2023 Year-in-Review
WIN: After 23 Year Advocacy Effort, Promontory Point Receives Final Chicago Landmark Designation (Chicago 7 2022)
Promontory Point Is Now A Chicago Landmark, A Major Victory For Activists Who Fought For Decades; Ald. Leslie Hairston, who advocated to "Save...
WIN: In Record Speed, The Warehouse Granted Final Chicago Landmark Designation! (Chicago 7 2023)
The ‘Birthplace’ of House Music is on Its Way to Becoming a Chicago Landmark; Patty Wetli, WTTW Chicago, 4/13/23
Chicago’s legendary nightclub “The...
WIN: Developer Prioritizes Adaptive Reuse of Werner Brothers Storage Building (Chicago 7 2023)
Workforce housing at 7603 N. Paulina misses out on funding; The developers will be reapplying and reorganizing the project phasing, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize...
WIN: Apollo’s 2000 / former Marshall Square Theater Receives Preliminary Landmark Recommendation
Apollo’s 2000 Theater In Little Village Gets First Approval To Become A Chicago Landmark; The family who owns the theater said they hope...
WIN: Epworth Church Receives Final Landmark Designation Approval
Edgewater’s Epworth Church Nears Landmark Status As Owner Plans To Turn It Into Affordable Apartments; The 132-year-old Epworth Church and community building will...
WIN: After Seven Year Effort, Greater Union Baptist Church Receives Chicago Landmark Designation
Near West Side’s Greater Union Baptist Church Is A Chicago Landmark; The church, which dates back to 1886, has promoted civil rights and progressive...
WIN: ‘The Most Beautiful Candy Factory in America,’ Mars Candy Factory Receives Final Landmark Recommendation
Austin’s 94-Year-Old Mars Candy Factory Could Become City Landmark; A key city committee granted preliminary landmark status for the building’s architectural design and...
WIN: Final Landmark Recommendation Protects Both Interior and Exterior of Innovative 1970s Netsch Home
The owners of a famous architect's Old Town home are seeking a rare form of landmarking, Dennis Rodkin, Crain's Chicago Business, 1/10/23
Old...
WIN: Florence Crittenton Anchorage / Wolfson Building Sold for Huge Profit After Receiving Final Landmark Approval
West Side Women’s Shelter Building Named A Chicago Landmark, Saving It From Wrecking Ball; Garfield Park’s Wolfson Building was once a save haven...
WIN: Final Chicago Landmark Recommendation Granted to Greater Tabernacle Cathedral / Holy Rosary ‘Irish’ Church in Roseland
Preliminary landmark approved for Greater Tabernacle Cathedral; The historic church was built back in 1890, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 5/26/23
Greater Tabernacle Cathedral...