2023 Year-in-Review
LOSS: Meitus House Demolished for Land Banking
What's the plan for this South Shore site after the demolition of a historic home? Dennis Rodkin, Crain’s Chicago Business, 10/12/23
This South...
LOSS: Hofsten House at 5545 S. Woodlawn Avenue Demolished
Neighbors decry demolition of historic Woodlawn Avenue home, Zoe Pharo, Hyde Park Herald, 5/26/23
Say goodbye to a Hyde Park house that's layered...
IN MEMORIAM: Rev. George A. Lane, SJ, Jesuit priest who helped save Church of the Holy Family from demolition during the 1990 “Miracle on...
Lane, 89, led effort to save Holy Family, Richard Barry, The Beverly Review, 12/12/23
The Rev. George Lane, priest who helped save historic...
IN MEMORIAM: Dan Coffey, Chicago Theater Restoration Architect
Dan Coffey, architect behind revival of Chicago Theatre and other Loop venues, dies at 69, Steven R. Strahler, Crain’s Chicago Business, 10/24/23
The...
IN MEMORIAM: Charles Gregersen Pullman Preservationist
Charles E. Gregersen Obituary, Pullman National Monument Preservation Society, Mark Cassello with Ward Miller, Preservation Chicago, 11/20/22
IN MEMORIAM: Paul Edward Sprague, Architectural Historian
Paul Edward Sprague, Jr. Obituary, Williams Funeral Home, 12/12/23
IN MEMORIAM: Arthur Takeuchi, Chicago Architect
Arthur Shigeo Takeuchi, pioneering architect and designer of Richard J. Daley Center, dies at 91, Hyde Park Herald, 12/19/22
THREATENED: Neighborhood Groups Organize to Oppose DePaul’s Plan to Demolish Five Historic Buildings to Build a Gym
Neighborhood groups see landmark protection of historic Lincoln Park buildings, Peter von Buol, Loop North News, 12/5/23
Historic Lincoln Park buildings face demolition...
SUN-TIMES EDITORIAL: South Loop had a hybrid car dealership — a century ago. Now it’s headed toward demolition.
South Loop had a hybrid car dealership — a century ago. Now it’s headed toward demolition. But a building that beckoned toward the future,...