October 2024 Newsletter
WIN: Old Fashioned Donuts Wins $50k Renovation Grant
"One of the city’s most beloved donut shops is getting a financial boost to kick off a long-awaited renovation project later this year."Roseland’s renowned...
WIN: Google Releases Updated Thompson Center Rendering With Atrium Saved, But Original Colors Lost (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"Google will refashion the ground floors of the former Thompson Center atrium into a hotel lobby-like space with restaurants, retail, seating and greenery, according...
THREATENED: Preservation Chicago Mounts Rapid Response Advocacy Effort to Save Elim/Reformation Lutheran Church from Demolitio
Preservation Chicago has mounted a Rapid Response advocacy effort to save Elim/Reformation Lutheran Church from demolition together with community partners.Vacant for a number of...
WIN: Landmark Report Accepted for 161 E. Erie After Rapid Response Advocacy Effort
"City landmarks officials are trying to prevent the demolition of an elegant, 19th century building that is among the first structures built in Streeterville...
WIN: Kingdom Baptist Church / 15th Church Receives Final Landmark Recommendation
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks approved the Final Landmark Recommendation for the Kingdom Baptist Church“Meeting Criterion 1 for its value as an example of...
WIN: Adaptive Reuse of Werner Brothers Storage Building Remains in Updated Redevelopment Plans (Chicago 7 2023)
"Plans for an affordable housing development on Howard Street are being tweaked to reduce the amount of apartments and increase the height of the...
WIN: City Council Approved Adaptive Reuse of Crittenton Anchorage / Wolfson Building After Landmarking Save It From Demolition
"A three-building complex in East Garfield Park that for decades operated as shelter for women and single mothers will become a new community center,...
SUN-TIMES COLUMN: Is McCormick Place’s Owner Finally Looking to Spice Up Lakeside Center? (Chicago 7 2016 & 2021)
"McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center could be in line soon for big changes — including placing an array of solar panels on its 19-acre cantilevered...
WIN: Landmark Commission Rejects Demolition Permit Application for Historic Former Fiat Dealership/E2 Nightclub Building on Motor Row Landmark at 2357 S. Michigan
"Chicago's Commission on Landmarks has denied a permit application to demolish the building on South Michigan Avenue, located in the city’s historic Motor Row...
THREATENED: Jeffery Theater Building and Spencer Arms Hotel Demolition Looms After New Development Receives Zoning Approval (Chicago 7 2014 & 2023)
"Plans for a South Shore entertainment center nearly a decade in the making recently advanced with approvals from the city’s zoning board, and its...