PRESERVATION CHICAGO https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html 90-Day Demolition Delay: 2965 N. Lincoln Ave., Lake View 90-Day Demolition Delay: 1939 N. Larrabee St., Lincoln Park. Photo credit: Google Maps CHICAGO LEGACY BUSINESS: The Last Barrel of Schlitz in Chicago Is Tapped at Glunz Tavern at 1201 N. Wells Street in Old Town, While Forty-One Schlitz Tied Houses Still Stand Across the City CHICAGO LEGACY BUSINESS: Lou Mitchell’s, The First Stop on America’s Mother Road, Celebrates 103 Years in the Loop LOSS: Demolition Permits Issued for the Torstenson Glass Company Building, a 135-Year-Old Chicago Legacy Business, at 3233 N. Sheffield Avenue in Lake View WIN: Surge Billiards Opens in the Ornate Former Grocery Store at 1734 W. Chicago Avenue in East Village with the Historic Facade Retained Image Surge Billiards in West Town,1734 W. Chicago Avenue prior to renovation. Photo credit: Google Maps WIN: Riverwalk Reconstruction and New Dining Completed at the Chicago Landmark 1914 Reid Murdoch Building at 325 N. LaSalle Street in River North WIN: Chicago Landmark Plaques Installed at the c.1856 Phebe and John Gray House at 4362 W. Grace Street, the Oldest Residence in Old Irving Park THREATENED: The 1888 “Big Jim” O’Leary Mansion at 726 W. Garfield Boulevard in Englewood Is Vacant, Boarded, and Headed to Demolition Court THREATENED: Years of Unpermitted Alterations Continue at the 1874 Wacker House at 1838 N. Lincoln Park West in the Old Town Triangle District WIN: Renovation Permit Issued for the Adaptive Reuse of the Former Precious Blood Church and School at 2401 W. Congress Parkway POTENTIAL WIN: Residential Adaptive Reuse Moves Forward for the 1918 Illinois Bell Telephone Company Building at 3601 W. Cortland Street in Logan Square POTENTIAL WIN: Adaptive Reuse Proposed for the Vacant Milshire Hotel at 2525 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square, with the Historic Neon Sign to Be Restored THREATENED: The 1940 Art Deco Mann Furniture Building at 6130 N. Broadway in Edgewater, Home of the Broadway Antique Market, Is Listed for Sale as a Redevelopment Opportunity THREATENED: Full Building Permit Issued for 4006 N. Sheridan Road New Construction as Demolition Permits Remain Pending for the Ornate Terra Cotta Holiday Club Building (Terra Cotta: Chicago 7 2023) WIN: The 400 Theater in Rogers Park Reopens After Three Year Closure WIN: Portage Theater Foundation Launches a $3 Million Restoration Campaign with Marquee Repairs Beginning and a Reopening Targeted Within a Year (Chicago 7 2012) WIN: Restoration of the 1907 Sears Sunken Garden Pergola Is Back on Track in North Lawndale with Additional Driehaus Foundation Funding WIN: Glass Atrium Work Begins at Humboldt Park’s Historic Stable and Receptory Building as National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture Earns National Accreditation WIN: Adaptive Reuse of the Chicago Landmark Immaculata High School Moves Forward at 640 W. Irving Park Road THREATENED: Loyola University Proposes Demolition of the Former St. Ignatius School and Andrew Rebori Designed Gymnasium and Auditorium from 1931 WIN: The 1897 Charles Warrington Earle School at 6121 S. Hermitage Avenue in West Englewood Reopens as 50 Units of Affordable Housing After Twelve Years Vacant WIN: University of Chicago Selects Steven Holl Architects and JLK Architects for the Renewal of the 1916 Ida Noyes Hall at 1212 E. 59th Street in Hyde Park THREATENED: Foreclosure and Lost Financing Stall the Redevelopment of the Landmark Pioneer Trust & Savings Bank Building at 4000 W. North Avenue in Humboldt Park WIN: Vintage Loft Leahy Building at 226 W. Ontario Street in River North Sold for Conversion to 70 Apartments PARTIAL WIN: Exterior Nears Completion at the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Where Solon S. Beman’s 1901 Facades Have Been Integrated Into New Construction WIN: Owner Albert Friedman Plans the Next Adaptive Reuse of the Landmarked 1912 Medinah Temple as Bally’s Prepares to Move Out LOSS: Demolition Permit Issued for the 1951 Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America Building at 2800 N. Sheridan Road (Chicago 7 2026) Donate Case for Giving Preservation Chicago: From Impossible to Inevitable Impactful Giving Options: Donor Advised Funds (DAF), IRA Gift, Securities or Stock, Legacy Planned Giving Preservation Donor Circle Header Template 19 – City News Footer – Makeup Shop (2) Preservation Chicago: Chicago 7 Most Endangered Preservation Chicago: Events LOSS: Mercy Home Demolishes Beautiful Historic Building at 221 S. Racine for a Parking Lot THREATENED: “Actually all dead…it’s been dead for some years.”Alderman’s Comments Regarding South Shore Nature Sanctuary Cause Outrage THREATENED: Moody Bible Institute Buildings For Sale THREATENED: Ukrainian Village Worker’s Cottages Threatened by New Condo Construction THREATENED: Nordine Home Endangered Despite Interested Preservation-Oriented Buyer THREATENED: Demolition Threat for Chicago Town and Tennis Club/Unity Church THREATENED: Second Christian Science Church Declines Purchase Offer from Major Chicago Foundation to Fully Restore and Convert to Lincoln Park Community Cultural Arts Center THREATENED: Thompson Center Sale Approved by Governor Pritzker (Chicago 7 2016, 2018 & 2019 THREATENED: Jackson Park and Midway Plaisance Threatened by Proposed Obama Presidential Center, and South Shore Cultural Center Threatened by Proposed Golf Course (Chicago 7 2017 and 2018) LOSS: Terra Cotta Facade at 1315 W. Loyola Avenue Demolished LOSS: Falling Bricks from St. James Temple/St. Nicholas Church in Roseland Trigger Emergency Demolition LOSS: American Taxi Service Building Demolished By the University of Chicago for a Vacant Lot LOSS: Historic Apartment Building Fronting Humboldt Park Demolished Home