Month-in-Review Newsletter
THREATENED: Washington Park Substation Added to 90-Day Demolition Delay List (Chicago 7 2018)
The Washington Park Substation, located at 6141 S. Prairie Avenue, is an outstanding example of the early electrical substations built across the Chicago in...
THREATENED: Washington Park Substation Added to 90-Day Demolition Delay List (Chicago 7 2018)
The enormous Crawford Station, the electrical-generating coal-fired power station that was considered an engineering wonder of the modern world after its completion in 1926,...
THREATENED: Thousands of Archeological Artifacts Discovered in Jackson Park at Proposed Obama Center Site (Chicago 7 2017 & 2018)
Jackson Park has been included as a Preservation Chicago 7 Most Endangered in 2017 and again in 2018. We have been actively advocating for...
WIN: Like a Phoenix Rising, Roof Truss Installation Begins at The Shrine
The rebuilding efforts for fire-damaged Shrine of Christ the King/St. Gelasius/St. Clara Church in Woodlawn reached an important milestone in March 2018 when the...
THREATENED: 2nd Christian Science Church Declines Purchase Offer from Major Chicago Foundation to Fully Restore and Convert to Lincoln Park Community Cultural Arts Center
Fate of Historic Lincoln Park Church Building Remains Precarious
by Peter Von Buol
Originally published in Inside-Booster and Skyline Newspaper, April 4, 2018
(Reprinted...
WIN: Rogers Park Firehouse reopens as Chicago Filmmakers’ new home
After extensive renovations, has converted the historic Ridge Firehouse dating from 1928 into their beautiful new headquarters. The non-profit Chicago Filmmakers is confident that...
WIN: Property Tax Incentive Approved for Renovation of Fulton Market District Building
The Fulton-Randolph District was designated an official Chicago Landmark District by City Council in 2015. As a result, designated landmarks undergoing significant rehabilitation within...
WIN: Old Town’s Historic Carling Hotel Renovated as Affordable Apartments
The historic Carling Hotel located where the Gold Coast meets Old Town has been adaptively reused for affordable housing apartments. The Carling is one...
THREATENED: Temptations Chocolates Building Undergoes Terra Cotta Inspection
The Temptation Chocolates Building was added to the 90-Day Demolition Delay list on December 1, 2017 requesting “removal of existing terra cotta cladding and...
THREATENED: Last Chicago Sears Store to Close (Chicago 7 2016)
Sears Roebuck & Company established as mail-order catalog business in 1892, opened its first retail stores in the 1920’s. Sears announced it is planning...