Year-in-Review Archive
POTENTIAL WIN: Bill Introduced to Designate Bronzeville a National Heritage Area
Bronzeville, a hub of Black culture in Chicago, would become one of three National Heritage Areas in Illinois under plan in Congress, Alice Yun,...
WIN: Adler Planetarium’s Copper Dome Fully Restored
Adler Planetarium finally getting new roof, The 81-year-old copper dome leaks is being replaced along with the other roofing structures covering the main building,...
THREATENED: Merrick-Culver House, One of Austin’s Oldest Houses, Close to Emergency Demolition Order
A West Side Homeowner Is Fighting To Save One Of The Oldest Houses In Austin From Being Demolished; The coach house behind Linda Culver's...
PARTIAL WIN: $1.5 Million Stabilization Effort Stock Yards Bank Building Complete, but Comprehensive Restoration and Reuse Remain Elusive
The Stock Yards Bank Building, A Back Of The Yards Cornerstone, Is Ready For An Overhaul 50 Years After It Closed; The Stockyard Bank...
PARTIAL WIN: Pilgrim Baptist Church Receives $200k Stabilization Grant from the Chicago Adopt-A-Landmark Fund
Historic Walls, But Far More Needed For Rebuild; The landmark Adler & Sullivan-designed building at 3301 S. Indiana Ave. burned in 2006 and partially...
WIN: After Six Years, Goldblatt Building Window Renovation Finally Nearing Completion
After 6 Years Of Scaffolding, Window Work At Goldblatt’s Building Might Finally Be Finished SoonA scaffolding canopy lining the ground floor of the Goldblatt's...
WIN: Englewood Fire House to be Restored by INVEST South/West Program
Business Hubs, Housing And Public Plazas: Developers Make Their Pitches For 2nd Phase Of Englewood Square; Four proposals center around repurposing the former firehouse...
WIN: Adaptive Reuse of the Jewel Laundry Building Completed
Historic Rogers Park building to be preserved and expanded into apartments, Jay Koziarz, Curbed Chicago, 11/22/17
WIN: Chicago Vocational High School Alumni Launch Effort to Landmark and Restore School Building and to Reestablish the once Vibrant Vocational Programs
Could preserving school’s regal architecture help CVS regain status as ‘the pride of the South Side’? Some grads of Chicago Vocational High School say...