Month-in-Review Newsletter
WIN: Minnekirken Receives $250,000 Adopt-a-Landmark Restoration Grant
"A long-discussed plan to restore the 109-year-old Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church, one of the most recognizable buildings in Logan Square, has received a major...
THREATENED: Chicago Loop Synagogue Faces Uncertain Future
"The Chicago Loop Synagogue was founded in 1929 to serve the religious needs of Jews working downtown as well as Jewish visitors to Chicago....
WIN: Long Vacant Pullman Rowhouses Will Become Affordable Housing After Restoration
"Nearly three dozen historic Pullman homes that have sat vacant for decades are now being restored as part of a collaboration that includes the...
WIN: Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative Seeks to Survey and Protect Endangered Workers Cottages
"As developers continue to raze workers cottages for single-family homes and condos in gentrifying Logan Square and other parts of the city, preservationists are...
WIN: Adaptive Reuse of Jefferson Park Fire Station Into Brewery Approved
"Plans to turn a former Jefferson Park fire station into a brewery and apartments are set to move forward after a legal battle over...
THREATENED: Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Time for a fresh look at plans to sell the Thompson Center (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
"It all seemed so simple four years ago. The state would sell the iconic James R. Thompson Center to a developer, rid itself of...
THREATENED: Opposition to Amtrak’s Plan to Demolish Chicago Union Station Power House Generates over 31k Petition Signatures (Chicago 7 2017 & 2020)
The iconic Art Deco Chicago Union Station Power House is threatened with demolition.This streamlined architectural masterpiece was designed in 1931 by Graham, Anderson, Probst...
POTENTIAL WINS: Long-Vacant Pioneer Bank and Laramie State Bank Could Be Renovated by Invest South/West Initiative
"Maurice Cox is a planning commissioner with a plan. If it works, and early returns are promising, he’ll be making headway against one of...
WIN: Renovation Underway for Long Stalled IIT Armour Institute Main Hall (Chicago 7 2015)
"Bronzeville's historic Armour Institute Building, which overlooks the Dan Ryan Expressway and Sox Park, is one step closer to being converted into 102 apartments....
WIN: Vacant since 1990, St. Boniface Church Adaptive Reuse Finally Moving Forward (Chicago 7 2003 & 2009)
"A well-established developer is taking over the stalled residential conversion of a monumental church in Noble Square that has been out of service for...