2022 Year-in-Review

WIN: Exceptional Renovation Underway at Belden-Stratford

"From its creation in 1923, the Belden-Stratford apartment building in Chicago’s Lincoln Park community was designed for an elite crowd. Over the years, its...

WIN: Flat Iron Arts Building Purchased by Preservation-Sensitive Buyers

"Longtime owners of the iconic Flat Iron Arts Building in the center of Wicker Park have sold the property to a pair of local...

THREATENED: Damen Silos To Be Sold to MAT Asphalt

"Neighbors in a McKinley Park environmental group are asking the state to slow down its sale of the Damen Silos to a controversial industrialist."Neighbors...

THREATENED: George Eddy House Targeted for Demolition

"A white-pillared house on Sheridan Road in Edgewater, built in 1900 during the street's heyday as a long strand of upscale homes along the...

POTENTIAL WIN: Funding Awarded for Adaptive Reuse of Von Humboldt School Into Affordable Teacher Housing(Chicago 7 2014)

"Protracted plans to redevelop long-vacant Von Humboldt Elementary School into an 107-unit apartment complex for teachers got a boost in city funding to help...

THREATENED: GSA Initiates Section 106 Hearings, Despite Confirmation of Their Landmark Eligibility and Unanimous Public Opposition to Demolition of Century and Consumers Buildings (Chicago...

Feds urged not to 'waste' vintage State Street buildings, Four early 20th-century buildings that the federal government wants to demolish should be saved and...

THREATENED: Uncertain Future for St. Adalbert’s Church After Removal of La Pietà Statue (Chicago 7 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021)

5 Protesters Arrested Outside Pilsen Church As Workers Remove Beloved Statue After Monthslong Standoff; People have camped outside the closed St. Adalbert's for weeks,...

THREATENED: After 22 year Effort to Save Promontory Point, 500+ Letters to Chicago Officials Urges Landmark Status (Chicago 7 2022)

Promontory Point Supporters Push for Hearing in Front of Chicago Landmark Commission, Patty Wetli, WTTW Chicago, 11/28/22LETTER: Customizable Letter Writing and Sending link

THREATENED: Preservationists Sound Alarm Over Rapid Deterioration of Lake Street Schlitz Tied House

Former Home To La Luce Has ‘Deteriorated’ Despite Landmark Status: Preservationists; The former Schlitz Brewery tied house was landmarked last year, but a preservationist...

THREATENED: Developer’s Plan Chooses Demolition Over Adaptive Reuse for Werner Bros. Storage Building

110 Affordable Apartments Proposed For Corner Across From Howard Street Red Line Station; 'It's not every day you get someone who wants to build...