Month-in-Review Newsletter
CityLab: How a Plan to Save Buildings Fell Apart (Chicago 7 2006)
"In 2018, Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development felt that they had a progressive plan to preserve one of the city’s most rapidly gentrifying...
Chicago Reader: Altgeld Gardens. Is this library politics? (Chicago 7 2017)
"Drive south on the Bishop Ford Expressway to Altgeld Gardens and you'll pass plenty of reminders you're in a landscape not meant for inquisitive...
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Defending the Lakefront for Centuries of Chicagoans (Chicago 7 2021)
"Among the stern pandemic tutorials of 2020: Without full access to Lake Michigan’s wonderful waterfront, Chicago is a more cramped, less enticing place. Like...
NEWCITY Editor’s Letter: The Thompson Center (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"Thirty years ago, I attended “Dancing in the State,” an immersive performance that brought 150 dancers from Chicago and New York dance companies, along...
THREATENED: 90-Day Demolition Delay List
The Demolition Delay Ordinance, adopted by City Council in 2003, establishes a hold of up to 90 days in the issuance of any demolition...
LOSS: “Spotlight on Demolition” Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, 2134 S. Central Park Avenue, North Lawndale 2044 N Fremont Street, Lincoln Park 5308 W. Belmont...
“It’s an old, common cry in a city where demolition and development are often spoken in the same breath, and where trying to save...
WIN: Decorative Terra Cotta Façade Saved With Hopes of Future Installation
In 2016, the distinctive celadon-green terra cotta façade was removed from the Art Deco/Art Moderne façade of the orange-rated Szykowny Funeral Home located at...
WIN: Historic Home Will Be Restored After Fire
"A fire ripped through an 1890s home on Logan Square’s Kedzie Avenue late Tuesday afternoon, damaging the historical building but causing no injuries."The fire...