PRESERVATION CHICAGO https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Header Template 19 – City News THREATENED: Loyola University Proposes Demolition of the Former St. Ignatius School and Andrew Rebori Designed Gymnasium and Auditorium from 1931 Support Chicago Legacy Businesses LOSS: A Rare 1875 Post-Chicago Fire Building Demolished at 107 E. Oak Street WIN: Rector Building’s Iconic Weather Bell Sign is Restored at 79 W. Monroe St. WIN: Initial Indicators from the “Google Effect” Confirm Substantial Benefits to the Loop (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020) WIN: Adaptive Reuse Planned for McKinlock Building at 209 W. Jackson Boulevard WIN: Vintage Loft Leahy Building at 226 W. Ontario Street in River North Sold for Conversion to 70 Apartments WIN: Old DePaul University Loop Office Tower at 70 E. Lake Street Sold for Residential Adaptive Reuse WIN: City Council Approves Landmark Designation and Renovation of Up Top Building at Altgeld Gardens (Chicago 7 2017 & 2022) WIN: Owner Albert Friedman Plans the Next Adaptive Reuse of the Landmarked 1912 Medinah Temple as Bally’s Prepares to Move Out 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! WIN: After Preliminary Landmark Designation, ZBA Approves Conversion of William Le Baron Jenney’s 1893 Central YMCA Headquarters at 19 S. LaSalle Street THREATENED: Permit Review Committee Approves Data Center Conversion of the Chicago Landmark Office Building at 300 W. Adams Street 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) Guide to Chicago Legacy Businesses THREATENED: The Need to Restart Stalled Restoration of the Uptown Theatre Highlighted During Rep. Mike Quigley Event THREATENED: Chicago’s Jewish History Is Hiding in Plain Sight: Chicago Loop Synagogue (Chicago 7 2026) WIN: The Hand & The Eye $50 Million Adaptive Reuse of the 1895 McCormick Mansion Opens to Acclaim Footer – Makeup Shop (2) 90-Day Demolition Delay: 2316 N. Sheffield Avenue, Lincoln Park 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 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 Excellent Conversation at the Driehaus Museum “Shaping the City: Civic Leadership in Gilded Age Chicago” Panel Discussion on June 6, 2026 Bridgehouse Museum presents “Unlocking Potential: Leveraging The Power of Preservation to Reactivate Chicago’s Bridgehouses as Community Cultural Spaces” Thursday, July 23, 2026 Sold-Out Screening of John Vinci’s KAM/Pilgrim Baptist Church Virtual Reality Film at the Arts Club of Chicago, June 30, 2026 90-Day Demolition Delay: 2310 N. Sheffield Avenue, Lincoln Park The West Loop Historic Plaques Project Installs Five New Plaques, with Four More In Process 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 Spotlight on Demolition June 2026 90-Day Demolition Delay: 3815 N. Seeley Avenue, North Center Home