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September 2022 Newsletter

WIN: Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site Receives Recognition with Illinois Historical Marker

"A Southeast Side site that was part of the Underground Railroad is having a sign dedication event this Saturday."The Jan and Aagje Ton Farm...

THREATENED: Continental Can Company Building Targeted for Demolition (Chicago 7 2021)

"Developers plans to replace a large industrial building in McKinley Park with a cold storage facility, but neighbors are concerned about potential pollution and...

WIN: Revised Hollander Warehouse Building Adaptive Reuse Moving Forward

"Developer GW Properties has come back to the community to propose a new plan for the rehabilitation of the Hollander Building. Located at 2422...

WIN: Rapid Roller Printing Building to Become Affordable Residential Lofts

"Solar panels may soon cover the Near South Side rooftop that used to hold a big sign that read 'Muhammad Speaks.”"The city Plan Commission...

THREATENED: Pilsen Food Pantry’s Purchase Offer for former Holy Trinity Croatian Church Delayed as Archdiocese Appears to Wait for Higher Offer From Developer

"A food pantry in Pilsen has been operating out of a former church for the last two years."The founder is hoping to buy the...

WIN: Austin Pink House Dodges Demolition and Will Be Restored

"The iconic 'Pink House' on Chicago’s West Side is not being demolished, but it also won’t be pink for long, as its new owners...

THREATENED: State Seeks to Unload Damen Silos

"Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to sell off an abandoned industrial site in Chicago best known as a backdrop for the 2014 Hollywood blockbuster 'Transformers:...

PETITION: Save the Historic Damen Silos in Chicago!

"'Hog Butcher for the World,    Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat...    Stormy, husky, brawling,    City of the Big Shoulders'      -Carl Sandburg, 'Chicago'"When Sandburg wrote those lines, dozens of grain...

Address: 1542 N. Mohawk Street, Old Town

Address: 1542 N. Mohawk Street, Old Town #100986304 Date Received: 09/09/2022 Ward: 2nd Ald. Brian Hopkins Applicant: Precision Excavation, LLC Owner: Todd and Kara Dziedzic Permit Description: Wreck and removal...

Address: 1328 N. State Parkway, Gold Coast

Address: 1328 N. State Parkway, Gold Coast #100984396 Date Received: 08/19/2022 Ward: 2nd Ald. Brian Hopkins Applicant: Robert Davies Owner: Robert Davies Permit Description: Partial demolition of the roof and...