Month-in-Review Newsletter
Help Restore Louis Sullivan’s Holy Trinity Cathedral
"On June 7th, 2020, Holy Trinity Cathedral designed by Louis Sullivan celebrated its 128-year anniversary of its founding as the oldest Orthodox community in...
PETITION: Imagine a New Emmerson Park Fieldhouse Save the Chicago Town & Tennis Club
From Outhouse to Fieldhouse!Our Kids Deserve Better. Children's programming at Emmerson Park in Chicago is held in a former public restroom building that’s been...
WATCH: April 5, 1968, a poem by Eve L. Ewing
"Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a new work by acclaimed poet Eve L. Ewing evokes the day Madison Street...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Chicago’s ‘Other’ Michigan Avenue Could Be Magnificent Once More (Chicago 7 2020)
"Keep an eye on the Roseland neighborhood’s Michigan Avenue, once a retail strip so popular it was called Chicago’s second Magnificent Mile. Shoppers could...
LOSS: Wrigleyville’s Yesterday Antique Shop Demolished
"The cherished memorabilia shop Yesterday, a relic and snapshot of 1970s Wrigleyville, will soon be demolished and replaced by a three-flat."Yesterday founder Tom Boyle...
LOSS: “Spotlight on Demolition” Former Sears Store, 6153 S. Western Ave., Gage Park (Chicago 7 2016) 221 S. Racine Ave., Greektown 3349 W. Addison...
“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...
THREATENED: 90-Day Demolition Delay List
The Demolition Delay Ordinance, adopted by City Council in 2003, establishes a hold of up to 90 days in the issuance of any demolition...
LOSS: Fire Destroys Apartment and Retail Building In Auburn Gresham
"A fire broke out May 19 in an Auburn Gresham food market, with two firefighters suffering minor injuries."Just before 6 a.m., the three-alarm blaze...
THREATENED: 4607 N. Magnolia Avenue Needs a Preservation-Oriented Buyer!
Preservation Chicago is working with Sheridan Park neighbors to bring the beautiful historic home at 4607 N. Magnolia Avenue in the Sheridan Park National...
WIN: Historic home at 4649 N. Beacon goes under contract shortly after coming back onto the market
Preservation Chicago worked with Sheridan Park neighbors to bring the beautiful historic home at 4649 N. Beacon Street to the attention of preservation-oriented buyers...