Month-in-Review Newsletter
16. WIN: Art Deco Lawson House YMCA to be Fully Renovated
The 23-story Art Deco Lawson House former YMCA Building at 30 W. Chicago Avenue will be fully overhauled into 400 affordable apartments. Completed in...
14. WIN: Bush Temple of Music Celebrates Project Completion
A celebration to recognize the completion of the restoration of the Bush Temple of Music was held on November 9, 2017. The six-story...
13. WIN: Residential Conversion of Loop Hartman Building/Bennett Brothers Building
The historic 12-story Hartman Building/Bennett Brothers Building, located at 30 E. Adams Street will be converted from commercial office to residential apartments. The building...
12. WIN: Johnson Publishing Building to Receive Landmark Designation
The Johnson Publishing office tower at 820 S. Michigan Avenue has formally entered the official Chicago Landmark designation process. Completed in 1971, this modernist...
11. WIN: Congress Theater Renovation Underway
The Chicago Landmark Congress Theater located at 2135 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square began an extensive, $65 million renovation and is scheduled to...
WIN: Agudas Achim Uptown Synagogue Adaptive Reuse Underway (Chicago 7 2015)
The long vacant Agudas Achim Synagogue building exterior will be preserved and will be converted to residential use by Cedar Street Companies. A Chicago...
9. WIN: IIT Main Building Restoration and Renovation Underway (Chicago 7 2015)
After many years of uncertainty, the Illinois Institute of Technology Main Building’s preservation-sensitive adaptive reuse began in spring 2017. Built in 1893 for the...
8. WIN: Clarendon Park Community Center Renovation Announced (Chicago 7 2015)
The Clarendon Park Community Center will begin an extensive renovation. The infusion of $6.1 million for renovation for this important but long-neglected building has...
7. WIN: Church of the Epiphany to be Converted to Performing Arts Space
After many years of preservation advocacy and many false starts, plans are underway to adaptively reuse Romanesque Revival Church of the Epiphany as a...
6. WIN: Celebrations for Uptown Square Landmark District Approval
After a multi-year effort, preservation partners celebrated the final approval by City Council of the Uptown Square Landmark District in 2017. This district provides...