Month-in-Review Newsletter
WIN: Former Olson Brothers Rug Factory/Marshall Field’s Warehouse Adaptive Reuse Begins
The construction permit was released for the adaptive reuse for a portion of the six concrete and red brick buildings of the 1.5 million...
WIN: Wrigley Building To Be Sold For $255 Million
One of Chicago’s most beloved landmarks is being sold. The white terra cotta clad buildings at 400 to 410 N. Michigan Avenue were built...
WIN: Hudson Motor Building To Be Adaptively Reused
There are plans to renovate the three-story terra cotta Hudson Motor Building, located at 2222 S. Michigan Avenue. Designed by notable Chicago architect Alfred...
WIN: Boutique Hotel Proposed For Historic Grace’s Furniture Building in Logan Square
After sitting vacant for many years, there is a proposal for the Grace’s Furniture Building located at 2618 N. Milwaukee Avenue to be adaptively...
THREATENED: Temptation Chocolates Building Approaching End of Demolition Delay Hold
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: Preservation Chicago Nominates for Chicago Landmark Status the O’Hare Rotunda Building by Gertrude Kerbis and Historic Jackson Park Northwest Chicago Historical...
A few times per year, the City of Chicago Commission on Chicago Landmarks welcomes ideas and suggestions from the public for potential future landmark...
WIN: Old Cook County Hospital Redevelopment to Begin (Chicago 7 2003 & 2004)
After 15 years of advocacy by Preservation Chicago, Landmarks Illinois, and other preservation partners, the vacant and historic Old Cook County Hospital located at...
THREATENED: Ravenswood Manor Considers Chicago Landmark District to Prevent New Wave of Demolition
Ravenswood Manor has a “picture graceful, tree-lined streets; tidy 100-year-old single-family homes beautifully crafted from brick and stucco; blooming gardens; and a centrally located...
THREATENED: Increase in Andersonville Tear-Downs Raises Neighborhood Concern
In 2017, the intense, sustained and widespread opposition to the planned demolition and redevelopment of the historic greystone at 1436 W. Berwyn Avenue yielded...
Is Chicago Experiencing a Historic Preservation Crisis? By AJ LaTrace in Chicago Magazine
Is Chicago Experiencing a Historic Preservation Crisis?By AJ LaTraceExcerpts from Chicago Magazine Article published on May 16, 2018
Lots of buildings flagged by preservationists for...