Year-in-Review Archive

THREATENED: Give an A+ for effort to grant landmark status for Bowen High School

Give an A+ for effort to grant landmark status for Bowen High School; It’s time to landmark Bowen and bring more architecturally-significant school buildings...

THREATENED: Petition Started to Landmark Our Lady Of Victory Church to Prevent Potential Demolition (Chicago 7 2021)

Our Lady Of Victory Church Should Be A Protected Chicago Landmark, Northwest Side Group Says; A petition calls on elected officials to work with...

THREATENED: No Potential Reuse Plans On Horizon for Chicago Harbor Lighthouse

Feds to city: Give us back Chicago Harbor Lighthouse; The city of Chicago has been unable to do anything with the deteriorating lighthouse in...

THREATENED: Hector Guimard’s Art Nouveau Metra Entrance Slated for Removal as Part of Former Illinois Central Railroad / Metra Electric Station Restoration

Metra bids au revoir to Van Buren station’s Parisian-styled entrance; The commuter agency is replacing the ornate portal with a new and accessible entrance...

THREATENED: Fire Engulfs Stickney School Building from 1903 by J.E.O. Pridmore

Fire Engulfs Historical Edgewater Building But No One Injured, Fire Department Says The fire is at 1054 W. Hollywood Ave., just east of the Red...

THREATENED: George Eddy House Targeted for Demolition

Say goodbye to this dilapidated remnant of Sheridan Road's heyday; The house is one of only a few old lakefront homes in Edgewater that...

THREATENED: Pilsen Food Pantry’s Purchase Offer for former Holy Trinity Croatian Church Delayed

Pilsen Pantry in Former Church Faces Challenges, Joanna Hernandez, WTTW Chicago, 8/27/22

THREATENED: ‘Monument with Standing Beast’ Sculpture to be Relocated

Thompson Center sculpture heading to new home; With the state selling the building where it has stood for nearly four decades, “Monument with Standing...

THREATENED: Landmarked Noel State Bank Walgreens at Risk of Closure

Is Walgreens Closing Its Flagship Wicker Park Store Inside Old Bank? Neighbors Told Yes, But Company Says No Decision Made; A Walgreens representative said...

THREATENED: Cook County Scavenger Sale Undermines South and West Side Housing Stock

Scrap the Scavenger Sale to save struggling neighborhoods; Cook County's antiquated system for dealing with abandoned property entrenches poverty, Crain's Chicago Business Editorial Board,...