Month-in-Review Newsletter
Preservation Chicago Objects to Potential Loss of Essex Inn Historic Rooftop Signage
UPDATE: The 1961 mid-century modern, steel and glass, Essex Inn at 800 South Michigan Avenue designed by A. Epstein and Sons is close to...
Strong Preservation Advocacy Effort Pushes Serbian American Club to Withdraw Demo Permit Application
UPDATE: Preservation Chicago is pleased to report that The Serbian American Club withdrew its demolition permit application immediately prior to the Commission of Chicago...
“Someone should save that building!”
Preservation Chicago is that "someone" working hard every day to save historic buildings throughout Chicago.The challenges are constant and...
Preservation Chicago is making a difference.So...
CALL FOR 2017 NOMINATIONS for Preservation Chicago 7 Most Endangered Buildings
Preservation Chicago is a small organization with a big mission. Please take a minute and let us know about any historic buildings in your...
Ward Miller, Preservation Chicago’s Executive Director is the Featured Speaker at Annual Hyde Park Historical Society Dinner
Ward Miller, Preservation Chicago's Executive Director, is the featured speaker at the annual Hyde Park Historical Society Dinner, Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 5:30....
IIT Main Building Restoration and Renovation to Begin
After many years of uncertainty, this spring the Illinois Institute of Technology Main Building will begin a historically-sensitive adaptive reuse. Built in 1893 for...
Building Court Orders Pilgrim Baptist Church to Relocate Scaffolding
Ten years after the fire that devastated the highly-significant Adler and Sullivan-designed Pilgrim Baptist Church/KAM Synagogue at 3301 S. Indiana Ave., the limestone and...
“McCormickville” Landmark District Needed to Save Threatened Gold Coast Buildings
Preservation Chicago has been very concerned over the increasing frequency and recent losses of low-rise historic Near North Side buildings, in and around an...
Celebrating Uptown Square Landmark District’s City Council Approval!
After a multi-year effort, preservation partners celebrated the final approval by City Council of the Uptown Square Landmark District. This district provides protection to...
Serbian American Club Resubmits Demolition Permit, Preservation Chicago Calls for Lake View Landmark District
A rapid response preservation effort in late 2016 resulted in the Serbian American Club/St Sava withdrawing its demolition permit application. However, the Club recently...