Table of Contents
IN MEMORIAM
- Richard H. Driehaus; Philanthropist and Preservationist
CHICAGO 7 MOST ENDANGERED
- Chicago 7 2021 Announcement, February 24, 2021
- Press and Media Coverage
- Chicago 7 Video Overview
- Recording of Full Preservation
THE CHICAGO 7 2021
- The Chicago Lakefront
- Phyllis Wheatley Home
- Cornell Store & Flats Chicago
- South Chicago Masonic Temple
- West Loop Industrial Lofts
- Central Manufacturing District – Original East District
- Roman Catholic Churches
ADVOCACY
- PETITION: Chicago Union Station Power House
- PETITION: Lake Street Schlitz Tied House/ La Luce
- WIN: Laramie State Bank
- PARTIAL LOSS: 3-Story Section of ADM Mill Building
- POTENTIAL WIN: Lu Palmer Mansion
- THREATENED: Burnham Designed Pavilion in Jackson Park
- WIN: St. Adalbert Church
- WIN: Sears on Lawrence
- THREATENED: 25 Catholic Parishes Organize to Protest Closures
- WIN: St. Boniface
- THREATENED: Fannie May Candy Home Listed for Sale
- THREATENED: Seminary Avenue Victorian Home Demo Delay
- WIN: Morton Salt Warehouse Entertainment Redevelopment
- THREATENED: O’Leary Mansion Listed for Sale
- LOSS: St. Stephenson Church Demolished
- THREATENED: 90-Day Demolition Delay Watch List
- LOSS: Spotlight on Demolition (58 demolitions in February 2021)
PRESERVATION IN THE NEWS
- PRINT: South Side Weekly: It’s Not About Obama; Obama Center CBA Organizers Remain Focused on Black South Siders’ Needs as Rents Climb.
- PRINT: Chicago Reader: The Obama Center: Opening in 2025…But Protect Our Parks says more legal challenges are coming for the Jackson Park plan
- PRINT: Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Saving classic churches sends a message: Old Chicago neighborhoods remain promised lands
- PRINT: Chicago Crusader Investigative Report: “Important to Black history, they are unprotected and a new owner can demolish them anytime without any opposition”
- RADIO: WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? The Streetcar Transformer Buildings
- PRINT: Block Club Chicago: Bring Back the Blues Bus
FILM & BOOKS
- Roseland’s South Michigan Avenue Commercial District: “The Avenue’s” Past, Present and Future
- Preservation Chicago Virtual Tour of the Arlington Deming Historic District
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