POTENTIAL WIN: Chicago Collaborative Archive Center Press Conference for Reuse of Century and Consumers Building Generates Strong Media Coverage (Chicago 7 2011, 2013 & 2022)

By Preservation Chicago

December 31, 2022

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Chicago Collaborative Archive Center Media-editedHIF_Page_1 — Rendering of Proposed Chicago Collaborative Archive Center at the Century and Consumers Buildings. Rendering Credit: JLK Architects / Chicago Collaborative Archive Center

The Chicago Collaborative Archive Center leadership at the May 18, 2022 press conference in the Brunswick Room at St. Ignatius College Prep High School to introduce the details of the adaptive reuse plan for the Century and Consumers Buildings. Photo Credit: Chicago Collaborative Archive Center

Groups coalesce around plan to save State Street buildings; The proposal calls for turning them into a shared archive center, but the properties’ owner, the federal government, wants the early 20th century high-rises wrecked, David Roeder, Chicago Sun-Times, 5/18/22

Explore preservation group’s plan to save two doomed Loop towers; Federal government ought to give a proper hearing to this or any other legit, preservation-minded proposal, Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, 5/19/22

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