PRESERVATION CHICAGO https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html WIN: City Council Approves Landmark Designation and Renovation of Up Top Building at Altgeld Gardens (Chicago 7 2017 & 2022) LOSS: DePaul University Demolishes the Sheffield-Belden Group for Practice Gym (Chicago 7 2024) WIN: Commission on Chicago Landmarks Grants Final Landmark Recommendation to Edgewater’s Bryn Mawr Historic District and Denies Demolition Permit for Contributing Building at 1114 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue WIN: City Council Designates Holabird & Root’s 1929 Chicago Daily News Building at 2 N. Riverside Plaza a Chicago Landmark (Chicago 7 2008) WIN: Ongoing Media Coverage Generates Awareness Regarding the Challenge and Vision of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church (Chicago 7 2026) WIN: Austin Coming Together Acquires Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1903 J.J. Walser House and Launches a Restoration Campaign (Chicago 7 2025) PETITION: Save the Pope’s Church! PETITION: STOP the Demolition of the Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room! Header Template 19 – City News Footer – Makeup Shop (2) Support Chicago Legacy Businesses Guide to Chicago Legacy Businesses Month-in-Review Newsletter PETITION: STOP the Demolition of the Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room! The Skyscraper and The White City: The Genius and the Tragedy of John Wellborn Root by Gerald R. Larson Stanley Tigerman: Drawing on the Ineffable Edited by George Papamattheakis Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago by Will Quam Doorways of Chicago by Ronnie Frey Bridgehouse Museum presents “Unlocking Potential: Leveraging The Power of Preservation to Reactivate Chicago’s Bridgehouses as Community Cultural Spaces” Thursday, July 23, 2026 Hole in St. Mary of the Assumption Roof Repaired Just Prior to Pope Leo XIV Pilgrimage Tour Friday, May 8, 2026 Hole in St. Mary of the Assumption Roof Repaired Just Prior to Pope Leo XIV Pilgrimage Tour Friday, May 8, 2026 Neighborhood Meeting: Preservation Chicago Assists Neighbors’ Effort to Create Newport Landmark District IN MEMORIAM: Allan Mellis, Dedicated Preservationist and ‘Mayor Of Lincoln Park’ BUYER WANTED: Landmarked Theophil Studios Condo Listed For Sale WIN: Initial Indicators from the “Google Effect” Confirm Substantial Benefits to the Loop (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020) Excellent Conversation at the Driehaus Museum “Shaping the City: Civic Leadership in Gilded Age Chicago” Panel Discussion on June 6, 2026 Crain’s Chicago Business: This Old North Center Church Became an Antique Collector’s Sanctuary CBS News Chicago: America at 250: How Chicago Helped Transform Jazz and Spread the Music Across the U.S. CBS News Chicago: Chicago’s Former Tied Houses Once Linked with Schlitz and other Breweries Offer a Window to History Crain’s Chicago: Pieces of Long-Lost Louis Sullivan Building Revealed on Chicago’s South Lakefront WGN 9 Chicago: Celebrating America’s history – Chicago, The Birthplace of The Skyscraper Lt. Col. Jennifer N. Pritzker: On America’s 250th Anniversary, Chicago Needs More Stewards To Preserve Its Story UChicago: Academic Consortium Launches Interactive Webmap of Chicago’s Historic Preservation Landscape BUYER WANTED: City of Chicago Issues Request for Proposals for 1936 Art Deco Police Station at 1940 W. Foster Avenue, Lincoln Square CHICAGO LEGACY BUSINESS: Lou Mitchell’s, The First Stop on America’s Mother Road, Celebrates 103 Years in the Loop CHICAGO LEGACY BUSINESS: Vince’s Restaurant & Pizzeria Reels Go Viral 90-Day Demolition Delay: 2316 N. Sheffield Avenue, Lincoln Park 90-Day Demolition Delay: 2310 N. Sheffield Avenue, Lincoln Park 90-Day Demolition Delay: 3815 N. Seeley Avenue, North Center 90-Day Demolition Delay: 2965 N. Lincoln Ave., Lake View Spotlight on Demolition June 2026 CHICAGO LEGACY BUSINESS: Italian Village Restaurants Adds Café Pisolino Espresso Bar, Continuing 99 Years of Family Legacy at 71 W. Monroe Street, Downtown CHICAGO LEGACY BUSINESS: The Green Mill Sold to Long-Time General Managers Who Will Continue Legacy Sold-Out Screening of John Vinci’s KAM/Pilgrim Baptist Church Virtual Reality Film at the Arts Club of Chicago, June 30, 2026 CHICAGO LEGACY BUSINESS: Sky Ride Tap Faces an Uncertain Future (Chicago 7 2016 & 2026) POTENTIAL WIN: Vote Recommends Multiple-Property National Register Designation for Chicago’s Thousands of Historic Courtyard Apartment Buildings The West Loop Historic Plaques Project Installs Five New Plaques, with Four More In Process WIN: Chicago City Council Approves Adaptive Reuse of David Fireproof Storage Warehouse at 3240 W. Lawrence in Albany Park WIN: After Decades of Delays, Developers Secure $3 Million City Grant to Adaptively Reuse Grace’s Furniture Building Home