Month-in-Review Newsletter

THREATENED: Urgent Action Needed to Protect 70 Historic Buildings Near Lincoln Yards Development Site

“There was an electric atmosphere among the standing-room-only crowd of 500 people at Wicker Park’s Near North Montessori School Wednesday night. The school hosted...

LIKELY LOSS: “Spotlight on Demolition” Nearly 2,000 Signatures to Oppose Demolition of 1441 W. Carmen Avenue!

“It’s an old, common cry in a city where demolition and development are often spoken in the same breath, and where trying to save...

WIN: West Side YMCA/YWCA Complex at Ashland and Monroe to be Adaptively Reused

The Chicago Plan Commission approved the adaptive reuse of the former West Side YMCA/YWCA and Salvation Army complex at Monroe and Ashland by Cedar...

THREATENED: From Parkway Boulevard to Interstate Highway; Massive Changes Considered for North Lake Shore Drive

Since first established over 80 years ago as a parkway boulevard along Chicago’s lakefront, planners have struggled to strike a balance between increasing traffic...

If You Value Preservation In Chicago… Please Support Preservation Chicago !

Preservation Chicago is a small organization with a big impact. In a city the size of Chicago, every part of your support counts....

Support Computers for Pullman Archives GoFundMe Campaign!

The Pullman State Historic Site has an ever-growing and important collection of archival materials (such as photographs and memorabilia) relating to the Pullman Company,...

SOSOSOSOSO…The Starship Lands…SOSOSOSOSO

The Starships Lands at Monument with Standing Beast Plaza High Noon September 25th Don’t miss the Spectacle! Music? Dance? 80’s costumes? Prizes? Roller Derby? Old-Skool Celebrities? Video cameras encouraged…. GRATIS!

Clarendon Park Fieldhouse: Wreck, Restore or Reimagine? Wednesday, September 26, at 6:30 pm (Chicago 7 2015)

The Chicago Park District is weighing different options for the Clarendon Park Fieldhouse and Community Center, including rehabbing the existing building or building a...

St. Adalbert Catholic Church Benefit Concert, Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 4:00 pm (Chicago 7 2014 & 2016)

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Poland’s Independence Sunday, September 9th 4:00 PM St. Adalbert Catholic Church 1650 W. 17th Street, Chicago, ILLincolnwood Chamber Orchestra A concert of Polish, American,...

Public Participation Requested for Section 106 Meeting for Proposed Obama Presidential Center Monday, September 17, 2018 at 6:00 pm (Chicago 7 2017 &...

Community input will aid the City and Federal agencies in the identification of important cultural landscape features, architectural and ecological resources, and impacts to...