Month-in-Review Newsletter
THREATENED: Save the Woodruff Arcade Petition
What has been reported to be the last remaining arcade in Chicago, and one of the few remaining arcades nationally, is threatened with demolition...
THREATENED: Let’s Restore the UPTOWN THEATRE!
Preservation Chicago and the Friends of Uptown Theatre have sponsored the petition "Mayor Rahm Emanuel: Restore the Uptown!" Momentum is growing, but we need...
8. THREATENED: Orange-Rated Hanson Park Field House Released from 90-Day Demo Delay after Two Days!
The architecturally significant orange-rated Hanson Park Field House located at 5501 N. Fullerton Avenue will be demolished. An important fixture in Hanson Park since...
7. THREATENED: Mid-Century Modern Morton Salt Headquarters Building to be Demolished
The Mid-Century Modern Morton Salt Headquarters Building will be demolished to make way for a new office skyscraper. Designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst and...
6. THREATENED: Landmark Laramie State Bank at Risk
The Laramie State Bank Building is an architectural gem located at 5200 W. Chicago Avenue in Austin. This exuberant art deco two-story building, adorned...
5. TBD: Preservation Chicago’s Suggestion to Landmark Emmett Till’s Home Covered Nationally
Preservation Chicago suggested Emmett Till’s Woodlawn Residence and the Emmett Louis Till Math and Science Academy as Chicago Landmarks in an effort to recognize...
4. THREATENED: North Avenue Carbit Paint Building Receives Demolition Permit.
The two-story mixed-use building located at near Humboldt Boulevard and North Avenue overlooking Humboldt Park received a demolition permit on December 22, 2107. ...
3. TBD: Planned Gospel Museum would Save Historic Walls of Pilgrim Baptist Church
Since the devastated fire in 2006 that destroyed all but the exterior limestone walls of the highly-significant Adler and Sullivan-designed Pilgrim Baptist Church/K.A.M. Isaiah...
2. THREATENED: Lincoln Park Second Christian Science Church To Be Closed. Preservation Chicago Advocates for Cultural Center Use.
The Second Christian Science Church, located at 2700 N. Pine Grove Avenue and Wrightwood Avenue, has been an architectural masterpiece in the Lincoln Park...
THREATENED: Olmsted’s Jackson Park, Midway Plaisance, and South Shore Cultural Center Threatened by Obama Presidential Center (Chicago 7 2017)
Jackson Park appeared on the Preservation Chicago 2017 Most Endangered List and Preservation Chicago has actively advocated to protect this important historic landscape designed...