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Editorial/Op-Ed
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Are the Endangered Century and Consumer Buildings Headed Toward Landmark Status? Let’s Hope So. (Chicago 7 2011, 2013 & 2022)
"The Century and Consumers buildings, two vacant downtown skyscrapers that are shamefully rotting away and now targeted for demolition by the federal government, might...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Bad times at Antioch Baptist: A roofer’s torch claims another landmark Chicago church
"'Great architecture has only two natural enemies,' the late Chicago preservationist Richard Nickel famously said. 'Water and stupid men.'"But Nickel might’ve added a third...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Explore preservation group’s plan to save two doomed Loop towers
"We’re intrigued by a preservation group’s plan to save a seemingly doomed pair of Loop office buildings by turning the towers into a local...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: A federal case: U.S. government shouldn’t wreck two Loop skyscrapers in the name of safety
"The federal government has given Chicago some pretty good buildings, from the giant Art Deco Old Main Post Office — now enjoying reuse —...
THREATENED: Chicago Sun-Times Op-Ed: Modernist building’s slated demolition exposes weaknesses in Chicago’s landmark laws
"The building’s official address on Fullerton Parkway is a parking lot, so odds are you’ve never really noticed the beautiful structure on Cleveland Avenue,...
Chicago Patch: It’s ‘Insane’ Chicago Isn’t The Sweet Home Of A Blues Museum
Roger Stolle, a blues-loving promoter, tourism director and owner of Cat Head Delta Blues and Folk Art shop in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Photo: Credit: Mark...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: An Early Movie Palace in North Lawndale Deserves Landmark Status (Chicago 7 2012)
"The Chicago Theatre turned 100 years old last week, which is a milestone worth celebrating, given the venue narrowly dodged demolition to become a...
PARTIAL WIN: Architectural Drawings Demonstrate Strength of Alternate OPC Site
"In a last-minute bid to derail a project that finally appears to have a lot of momentum, opponents of the proposed Obama Presidential Center...
PARTIAL WIN: Chicago Architecture Club’s Thompson Center Competition Generates Creative Adaptive Reuse Ideas (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
“Governor Pritzker has the opportunity, after years of neglect by his predecessors, to lead through the sale of the Thompson Center by giving it...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: Catholic Archdiocese Should Work More Openly to Preserve Historic Chicago Churches
"The neo-Gothic church, convent building and rectory at 31st and Aberdeen streets have served the Bridgeport community for more than 110 years — first...