ADVOCACY
- WIN: Lake Street Schlitz Tied House / La Luce
- WIN: Vautravers Building
- THREATENED: Permits Issued for Construction in Jackson Park
- PARTIAL WIN: Architectural Drawings for Alternate OPC Site
- PARTIAL WIN: Thompson Center Idea Competition
- WIN: Chicago & North Western Railway Headquarters Building
- THREATENED: Promontory Point
- WIN: Muddy Waters House Recommended for Landmark Status
- WIN: Willow and Halsted Recommended for Landmark Status
- WIN: Monastery of the Holy Cross Recommended for Landmark
- Sun-Times Editorial: Preserve Historic Chicago Churches
- WIN: Driehaus Museum Acquires Murphy Memorial Auditorium
- WIN: Marshall Field Stable/Warehouse To Become Theater
- THREATENED: Reebie Building Façade by TimeLine Theatre
- THREATENED: Auction Clears Out Southport Lanes
- POTENTIAL WIN: Sears Building at Six Corners
- POTENTIAL WIN: Pioneer Bank Building
- POTENTIAL WIN: Laramie State Bank
- WIN: Roberts Temple Awarded Heritage Grant
- WIN: Former Synagogue to Become Creative Space
- WIN: Hollander Warehouse Building
- THREATENED: Old Irving Park Home at 3936 N. Kenneth Ave.
- POTENTIAL WIN: Florsheim Mansion
- BUYER WANTED: William Le Baron Jenney Designed Home
- WIN: Fannie May House
- WIN: Kay Shoes Building
- LOSS: Iconic Art Deco R.V. Kunka Drug Store Sign Destroyed
- IN MEMORIAM: Robert Meers; Chicago Real Estate Developer
- IN MEMORIAM: Richard H. Driehaus; Philanthropist & Preservationist
- THREATENED: Early Warning Signs
- THREATENED: 90-Day Demolition Delay Watch List
- LOSS: Spotlight on Demolition (71 demolitions in July 2021)
PRESERVATION IN THE NEWS
- RADIO: Lois Wille discusses “Forever Open, Clear and Free” with Studs Terkel
- PRINT: Chicago Tribune Op-ed: Obama Center will hit taxpayers hard
- PRINT: Crain’s Chicago: An Unprecedented Push To Save Historic Black Homes
- PRINT: Crain’s Chicago Op-ed: South Side Lakefront is Worth Restoring
- PRINT: Chicago Sun-Times: Housing Advocates Push to Preserve 2-Flats
- PRINT: “I want to save a historic home. I’m up against developers.”
- PRINT: Chicago Tribune: Comfort Station in Logan Square
EVENTS & HAPPENINGS
- “Helmut Jahn: Life + Architecture” at Chicago Architecture Center
- “Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now” at MCA
- “Chicago: Where Comics Came to Life (1880-1960)” at Chicago Cultural Center
- Pullman National Monument Grand Opening – Labor Day Weekend
- “Wicker Park Walking Tour” with Elaine Coorens – August 11, 2021
- “Architectural Gems of the South Side Tour” with Lee Bey – Sept. 15, 2021
- “Drawn to Combat: Bill Mauldin & The Art of War” at Pritzker Military Museum
- Call for Volunteers for Open House Chicago 2021 – Oct. 16 & 17, 2021
FILM & BOOKS
- Remembering Edgewater Beach Hotel, a Book by John Holden & Kathryn Gemperle
- Vautravers Building Relocation Project: A Documentary Film by the1stMikeC
- Starship Chicago: Thompson Center: A Film by Nathan Eddy
- Roseland’s South Michigan Avenue Commercial District: “The Avenue’s” Past, Present and Future
- Preservation Chicago Virtual Tour of the Arlington Deming Historic District
- Video Overview of the Preservation Chicago 2021 “Chicago 7 Most Endangered” (3:48)
- Full Presentation of the Preservation Chicago 2021 “Chicago 7 Most Endangered” (57 Minutes)
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