Month-in-Review Newsletter
Preservation Chicago’s Suggestions for Landmarks
A few times a year, the City of Chicago Commission on Chicago Landmarks welcomes ideas and suggestions from the public for potential future landmark...
The Emergence, Demolition, and Preservation of Italianate Cottages and Flats By John Morris, Chicago Patterns
As Northwest Side neighborhoods along the Blue Line experience glowing hot growth in real estate values, original homes and flats are getting erased in...
Clarendon Park Community Center Renovation Announced!
T he Clarendon Park Community Center will begin an extensive renovation. The infusion of $6.1 million for renovation for this important but long-neglected building...
If you value preservation in Chicago… Please support Preservation Chicago!
Preservation Chicago is a small organization with a big impact. In a city the size of Chicago, every element of YOUR support counts.Please choose...
Preservation Chicago Celebration Success!
Preservation Chicago sponsored a day of special programming on Sunday October 15th, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation in...
Landmarks Commission Honors Chicago’s Best 2017 Historic Preservation Projects
On October 24, 2017, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks honored 13 outstanding historic renovation and redevelopment projects with the annual Preservation Excellence Awards.The list...
Masonic Temple/American Indian Center Conversion
The four-story Masonic Temple/American Indian Center located at 4601 N. Paulina Street is being converted to residential apartments. Designed by architect Allen Webster in...
15. WIN: Mark Twain Hotel Renovation
The historic Mark Twain Hotel in the Gold Coast is being renovated. Located at 111 W. Division Street at the corner of Clark, this...
Let’s Restore the UPTOWN THEATRE Petition!
Preservation Chicago and the Friends of Uptown Theatre have sponsored the petition "Mayor Rahm Emanuel: Restore the Uptown!" Momentum is growing, but we need...
Congress Theater Renovation Moving Forward
The Chicago Landmark Congress Theater located at 2135 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square is about to begin an extensive, $65 million renovation and...