PRESERVATION CHICAGO https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html 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 PARTIAL WIN: Gately’s Peoples Store Demolished Following Heartbreaking Fire but Historic Sign to be Saved WIN: Dated Uptown Office Building Converted to Mid-Century Inspired Apartments WIN: Terra Cotta Facade Eagles Return to Building at Broadway and Sheridan WIN: Landmarked Ukrainian Village Church Converted to Residential Building WIN: Lincoln Park Zoo’s Kovler/Pepper Lion House Renovations Moving Forward WIN: Three Humboldt Park Warehouses to Be Converted into “Creative Office Campus” WIN: Historic Apartment Building at 2616 N. Clark Street to Become Boutique Hotel WIN: Village Theater Façade Incorporated Into New Development WIN: Tunnel Through Art Deco Bridge Houses On Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Bridge for Navy Pier Flyover Proceeding POTENTIAL WIN: Society of St. Adalbert Requests Landmark Designation for St. Adalbert Convent WIN: North Lawndale Art Deco Library Restored WIN: Motley Elementary School Reopens as Residential Building (Chicago 7 2014) PARTIAL WIN: After Emergency Demolition, Façade Reuse Progresses for 5th Church of Christ Scientist/Shiloh Baptist Church WIN: Long-Vacant Landmarked Fullerton State Bank to be Converted to Condos WIN: After Being Mothballed for Nearly 40 Years, Uptown Theatre Restoration Plan Receives City Council Approval Spotlight on Demolition – September 2018 Highly Successful Sold Out Preservation Chicago’s 2018 “Chicago 7 Most Endangered” Coach Tour Spotlight on Demolition – June 2018 Spotlight on Demolition – August 2022 LOSS: Merrick-Culver House, One of Austin’s Oldest Houses, Lost to Emergency Demolition Order WIN: Edgar Miller ‘Animal Court’ Sculptures to Finally Be Restored and Reinstalled at National Public Housing Museum 2023 SPOTLIGHT ON DEMOLITION: 625 Demolitions in 2023 WIN: Preliminary Landmark Recommendation Approved for Hyde Park Union Church Preservation Chicago: Events Preservation Chicago: Chicago 7 Most Endangered LOSS: House at 1836 West Addison Street from 1891 Demolished WIN: GSA Request Proposals for Adaptive Reuse of Century and Consumers Buildings (Chicago 7 2011, 2013, 2022, 2023 & 2024) WIN: St. Adalbert’s Church Receives Unanimous Landmark Approved Vote During Packed Landmark Hearing (Chicago 7 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021) WIN: John B. Murphy Memorial Auditorium Receives City of Chicago Landmark Designation and Celebrates Grand Opening After Restoration WIN: 161 E. Erie Moves Towards Landmark Designation After Rapid Response Advocacy Effort WIN: Illinois Senate Passes Resolution to Support the Restoration of Promontory Point’s Historic Limestone Retaining Wall and Receives $117K Grant from Driehaus Foundation for Engineering Study (Chicago 7 2022) WIN: Ramova Theater Chicago Landmark Designation Approved by City Council (Chicago 7 2012) WIN: Apollo’s 2000 / former Marshall Square Theater Receives Chicago Landmark Designation WIN: Mars Chocolate Factory Becomes Designated Chicago Landmark Home