Year-in-Review Archive

LOSS: After Questionable Thanksgiving Fire, 5356 N. Sheridan / Former Wing Hoe Restaurant Demolished for New Construction

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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...

2023 SPOTLIGHT ON DEMOLITION: 625 Demolitions in 2023

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IN MEMORIAM: Paul Edward Sprague, Architectural Historian

Paul Edward Sprague, Jr. Obituary, Williams Funeral Home, 12/12/23 

THREATENED: Landmarked Delaware Building Reuse Blocked By Absentee Tenant

Landlord says McDonald’s is blocking a landmark renovation; The owner of the Delaware Building said the fast-food chain is using a lease to...

Crumbling Brick Falls From Long-Vacant Guyon Hotel (Chicago 7 2013, 2014 & 2018)

Falling Bricks From Crumbling Guyon Hotel Damage West Side Homes, Displace Neighbors; The hotel was designed in 1927 by Jens Jensen and has been...

THREATENED: Neglected Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Waller Apartments Listed For Sale

Who can save this decrepit row house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright? Dennis Rodkin, Crain’s Chicago Business, 8/10/23

THREATENED: Fire Burns Seth Warner House Attic, but Owners Plan Restoration

Austin’s Landmarked Seth Warner Home, One Of Chicago’s Oldest, Damaged In Fire; Warner, an abolitionist, built the home in 1869. The owner said...

THREATENED: Historic Swift Mansion Suffers Extensive Upper Floor Damage after Suspected Arson

Swift Mansion Tenants Say Owners Illegally Evicted Them Before Massive Fire; Nine people had been living at the historical mansion, where the second...