Month-in-Review Newsletter
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...
THREATENED: Uptown Theatre Petition Approaching 10,000 Signatures!
Preservation Chicago and the Friends of Uptown Theatre have sponsored the petition "Mayor Rahm Emanuel: Restore the Uptown!" Momentum is growing, but we need...
WIN: Morton Salt Warehouse to be Saved and Adaptively Reused as Salt District Mixed-Use Redevelopment.
The 4.25 acre riverfront Morton Salt industrial campus will be adaptively reused by developer R2 Company, which recently purchased the property from Morton Salt...
WIN: City Issues Request for Proposals for Two Central Manufacturing District Buildings (Chicago 7 2014)
The City of Chicago Community Development Commission has issued a Request for Qualifications and Proposals for the redevelopment of two city-owned, massive Central Manufacturing...
WIN: Art Moderne Bronzeville Church to Receive $228K of Restoration Adopt-a-Landmark Funding
The striking Art Moderne First Church of Deliverance located at 4315 S. Wabash Avenue in Bronzeville received a $228,000 restoration grant from the Chicago...
Partial WIN: 1920’s era Ukrainian Dairy/Leona’s Building Facade to Be Saved
The construction permit was issued for the Ukrainian Dairy site at 1938 W. Augusta Avenue. After over a year of advocacy and negotiations, the...
LOSS: Carbit Paints Building Demolished
The lovely historic red brick Carbit Paints building at 2942 W. North Avenue built around 1910, just east of Humboldt Boulevard and across from...
Partial WIN: Morton Salt Building to be Demolished, but Historic Stainless Steel Panels to be be Reused.
The mid-century modern Morton Salt Building will be demolished. Designed by the highly respected architectural firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White along with...