PRESERVATION CHICAGO https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PARTIAL WIN: Preservation Chicago’s Viral Tweet Leads to Good Outcome for Vintage Orange Garden Neon Sign WIN: Henry B. Clarke House / Bishop Ford House to Begin $1 Million Renovation WIN: Preston Bradley Center Auditorium and Social Services Saved By Preservation-Oriented Buyer 90-Day Demolition Delay: Harold Meitus House, 6740 S. South Shore Dr., South Shore WIN: St. Adalberts Church Receives Unanimous Landmark Approved Vote During Packed Landmark Hearing (Chicago 7 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021) THREATENED: Chicago’s Last Manual Elevator at the Fine Arts Building to be Replaced The Newberry presents A Night at Mister Kelly’s Through July 20, 2024 WIN: After Demolition of Adjacent Building for New Construction, Adaptive Reuse of 1317 N. Ashland Proves Residential Reuse Viability of Historic Structures WIN: After Long Delay, Ornate Terra Cotta Facade at 3244 W. Bryn Mawr Will Be Incorporated Into New Construction WIN: New Genesis Assembly of God Baptist Church / Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church at 1400 N. Laramie Avenue in Austin Receives Final Landmark Recommendation THREATENED: Former St. Mark’s Campus in Humboldt Park For Sale The 2026 Chicago 7 Media Coverage WIN: AIA Chicago and Preservation Chicago Create “Early Chicago Skyscrapers” Video to Advance UNESCO World Heritage Site Designation Proposal West Loop Industrial Lofts – 2021 Most Endangered THREATENED: Promontory Point – “It’s not just the limestone that people are trying to save, but the way it has come to be a part of the community’s life and nature.” (Chicago 7 2022) Chicago Tribune: Whiskey Point, Slag Valley and Black Bottom: Chicago’s ‘layers upon layers’ of forgotten neighborhood names WIN: Rusnak Brothers Store Adaptive Reuse for Auburn Gresham Healthy Lifestyle Hub Complete Driehaus Museum Presents Capturing Louis Sullivan: What Richard Nickel Saw August 26, 2022 to February 19, 2023 PETITION: Let’s Landmark Bowen High School in South Chicago! THREATENED: Concrete Block Building Erected Without Permits Across from Humboldt Park Stables WIN: Pioneer Arcade Receives Final Chicago Landmark Approval as part of Adaptive Reuse Plan (Chicago 7 2015) Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Pullman’s Hotel Florence Deserves a Chance to Welcome Guests Again THREATENED: Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church Listed For Sale Hyde Park Herald: A walk through Woodlawn’s past and present Richard H. Driehaus Museum Presents “Glass to Garden: Tiffany Inspired Floral Designs” WIN: City of Chicago Announces $8.23M of Adopt-a-Landmarking Funding for the Restoration of 13 Designated Chicago Landmarks POTENTIAL WIN: After Many Delays, Hollander Storage Building Adaptive Reuse Moving Forward Again THREATENED: Schulze Baking Company Building, a 2024 Chicago 7 Most Endangered THREATENED: All of Mankind Mural / Stranger’s Home Missionary Baptist Church, a 2024 Chicago 7 Most Endangered THREATENED: 120-year-old Jackson Park Pavilion Sits as a Park District Ruin (Chicago 7 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021) Driehaus Museum presents “Rory McEwen: A New Perspective on Nature” May 16, 2025 to August 17, 2025 POTENTIAL WIN: Rapid Response Advocacy Campaign to Landmark Pope Leo’s Childhood Church Gains Traction LOSS: Eamus Catuli Building at 3633 Sheffield Avenue Historic Building Across From Wrigley Field Demolished BUYER WANTED: After Being Moved 29 Feet For the Red Line Extension, CTA Seeks Buyer for the Vautravers Building Fire and Clay: How Bricks Reveal the Hidden History of Chicago by Will Quam WIN: After Roger Brown House Receives Final Landmark Recommendation, Developer Plans Gut Rehab WIN: After Decades of Delays, Developers Secure $3 Million City Grant to Adaptively Reuse Grace’s Furniture Building 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 Home