PRESERVATION CHICAGO https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html 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 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 90-Day Demolition Delay: 2316 N. Sheffield Avenue, Lincoln Park Spotlight on Demolition June 2026 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 Hole in St. Mary of the Assumption Roof Repaired Just Prior to Pope Leo XIV Pilgrimage Tour Friday, May 8, 2026 IN MEMORIAM: Allan Mellis, Dedicated Preservationist and ‘Mayor Of Lincoln Park’ BUYER WANTED: Landmarked Theophil Studios Condo Listed For Sale 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 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 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 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 POTENTIAL WIN: Dwight Perkins-Designed James H. Bowen High School at 2710 E. 89th Street Recommended for National Register of Historic Places WIN: City Council Approves Adaptive Reuse of Art Deco Lincoln Trust & Savings Bank Building at 3959 N. Lincoln Avenue WIN: Adaptive Reuse Planned for McKinlock Building at 209 W. Jackson Boulevard WIN: Historic Rogers Park Fire House at 1721 W. Greenleaf Avenue Will Be Adaptively Reused THREATENED: Neighbors Rally Against Francis Parker School’s Proposed Demolition to Clear Residential Building for Campus Expansion LOSS: Once Envisioned as McKinley Park’s 23-Acre Riverfront Festival Grounds, the Damen Silos Site Has Been Paved Over for a Parking Lot WIN: Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Famed “Jeweled” Stained-Glass Window Reinstalled at Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago After Meticulous 15 Month Restoration SUN-TIMES COLUMN: What Should We Do With The Sunken Raber? Landmark Home Faces Uncertain Future LOSS: A Rare 1875 Post-Chicago Fire Building Demolished at 107 E. Oak Street PETITION: Save the Pope’s Church! WIN: Millinery Mart Building at 65 E. Wacker Begins Pre-Leasing as “Wacker Place” After Adaptive Reuse Completed WIN: Building Permits Issued for Dinkel’s Lofts at 3327 N. Lincoln which Incorporate Historic Storefronts and Neon Sign WIN: Community Development Commission Approves TIF for Conversion of Harris Trust & Savings Bank Building at 111 W. Monroe Street, Loop WIN: After Preliminary Landmark Designation, ZBA Approves Conversion of William Le Baron Jenney’s 1893 Central YMCA Headquarters at 19 S. LaSalle Street Home