Month-in-Review Newsletter
Demo of Hyde Park Historic Home on Woodlawn Avenue Reinforces Urgent Need for “Woodlawn Avenue Corridor Landmark District”
The following statement was issued by The Hyde Park Historical Society on November 23, 2016 and is reprinted with their consent.Historic House on Woodlawn...
Partial Victory to Preserve Historic Weyland Building at 1970 N. Milwaukee Ave.
The focused advocacy effort by neighborhood partner Logan Square Preservation and Preservation Chicago (including a petition drive which received over 500 signatures) resulted in...
Long-Neglected Women’s Lounge in Union Station Reopens after Full Restoration
After suffering from decades of neglect, extensive water damage and the wear and tear of being used as a storage warehouse, the restoration of...
Partial Victory for 1920’s era Ukrainian Dairy/Leona’s Building
In November 2015, 2nd Ward Alderman Hopkins, Preservation Chicago, the East Village Association, and Ukrainian Village community members testified to prevent the demolition of...
Essex Inn to be Landmarked Prior to Comprehensive Renovation
The 1961 mid-century modern, steel and glass, Essex Inn at 800 South Michigan Avenue designed by A. Epstein and Sons is on the agenda...
Fast-Track Preliminary Landmark Designation Might Save Serbian American Museum from Demolition
Preservation Chicago has been providing assistance to the Serbian-American community and Lakeview residents that have been leading the effort to stop the sale and...
Final Chapter in Effort to Save Historic Cuneo Hospital
Demolition has begun on Maryville Academy, the west buildings of the Cuneo Hospital complex. The historic east building, designed by Edo Belli of Belli...
Demolition Feared for Historic Leland and Sheridan Building in Uptown
The Leland and Sheridan Building was built in 1914 and was designed by Perry and Thomas. The two-story red-brick building has wonderfully ornate terra...
Wicker Park Celebrates The Robey Boutique Hotel in Northwest Tower
After three years of planning and development, The Robey Hotel opened on November 30th. Designed by Perkins, Chatten & Hammond and completed in 1927,...
Demo Threat for Historic Gold Coast East Superior Block of 1870’s Italianate Row Houses
Preservation Chicago recently learned that a block of East Superior Street in the Gold Coast's historic McCormickville District with a cluster of 1870's and...