawndale Ave., in the Avondale community would be converted into 28 apartments under a new proposal."A 2022...
THREATENED: Restoration Funds Needed for St. Hyacinth Basilica
"The leaders of a historical Avondale church are asking parishioners, neighbors and fans for help preserving the aging structure."St. Hyacinth Basilica, 3635 W. George...
PARTIAL LOSS: Dome and Interior of Second Church of Christ Scientist Demolished, But Facade Will Be Incorporated into New Construction (Chicago 7 2019)
Preservation Chicago has long been advocating to save the Second Church of Christ Scientist and it was a 2019 Chicago 7 Most Endangered. Second...
WIN: 165 N. Morgan in Fulton Market to be Adaptively Reused
"Fulton Street Companies, along with partner Fred Latsko of Latsko Interests, has announced that Heisler Hospitality has signed a 10,000-square-foot, full building lease for...
LOSS: Meitus House Demolished to Reduce Land Banking Costs
"After outlasting three proposals to replace it, a historical house on a prime site in South Shore has been demolished along with its latter-day...
PARTIAL WIN: New Construction Plans to Incorporate Dinkel’s Bakery Facade, Neon Sign, and Adjacent Historic Facade
A neighborhood meeting regarding the proposed Dinkel's Lofts project at 3327 N. Lincoln will be held on November 16 at 6:00 pm."Replacing the long-term...