Month-in-Review Newsletter
5. WIN: A Bright Future for Century and Consumers Buildings (Chicago 7 2011 and 2013)
After many years of uncertainly and vacancy, the historically-sensitive adaptive reuse of the Century and Consumers Buildings on South State Street is moving forward....
4. WIN: Successful Outcome for Lathrop Homes (Chicago 7 2007 and 2013)
After decades of preservation advocacy, the Julia C. Lathrop Homes redevelopment began on October 10, 2017. The final plan includes both historic preservation and...
3. WIN: Old Main Chicago Post Office Landmarked!
After over twenty years of preservation advocacy since it was shuttered in 1996, the Old Main Post Office was awarded Preliminary Landmark Status at...
2. WIN: Daniel O. Hill House/Serbian American Club Saved through Community Organizing Advocacy!
After nearly a year of diligent and unrelenting preservation advocacy efforts, the highly ornate Prairie Style historic 11,400 square foot Daniel O. Hill House/Serbian...
WIN: Historic Berwyn Avenue Greystone Saved through Community Organizing Advocacy!
The intense, sustained and widespread opposition to the planned demolition and redevelopment of the historic greystone at 1436 W. Berwyn Avenue yielded a victory....
Preservation Chicago to announce the 2018 “Chicago 7 Most Endangered Buildings” Wednesday, February 28, at Noon
Preservation Chicago will announce its “Chicago 7 Most Endangered Buildings List” for 2018 at noon on February 28, 2018 in the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s...
Design Dialogues: Building Up Bronzeville February 13 at Chicago Architecture Foundation
From CAF Design Dialogues Website:
Perhaps no Chicago neighborhood has experienced as turbulent a century as Bronzeville. Join us for a lecture and panel discussion...
Possible Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Thematic Chicago Landmark District discussed during Ward Miller interview at DuSable Museum on Dr. King’s Birthday
Ward Miller of Preservation Chicago and Perri Irmer, President of the DuSable Museum of African American History, were interviewed by Cliff Kelley on WVON...
Potentially THREATENED: Washington Park National Bank Building Redevelopment Initiative (Chicago 7 2016) Workshops February 6 and February 20
From Chuck Sido’s Bisnow Article:“The Cook County Land Bank Authority, which was established to clear the titles of distressed properties for resale to prospective...
THREATENED: Time is Running Out to Save the Woodruff Arcade! Please sign the Petition.
What has been reported to be the last remaining arcade in Chicago, and one of the last remaining in the nation, is threatened with...