Month-in-Review Newsletter
RFP Issued for Century Building and Consumers Building on South State Street
The City of Chicago issued a Request for Proposals, on behalf of the General Services Administration, to redevelop the four contiguous buildings at 202,...
Preservation Chicago’s 2017 “Chicago 7 Most Endangered” Announcement Proves A Success
Preservation Chicago revealed its 2017 "Chicago 7 Most Endangered Buildings" at noon, on March 1, 2017 in the Chicago Architecture Foundation's Lecture Hall in...
Calder’s The Universe Sculpture at Willis Tower Disassembled With Future Unknown
Chicago is home to one of the world's finest collections of 20th Century public art and sculpture. That collection was started with the 1967...
Chicago Architecture Foundation Opens “On the Edge” Exhibit
The Chicago Architecture Foundation is hosting a temporary exhibit in collaboration with the Chicago Architectural Club (CAC) to showcase the CAC's annual Chicago Prize...
Highly Successful “House with the Keyhole Windows” Preservation Circle Event Explored Past, Present and Future of the Gold Coast and Dearborn Parkway
Cultural Historian Tim Samuelson captivated an intimate gathering of Preservation Chicago's "Preservation Circle" Members, with history and colorful stories regarding the history of Chicago,...
140-Year Old Hermon Baptist Church Saved!
After years of uncertainty, the modest red-brick Hermon Baptist Church at 1754 N. Clark Street in Old Town is going to become the new...
Chicago Public School Reverses Direction and Sells School Building for School Use
The Chicago Board of Education approved the sale of the shuttered CPS Courtenay Language Arts Center in Ravenswood at 1726 W. Berteau Ave. It...
Landmark Toolkit Presentation Well Received by Lincoln Park Community Group
On April 18th, Ward Miller presented a Historic Landmark Toolkit presentation at the invitation of the Mid-North Association regarding the proposed Lincoln Park West...
Chicago Public Schools Proposes to Close Historic Harper High School
Due to plummeting enrollment, Chicago Public Schools announced a proposal to consolidate four Englewood High Schools into a single new building. The new building...
Future Unknown for St. Martin’s on the Dan Ryan
BREAKING NEWS: The Chicago Embassy Church, originally known as "St. Martin's" overlooking the Dan Ryan Expressway has been foreclosed and possibly sold. The future...