Year-in-Review Archive
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...
POTENTIAL WIN: Pittsfield Building Listed for Sale After Years of Legal Issues and Deferred Maintenance
After years of neglect, a downtown landmark goes up for sale; A new owner of the Pittsfield Building could pull the 38-story tower out...
WIN: Illinois Institute of Technology Completes Restoration of Three Mies van der Rohe Buildings
In Chicago, Dirk Denison Renovates Mies-Designed Dorms at IIT, James Gauer, Architectural Record, 11/14/22The Illinois Institute of Technology restores three Mies van der Rohe...
WIN: Modernist Lake Meadows Professional Building to be Fully Restored
Unsung architectural ‘jewel on the prairie’ in Bronzeville is poised to shine again; The long-vacant, two-story former Lake Meadows professional building at 31st Street...
WIN: After Decades of Delays, St. Boniface Residential Adaptive Reuse Moving Forward (Chicago 7 2003 & 2009)
"Construction on a long-delayed project to turn a historical Noble Square church into condos will begin as soon as the city grants a key...
WIN: Maxim’s to Reopen as the Astor Club in Late 2022
Is Chicago ready for another ritzy private club? Well, the Astor Club is coming to the former home of Maxim’s, Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune,...