2022 Year-in-Review
WIN: 100-Year Old ‘Ghost Signs’ Rescued Just Days Before Demolition
Rare Lakeview Ghost Signs Saved Just Days Before Demolition Thanks To Donations; Local sign painters rushed to preserve the advertisements before their building is...
PARTIAL WIN: Preservation Chicago’s Viral Tweet Leads to Good Outcome for Vintage Orange Garden Neon Sign
Billy Corgan Always Loved The Neon Orange Garden ‘Chop Suey’ Sign. Now, He Owns It; Chloé Mendel and her partner, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman,...
WIN: Adaptively Reused and Landmarked, Stewart School Lofts Sells For Big Profit (Chicago 7 2014)
Stewart School Lofts on the Move, Uptown Update, 5/3/22Former CPS building in Uptown turned into apartments, Dennis Rodkin, Crain’s Chicago Business, March 14, 2018
WIN: Fred Hampton’s Maywood Home Receives Landmark Designation
“SAVE THE HAMPTON HOUSE” Campaign Receives Historical Landmark Status, Chicago Defender, 4/20/22
WIN: Long-Vacant Former Englewood Firehouse to Become Community “Living Room”
Englewood Connect, A $14 Million Culinary Hub And Community ‘Living Room,’ Breaks Ground At Century-Old Firehouse; Developers at McLaurin Development Partners said construction will...
WIN: North Lawndale Sears Sunken Garden to Be Restored
West Side Neighborhood Groups Plan To Restore Historic Sears Sunken Garden To Its Former Glory; The National Historic Landmark fell into disarray when Sears...
WIN: Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site Receives Recognition with Illinois Historical Marker
Underground Railroad Site In Chicago Will Be Honored At Historic Dedication Ceremony Saturday; Jan and Aagje Ton Farm on the Southeast Side once provided...
WIN: AIA Chicago and Preservation Chicago Create “Early Chicago Skyscrapers” Video to Advance UNESCO World Heritage Site Designation Proposal
There is strong support to designate “Early Chicago Skyscrapers” as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A UNESCO World Heritage Site designation would further recognize...
WIN: Buyers of the Pre-Fire Bellinger Cottage are Delighted to be ‘moving into a place that has such a great story and so much...
Lincoln Park cottage that survived the Great Chicago Fire has new owners; Known as the Bellinger Cottage, the house that's part of Chicago's history...
WIN: Austin’s Pink House Dodges Demolition and Will Be Restored
Austin’s Iconic Pink House Isn’t Being Demolished — But It Won’t Be Pink Much Longer; Owners who bought the home last year are remodeling...