ADVOCACY
- WIN: Proposed House Museum Ban Ordinance Defeated
- WIN: Lake Street Schlitz Tied House / La Luce Saved
- THREATENED: Chicago Union Station Power House
- WIN: Chicago Tribune Editorial – Defending the Lakefront
- THREATENED: Thompson Center
- WIN: Morton Salt Complex
- WIN: Ramova Theatre
- THREATENED: Uptown Theatre
- WIN: Epiphany Center for the Arts
- POTENTIAL WIN: Roberts Temple National Historic Site
- POTENTIAL WIN: Bronzeville-Black Metropolis National Heritage Area
- WIN: The Forum
- POTENTIAL WIN: 71st Street Revitalization Effort
- THREATENED: 25 Catholic Parishes Organize to Protest Closures
- THREATENED: Burnham Designed Pavilion in Jackson Park
- WIN: Seminary Avenue Victorian House
- Buyer Wanted: Landmarked David Adler Townhouse
- Buyer Wanted: Landmarked Chalmers Place Townhouse
- IN MEMORIAM: Richard H. Driehaus; Philanthropist and Preservationist
- THREATENED: 90-Day Demolition Delay Watch List
- LOSS: Spotlight on Demolition (86 demolitions in March 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 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 Salvation Army Building
- RADIO: WBEZ Chicago: What’s That Building? The Crumbling Comfort Station In Jackson Park
- WATCH: WTTW Chicago: Ask Geoffrey – Chicago’s Old Passenger Rail Stations
CHICAGO 7 MOST ENDANGERED
- Chicago 7 Video Overview
- Chicago 7 2021 Announcement, February 24, 2021
- Press and Media Coverage
THE CHICAGO 7 2021 ARTICLES
- 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
FILM & BOOKS
- Recording of Full Chicago 7 2021 Presentation
- 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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