2022 Year-in-Review
THREATENED: George Eddy House Targeted for Demolition
Say goodbye to this dilapidated remnant of Sheridan Road's heyday; The house is one of only a few old lakefront homes in Edgewater that...
THREATENED: Pilsen Food Pantry’s Purchase Offer for former Holy Trinity Croatian Church Delayed
Pilsen Pantry in Former Church Faces Challenges, Joanna Hernandez, WTTW Chicago, 8/27/22
THREATENED: ‘Monument with Standing Beast’ Sculpture to be Relocated
Thompson Center sculpture heading to new home; With the state selling the building where it has stood for nearly four decades, “Monument with Standing...
THREATENED: Landmarked Noel State Bank Walgreens at Risk of Closure
Is Walgreens Closing Its Flagship Wicker Park Store Inside Old Bank? Neighbors Told Yes, But Company Says No Decision Made; A Walgreens representative said...
THREATENED: Cook County Scavenger Sale Undermines South and West Side Housing Stock
Scrap the Scavenger Sale to save struggling neighborhoods; Cook County's antiquated system for dealing with abandoned property entrenches poverty, Crain's Chicago Business Editorial Board,...
WIN: Emmett Till Home Awarded $150K grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and $250,000 Adopt-a-Landmark Renovation...
Emmett Till Home gets $150K grant for Blacks in Green project, Herald Staff Report, Hyde Park Herald, 7/26/22
POTENTIAL WIN: City Requests Proposals for Pershing Road Central Manufacturing District Warehouses With Adaptive Reuse Focus (Chicago 7 2020)
City Pitches Historic Warehouse Redevelopment Again, Justin Kerr, McKinley Park News, 9/16/22Want to redevelop a massive warehouse in McKinley Park? The city is asking...
WIN: City Approves Conversion of Cameron Building Into Manufacturing Incubator
Public money powers manufacturing incubator mHUB’s growth; Move to the Kinzie Industrial Corridor on the Near West Side planned with $17.6 million in tax...
WIN: Spared From Demolition, Washington Park National Bank Plan Now Includes Façade Preservation! (Chicago 7 2016 & 2020)
Developer adapts, and an investment in Woodlawn gets new life, Reconsidering plans during COVID-19’s business lull, Leon Walker of DL3 Realty has agreed to...
PARTIAL WIN: After Rejecting Community Performance Arts Center Proposal Which Would Have Restored Interior and Dome, Second Church of Christ, Scientist Development Will At...
Tony Lincoln Park projects show the rich are all right; Whatever else is happening in the city or with its housing market, demand powers...