The ABCs of Chicago’s Historic Buildings
By Deborah Mercer
Follow her on Twitter at @53viroqua
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Table of Contents
ADVOCACY
- Chicago 7 2021 Announcement, February 24, 2021
- WIN: Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley House Landmarked!
- THREATENED: Chicago Union Station Power House
- THREATENED: Chicago Union Station Power House Essay
- THREATENED: Lake Street Schlitz Tied House/ La Luce
- THREATENED: Thompson Center
- WIN: Pilgrim Baptist Church
- LOSS: Hollenbach Building Demolished
- THREATENED: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
- THREATENED: Phyllis Wheatley Home
- THREATENED: Sapphire Building
- WIN: Invest South/West Development Proposals
- WIN: Jefferson Park Firehouse
- LOSS: St. Stephenson Church
- WIN: Earle School
- WIN: The Double Door at Wilson Theater
- WIN: Fullerton State Bank
- WIN: Ryerson Mansion
- WIN: Perkins-Nordine House
- WIN: Keith Mansion
- THREATENED: Riis Park and Riis Park Fieldhouse
- RETIRING: Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune architecture critic
- THREATENED: 90-Day Demolition Delay Watch List
- LOSS: Spotlight on Demolition (77 demolitions in January 2021)
PRESERVATION IN THE NEWS
- RADIO: WGN Radio 720 Chicago: Keeping Chicago’s Architectural History Alive with Preservation Chicago’s Ward Miller
- PRINT: Chicago Sun-Times: Landmark Decision Leaves Pilsen’s Future in Limbo
- PRINT: WTTW Chicago: The Bold Architecture of Chicago’s Black Churches
- PRINT: WTTW Chicago: Legacy of Muddy Waters to Live On at MOJO Museum
- PANEL: Preserving the Past, Fortifying the Future: The Economic Case for Historic Preservation presented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
EDUCATION & EVENTS
- Greater Than Zero Percent Podcast “Chicago – America’s Biggest Small Town” with Ward Miller
- Building, Breaking, Rebuilding Podcast with Ward Miller
- The World’s Columbian Exposition – The White City from the Windy City Historians Podcast. Episode 19 – The Third Star
- The Central Park: Historic Movie Palace In Distress
FILM & BOOKS
- Roseland’s South Michigan Avenue Commercial District: “The Avenue’s” Past, Present and Future
- Preservation Chicago Tours the Arlington Deming Historic District
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