November 2020 Month-in-Review Newsletter

Table of Contents
ADVOCACY

1. Open Call for Chicago 7 2021 Nominations
2. THREATENED: La Luce / Lake Street Schlitz Tied
3. PETITION: Save the Lake Street Schlitz Tied House
4. LOSS: Pilsen Landmark District Rejected
5. COLUMN: Chicago Tribune: Pilsen District
6. EDITORIAL: Chicago Sun-Times: Pilsen District
7. THREATENED: Thompson Center Sale Delayed
8. WIN: Halsted and Willow Intersection Landmarked
9. WIN: Miracle House Becomes Preliminary Chicago Landmark
10. THREATENED: Congress Theater Foreclosure
11. WIN: Uptown National Bank Adaptive Reuse
12. WIN: West Pullman School Adaptive Reuse
13. WIN: Landmark Ordinance Protected on Wells Street
14. WIN: Milwaukee Avenue Downzoning in Avondale
15. WIN: North Lawndale Schools Closure Plan Withdrawn
16. LOSS: Wing Hoe Edgewater Mansion Demolition
17. WIN: Preservation Excellence Awards 2020
18. WIN: Washington Park G ‘L’ Station Adaptive Reuse
19. RETIRING: Tim Samuelson, Chicago’s Beloved Cultural Historian
20. LOSS: Iconic Art Deco R.V. Kunka Drug Store Sign
21. BUYER WANTED: 6500 S. Eberhart for sale
22. BUYER WANTED: 4706 Malden for sale
23. THREATENED: 90-Day Demolition Delay
24. LOSS: Spotlight on Demolition (62 demolitions in November 2020)

PRESERVATION IN THE NEWS

• PRINT: Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: New Landmark Survey Overdue To Protect Chicago’s Architectural and Cultural Heritage
• VIDEO: WTTW: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…Geoffrey Baer?
• PRINT: WTTW Chicago: The Influential Plan That Sought to Make Chicago Beautiful
• PRINT: Saving Cook County Hospital: Q&A with Lisa DiChiera
• PANEL: Preserving the Past, Fortifying the Future: The Economic Case for Historic Preservation presented by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
• STUDY: 90+ Converted Apartment Buildings in 7 Decades Make Chicago the U.S. Adaptive Reuse Champ

EDUCATION & EVENTS

• Preservation Chicago’s Investment Through Preservation In Roseland Open House Chicago Panel Discussion
• Chicago Detours 12-Week “Chicago Architecture Crash Course”
• Logan Square Preservation Launches Self-Guided Online Virtual Neighborhood Tour
• Chicago History Podcast with Tommy Henry

FILM & BOOKS

• Preservation Chicago 7 Most Endangered Book On Sale
• Roseland’s South Michigan Avenue Commercial District: “The Avenue’s” Past, Present and Future.
• Preservation Chicago Tours the Arlington Deming Historic District.
• Unity Temple: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Modern Masterpiece
• The Chicago Movie Palaces of Balaban and Katz
• Chicago Apartments: A Century and Beyond of Lakefront Luxury
• Modern in the Middle: Chicago Houses 1929–75
• Walking Chicago: 35 Tours of the Windy City Dynamic Neighborhoods and Famous Lakeshore

SUPPORT

• Support the Logan Square Comfort Station
• Support the Central Park Theatre Restoration
• Raise It Up! Campaign for South Side Community Art Center
• Sign the Petition to Support The Jefferson Park Firehouse
• Save the Castle! Help Restore The Givins Beverly Castle
• Help Restore Louis Sullivan’s Holy Trinity Cathedral
• Raise the Roof! Fund The Forum! Campaign

SUPPORT PRESERVATION CHICAGO

• Chicago 7 Posters and Swag
• (and last but not least) Please Support Preservation Chicago!