Preservation Chicago submitted formal suggestions for Chicago Landmark Designation for four significant historic places at the Program Committee of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks meeting on September 18, 2025. The suggestions included research and public testimony. Our suggestions included:

The Amanda Apartments, 56-60 E. Chicago Avenue, 1898-1900, Robert Skilleter Smith
South Park Terrace Apartments, 6116-6134 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, 1905, Harry Waterman
St. Mark’s Roman Catholic Church Complex, 1048 N. Campbell, including rectory, church and school
Western Boulevard Industrial Buildings, 4200-4500 S. Western Boulevard, c.1910-1920

Other suggestions for Chicago Landmark Designation that Preservation Chicago support and which were presented by preservation partners includes:

Paradise Temple / Shomre Hadas, 11434 S. Forest, 1927, Harry L. Morse
Roger Brown Study Collection, 1926 North Halsted Street

Additionally, Preservation Chicago testified in support of the nomination to the National Register of Historic Places or the J.P. Smith Shoe Company Factory at 223 E. Erie Street.