Year-in-Review Archive
WIN: Flat Iron Arts Building Purchased by Preservation-Sensitive Buyers
Wicker Park’s Flat Iron Arts Building Sells To New Owners For First Time In 3 Decades; The building has long been home to artist...
WIN: Second Presbyterian Church Receives $250,000 Adopt-a-Landmark Grant for Interior Restoration
Second Presbyterian Church gets renovation funding, Adopt-A-Landmark funding will support an interior restoration, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 7/18/22
WIN: KAM Isaiah Israel Receives $250,000 Adopt-a-Landmark Grant for Stained Glass Window Restoration
Landmarks Commission gives $250,000 to KAM Isaiah Israel for rehab, Marc C. Monaghan and Hannah Faris, Hyde Park Herald, 7/7/22
WIN: City Council Approves Salvation Army Building Adaptive Reuse as Hotel and Apartments (Chicago 7 2021)
Committee on Design reviews NOMA, The mixed-use development will center around the Salvation Army building, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 7/15/222,200 Apartments, Hotel Proposed For...
WIN: Pilgrim Baptist Church Receives $2.1 Million State Grant for National Gospel Museum
Dreaming of a future for the South Side’s historic Pilgrim Baptist Church; Planned gospel museum gets a boost with $2.1 million in state funds,...
WIN: Morton Salt Reopens as The Salt Shed Music Venue
Read the full story at the Chicago TribuneNew Salt Shed opens for outdoor concerts in the huge former Morton Salt complex: Good sound, historic...
WIN: Google To Purchase Thompson Center for New Chicago Headquarters (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
Thompson Center, luckily, shows up in Google’s search for office space, The sale bodes well for the Thompson Center, but also for a downtown...
WIN: Historic Morse Theater to Reopen as Rhapsody Theater
Rogers Park’s Mayne Stage To Become Rhapsody Theater, Hosting Magic Shows And Music In Historical Venue, A Northwestern medical professor and magician is rehabbing...
WIN: Adaptive Reuse Plan Approved for Hudson Motor Car Company Building
Approvals stack up for 2222 S. Michigan; The historic Motor Row building will become a mixed-use hub, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 12/6/22
POTENTIAL WIN: Chicago Collaborative Archive Center Press Conference for Reuse of Century and Consumers Building Generates Strong Media Coverage (Chicago 7 2011, 2013 &...
Groups coalesce around plan to save State Street buildings; The proposal calls for turning them into a shared archive center, but the properties’ owner,...

