Month-in-Review Newsletter
THREATENED: 1,000 State Employees at Thompson Center to Relocate by Spring (Chicago 7 2018, 2019, & 2020)
"The state of Illinois has bought a West Loop office building, a move that ought to erase any doubt it soon will fully vacate...
THREATENED: 7,750 Petition Signatures Helps Push Additional 30 Day Demolition Delay for Lake Street Schlitz Tied House
"A surviving Victorian building in Chicago’s rapidly developing Fulton Market district, originally a Schlitz tavern and later the home of the Italian restaurant La...
THREATENED: An Industrial Legacy Worth Saving: Chicago Union Station Power House MAS Context Essay by Iker Gil
"On January 28, Preservation Chicago tweeted to alert the public about the threat of demolition of the Chicago Union Station Power House, an Art...
THREATENED: Amtrak Advances Plan to Replace Chicago Union Station Power House with a Maintenance Shed
The iconic Art Deco Chicago Union Station Power House is threatened with demolition.This streamlined architectural masterpiece was designed in 1931 by Graham, Anderson,...
WIN: Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley House Landmarked!
"A years-long journey to honor a 14-year-old child brutally murdered by racism has ended."It was a journey to acknowledge Emmett Till, and his mother,...
January 2021 Month-in-Review Newsletter
The ABCs of Chicago's Historic Buildings
By Deborah Mercer
Follow her on Twitter at @53viroqua
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Table of Contents
ADVOCACYChicago 7 2021 Announcement,...
Block Club Chicago: Bring Back the Blues Bus
"Musician Toronzo Cannon had dreadlocks and was into reggae — until visiting the “Blues Bus” on Maxwell Street."Back then in the mid-’90s, Maxwell Street...
WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? The Streetcar Transformer Buildings
"A handsome brick building featuring rows of arches in Bronzeville has puzzled Kimshasa Baldwin, who lives a few blocks away: Why was it built?...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Saving classic churches sends a message: Old Chicago neighborhoods remain promised lands
"A North Lawndale church will take a step toward landmark status today — a potentially good sign in a larger fight to preserve Chicago’s...
Chicago Reader: The Obama Center: Opening in 2025…But Protect Our Parks says more legal challenges are coming for the Jackson Park plan
"It was hot on the August day in 2016 when Mayor Rahm Emanuel presented the Obama Foundation with nearly 20 acres of Jackson Park...