Month-in-Review Newsletter
THREATENED: Crawford Power Station
Address: 35th and Pulaski
Architects: Graham, Anderson, Probst and White
Date: 1926
Style: Industrial Gothic
Neighborhood: Little Village / South LawndaleOVERVIEW
The Crawford Power Station is fast approaching 100...
THREATENED: Loretto Academy / Institute of the Blessed Virgin
Address: 1447 E. 65th Street, 65th and Blackstone Avenue,
Chicago (originally Jackson Park Terrace and Washington Avenue)
Architect: William P. Doerr
Date: 1905, with 1927 addition
Style: Flemish...
THREATENED: Seven Continents Building / Rotunda Building
Address: O’Hare Airport, originally between Terminals 1 and 2
Architect: Gertrude Lempp Kerbis with Naess & Murphy, and
C.F. Murphy Architects
Date: 1963 (drawings 1961)
Style: Jet Age
Neighborhood:...
THREATENED: Laramie State Bank of Chicago (a Designated Chicago Landmark)
Address: 5200 W. Chicago Avenue
Architects: Meyer & Cook
Date: 1929
Style: Art Deco
Neighborhood: AustinOVERVIEW
The Laramie State Bank Building is an architectural gem located at 5200 W....
THREATENED: Jackson Park, South Shore Cultural Center & Midway Plaisance
Address: Bounded by Lake Michigan, 56th, Stony Island and 71st, Chicago
Landscape Architects:
Frederick Law Olmsted & Calvert Vaux , F.L. Olmsted & Co., Olmsted, Olmsted...
2019 Chicago 7 Booklet and Poster
Prefer to read a printed version of the Preservation Chicago 2019 Chicago 7 Booklet?Our thank you for a donation of $35 or higher is a...
Highly Successful Preservation Chicago 2019 Chicago 7 Most Endangered Announcement and Presentation Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Preservation Chicago announcement and presentation of 2019 “Chicago 7 Most Endangered” on February 27, 2019 was highly successful with a full capacity audience of...
Ashland Block by D.H. Burnham and Company Built 1891, Demolished 1940
Ashland Block
Architect: Burnham and Root
Location: 155 North Clark Street at NE corner of W. Randolph Street
Built: 1892
Demolished: 1949“The Ashland Block was an absolutely delightful...
WIN: Logan Square Preservation Raises Funds to Restore Church’s Stained Glass
In less than six weeks, Logan Square Preservation declared the fundraising campaign a success after raising more than the $12,000 goal to repair, replace...

