January 2021 Month-in-Review Newsletter

The ABCs of Chicago’s Historic Buildings
By Deborah Mercer

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Table of Contents
ADVOCACY

1. Chicago 7 2021 Announcement, February 24, 2021
2. WIN: Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley House Landmarked!
3. THREATENED: Chicago Union Station Power House
4. THREATENED: Chicago Union Station Power House Essay
5. THREATENED: Lake Street Schlitz Tied House/ La Luce
6. THREATENED: Thompson Center
7. WIN: Pilgrim Baptist Church
8. LOSS: Hollenbach Building Demolished
9. THREATENED: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
10. THREATENED: Phyllis Wheatley Home
11. THREATENED: Sapphire Building
12. WIN: Invest South/West Development Proposals
13. WIN: Jefferson Park Firehouse
14. LOSS: St. Stephenson Church
15. WIN: Earle School
16. WIN: The Double Door at Wilson Theater
17. WIN: Fullerton State Bank
18. WIN: Ryerson Mansion
19. WIN: Perkins-Nordine House
20. WIN: Keith Mansion
21. THREATENED: Riis Park and Riis Park Fieldhouse
22. RETIRING: Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune architecture critic
23. THREATENED: 90-Day Demolition Delay Watch List
24. LOSS: Spotlight on Demolition (77 demolitions in January 2021)

• 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

SUPPORT PRESERVATION CHICAGO

• Chicago 7 Posters and Swag
• Please Support Preservation Chicago