2022 Year-in-Review Newsletter

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Greater Union Baptist Church LANDMARKED!

James R. Thompson Center TO BE RENOVATED!

Pioneer Arcade LANDMARKED!

Laramie State Bank TO BE RENOVATED!

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CHICAGO 7 2023 Nominations

Last Call for Nominations for Preservation Chicago's 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered List

Terra cotta building at 115th and S. Michigan Ave. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers

Last call for nominations for Preservation Chicago's 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered List. Worried about a great vintage building or house in your neighborhood...Please let us know!  We need your help to identify neglected or threatened buildings for consideration for Preservation Chicago's 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered List.  To be eligible it must be: 1. Vintage 2. In danger 3. In Chicago 4. Too special to lose! Tell us through social media, the website, call us at 312-443-1000 or email us info@preservationchicago.org. Mark your calendar! The 2023 Chicago 7 Most Endangered presentation will be held virtually on Wednesday, March 8, 2022 at high noon. We hope you will join us for this free, virtual event. Register early to ensure a spot. More details to follow. Since 2003, the Chicago 7 Most Endangered has sounded the alarm on imminently threatened historic buildings and community assets in Chicago to mobilize the stakeholder support necessary to save them from demolition. "Once a Chicago 7, always a Chicago 7," until its saved or lost. Link to all past Chicago 7s.

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WIN: Google To Purchase Thompson Center for New Chicago Headquarters (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)

James R. Thompson Center, 1985, Helmut Jahn, 100 W. Randolph Street. Photo Credit: Serhii Chrucky Thompson Center, luckily, shows up in Google’s search for office space, The sale bodes well for the Thompson Center, but also for a downtown that’s still staggering from the pandemic and needs all the help, energy — and new office workers — it can get, Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, 7/27/22 Google to the rescue for the Loop; The company's plan to occupy and eventually purchase a revamped Thompson Center is an inflection point in the Loop's sluggish comeback from COVID-19, Danny Ecker, Crain's Chicago Business, 7/27/22 Google’s plan to take over Thompson Center a shot in the arm for downtown Chicago and for Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Dan Petrella and Brian Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 7/27/22 Helmut Jahn: In A Flash (a 19 minute documentary)

POTENTIAL WIN: Chicago Collaborative Archive Center Press Conference for Reuse of Century and Consumers Building Generates Strong Media Coverage (Chicago 7 2011, 2013 & 2022)

Rendering of Proposed Chicago Collaborative Archive Center at the Century and Consumers Buildings. Rendering Credit: JLK Architects / Chicago Collaborative Archive Center

The Chicago Collaborative Archive Center leadership at the May 18, 2022 press conference in the Brunswick Room at St. Ignatius College Prep High School to introduce the details of the adaptive reuse plan for the Century and Consumers Buildings. Photo Credit: Chicago Collaborative Archive Center Groups coalesce around plan to save State Street buildings; The proposal calls for turning them into a shared archive center, but the properties’ owner, the federal government, wants the early 20th century high-rises wrecked, David Roeder, Chicago Sun-Times, 5/18/22 Explore preservation group’s plan to save two doomed Loop towers; Federal government ought to give a proper hearing to this or any other legit, preservation-minded proposal, Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, 5/19/22

WIN: After Decade Long Year Effort, Clarendon Park Community Center Breaks Ground on $13 Million Renovation (Chicago 7 2015)

Clarendon Park Ground Breaking on September 13, 2022. Photo Credit: Ward Miller / Preservation Chicago Uptown’s Clarendon Park Community Center, Once Facing Wrecking Ball, Kicks Off $13 Million Overhaul; The renovation will restore the more than 100-year-old field house and add accessibility features and a new lobby, Joe Ward, Block Club Chicago, 9/14/22 City Council approves funding for Clarendon Park Community Center; The building at 4501 N. Clarendon will receive extensive renovations, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 2/28/22

WIN: 226 W. Jackson Renovation and Hotel Adaptive Reuse Complete

Former Chicago & North Western Railway Company Building, Frost and Granger, 1905, 226 W. Jackson Boulevard. Photo Credit: Jack Crawford / Chicago YIMBY Commission On Chicago Landmarks Approves Tax Incentive For Loop Hotel, Ian Achong, Chicago Yimby, 4/11/22 Historic Loop office building prepares to reopen as dual hotels, The 135-room Hilton Garden Inn and 215-room Canopy by Hilton will welcome guests in September, Jay Koziarz, Urbanize Chicago, 7/29/21

WIN: Laramie State Bank Restoration Powerfully Catalyzes Chicago Avenue Revitalization (Chicago 7 2019)

Laramie State Bank Building, 1929, Meyer & Cook, 5200 W. Chicago Avenue in Austin. Designated a Chicago Landmark in 1995. Photo Credit: Debbie Mercer

Laramie State Bank Building, 1929, Meyer & Cook, 5200 W. Chicago Avenue in Austin. Designated a Chicago Landmark in 1995. Rendering Credit: Latent Design An economic revival finally reaches Austin; A stretch of Chicago Avenue called the Soul City Corridor sparks opportunities for businesses to revitalize one of the city's most disinvested communities, Judith Crown, Crain's Chicago Business, 7/8/22 Austin’s Laramie State Bank Is Becoming A Museum. But First, It Needs Emergency Repairs To Fix Severe Water Damage; The building has rapidly deteriorated since it was foreclosed in 2012. In the coming years, it will be transformed into a museum, a business incubator and a café, Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago, 6/16/22

WIN: After Decades of Delays, St. Boniface Residential Adaptive Reuse Moving Forward (Chicago 7 2003 & 2009)

St. Boniface Church, 1904, Henry Schlacks, 1358 W. Chestnut Street. Photo Credit: Debbie Mercer  St. Boniface Condo Conversion In Noble Square Nearing Construction After Years Of Delays, Developer Says; Developer Michael Skoulsky hopes tenants will begin moving into the church by fall 2023: "At this point, there's no way that it doesn't come together.", Quinn Myers, Block Club Chicago, 7/14/22

WIN: Epworth Church Receives Preliminary Landmark Designation Approval

Epworth United Methodist Church, 1891, designed by architect Frederick Townsend, with additions by Theilbar & Fugard, 5253 N. Kenmore Ave. Photo credit: City of Chicago DPD Edgewater’s Epworth Church Gets Preliminary Landmark Status As Developer Seeks To Turn Church Into Apartments; With landmark status, the 131-year-old church building would be saved as it is set to be sold to a developer and converted into a residential use, Joe Ward, Block Club Chicago, 7/8/22

WIN: Greater Union Baptist Church Receives Preliminary Chicago Landmark Recommendation

Greater Union Baptist Church, 1888, William Le Baron Jenney, 1956 W. Warren Blvd. Photo credit: Chicago DPD

Wood-beamed ceiling and organ at Greater Union Baptist Church, 1888, William Le Baron Jenney, 1956 W. Warren Blvd. Photo credit: Chicago DPD

Richly-colored art glass by the Chicago firm of McCully & Miles at Greater Union Baptist Church, 1888, William Le Baron Jenney, 1956 W. Warren Blvd. Photo credit: Max Chavez / Preservation Chicago  Greater Union Baptist Church Chicago Landmark Designation Report, December 2022

WIN: Pioneer Arcade Receives Final Chicago Landmark Approval as part of Adaptive Reuse Plan (Chicago 7 2015)

Pioneer Arcade, 1925, Jens J. Jensen, 1535 N. Pulaski Road. Photo Credit: City of Chicago Department of Planning & Development

Pioneer Arcade, 1925, Jens J. Jensen, 1535 N. Pulaski Road. Photo Credit: City of Chicago / Commission on Chicago Landmarks Preliminary landmark approved for Pioneer Arcade; The building will be part of a new senior housing development, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 11/8/22 Pioneer Arcade Chicago Landmark Designation Report, November 2022

WIN: City Council Approves Adaptive Reuse Funding for IIT's Main BUilding (Chicago 7 2015)

Armour Institute Building Main Hall, 1893, Patton & Fisher, 3300 S. Federal St. Photo credit: Eric Allix Rogers

Armour Institute Building Main Hall, 1893, Patton & Fisher, 3300 S. Federal St. Photo credit: Eric Allix Rogers City Council Approves Funding For Armour Institute Building In Bronzeville, Ian Achong, Chicago YIMBY, 11/13/22

WIN: Seth Warner House Landmarked!

Seth Warner House, 1869, 631 N. Central Ave. Photo Credit: Debbie Mercer Oldest house in Austin up for Chicago landmark status; Seth Warner House on Central Avenue dates to 1869, Lacey Sikora, Wednesday Journal, 12/20/21 Landmark Status a ‘Slam Dunk’ for Austin Neighborhood’s Oldest House, Patty Wetli, WTTW Chicago, 12/2/21 Seth Warner House Preliminary Chicago Landmark Designation Report

WIN: Little Village Arch Landmarked

Little Village Arch, Adrián Lozano, 1990, 3100 W. 26th St. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers Little Village arch gains official landmark status; City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to make the arch an official Chicago landmark, ending a months-long effort. The designation also marks the first time a Mexican architect’s work has been granted landmark status, Josephine Stratman, Chicago Sun-Times, 1/26/22

WIN: Ludlow Typograph Company Building Landmarked

Ludlow Typograph Company Building, formerly Anixter Center HQ Building, 1913, Alfred Alschuler. 2028 N. Clybourn Avenue. Photo Credit: Chicago Department of Planning and Development Ludlow Typograph Co. Building receives preliminary landmark approval, A residential conversion is also planned for the structure, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 12/8/21

WIN: Monumental Baptist Church Final Landmark Designation Approved

Monumental Baptist Church, 1899, Patton, Fisher, and Miller, 729 E. Oakwood Boulevard in Bronzeville. Tweet Credit: Chicago DPD Monumental Baptist Church in Bronzeville gets Landmarks Commission approval, Christian Belanger, Hyde Park Herald, 5/5/22 A Bronzeville Church Once Known For Its Handel Concerts May Soon Become A City Landmark; The 103-year-old church still has several steps to gain landmark status, but its leader, pastor Cleophus Lee, is optimistic, Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club Chicago, 3/24/22

WIN: Paseo Boricua Gateway Flags Receives Final Landmark Designation

Commission on Chicago Landmarks approved a preliminary landmark designation for the Paseo Boricua Gateway Flags on Division Street in Humboldt Park. The twin steel sculptures, built in 1995, mark the economic, social and cultural center of Chicago's Puerto Rican community. Image credit: Chicago Department of Planning and Development Flags Could Become Chicago Landmarks; The towering flags, which were erected in 1995 to mark the Puerto Rican community, are on their way to becoming a landmark after a city commission approved the designation Thursday, Mina Bloom, Block Club Chicago, 4/7/22

WIN: Preston Bradley Center Auditorium and Social Services Saved By Preservation-Oriented Buyer

Preston Bradley Center, 1926, J.E.O. Pridmore, 941 W. Lawrence Avenue. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers

Preston Bradley Center, 1926, J.E.O. Pridmore, 941 W. Lawrence Avenue. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers Uptown’s Historical Preston Bradley Center Bought By Local Surgeon, Blues Man Who Plans To Convert It Into Nonprofit Community Hub; Daniel Ivankovich, a renowned orthopedic surgeon and blues musician known as Chicago Slim, plans to turn the church into a home for his and other nonprofits, Joe Ward, Block Club Chicago, 10/28/22

WIN: City Council Approves Salvation Army Building Adaptive Reuse as Hotel and Apartments (Chicago 7 2021)

Braun & Fitts Butterine Factory / Wrigley Lodge / Salvation Army, Furst & Rudolph in 1891, with Art Deco/Art Moderne Remodeling by Albert C. Fehlow in 1947, 509 N. Union Avenue. Photo Credit: Serhii Chrucky Committee on Design reviews NOMA, The mixed-use development will center around the Salvation Army building, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 7/15/22 2,200 Apartments, Hotel Proposed For River West Salvation Army Site Near Bally’s Casino Fulton Market-based Shapack Partners has hatched a plan to redevelop the site after buying the Salvation Army campus for $25 million, Melody Mercado, Block Club Chicago, 6/23/22

WIN: Adaptive Reuse Plan Approved for Hudson Motor Car Company Building

Hudson Motor Car Company, 1922, Alfred Alschuler, 2222 S. Michigan Ave. Photo credit: CoStar Approvals stack up for 2222 S. Michigan; The historic Motor Row building will become a mixed-use hub, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 12/6/22

WIN: Strong Community Support for Historic Preservation and Reuse of Historic Mars Candy Factory Building

Mars Candy Factory, 1928, 2019 N. Oak Park Ave. Photo Credit: Google Maps West Siders settle on plan for redeveloping Mars factory; Community members agree that a mixed-use development would be best for the factory after it closes in 2024, Jamie O'Toole, Austin Weekly News, 11/11/22

WIN: Residential Conversion and Restoration Planned for Rector Building at 79 W. Monroe

Rector Building / Chicago Trust Building / Chicago Title and Trust Building / Bell Federal Savings & Loan Building, Jarvis Hunt in 1906 with later modifications to the uppermost floors, cornice, fascia, and base of the building by Holabird & Roche to the south in 1924, 79 W. Monroe Street. Historic Photo Credit: ChicagoPast.com European investor plans Loop apartment conversion; The upper floors of the vintage office building at 79 W. Monroe St. are poised to be turned into roughly 100 apartments, a bet on booming demand for residential units downtown, Danny Ecker, Crain's Chicago Business, 11/15/22

WIN: Exceptional Renovation Underway at Belden-Stratford

The Belden Stratford, 1923, Meyer Fridstein, 2300 N. Lincoln Park West. Photo credit: Julia Bachrach. Lincoln Park’s Belden-Stratford basks in a billionaire’s love; Formerly an apartment hotel, the building is getting a complete makeover backed by a former resident, Chicago business executive Joe Mansueto, David Roeder, Crain's Chicago Business, 11/7/22

WIN: Auburn Gresham Healthy Lifestyle Hub Celebrates Grand Opening in Long-Vacant Rusnak Brothers Store

Grand opening on on November 11, 2022 of The Healthy Lifestyle Hub of Greater Auburn Gresham / formerly the Rusnak Brothers Furniture Store and Showroom, 1925, 839 W. 79th Street. Photo Credit: Atavia Reed / Block Club Chicago

Auburn Gresham’s Healthy Lifestyle Hub Brings Resources Back To The South Side: ‘We Can Make Great Things Happen’; As live music played, families and friends explored the four-story lifestyle hub for the first time. “I want people to tell their kids and grandkids about this," a community leader said, Atavia Reed, Block Club Chicago, 11/15/22

WIN: Congress Theater Redevelopment Plan Heading for City Council Approval

Congress Theater, 1926, Fridstein and Company for Lubliner and Trinz, 2135 N. Milwaukee Avenue. Photo Credit: Debbie Mercer Congress Theater Redevelopment Moves A Step Closer To Getting $20 Million Boost From City; Local developer Baum Revision is pursuing a $70.4 million restoration of the historic theater and the surrounding apartments and retail, but it needs significant financial support to make the project a reality, Mina Bloom, Block Club Chicago, 3/8/22 City panel approves $20 million subsidy for Congress Theater project in Logan Square; The tax-increment financing would reboot a major redevelopment of the property, which landed in foreclosure in 2020, Alby Gallun, Crain's Chicago Business, 3/8/22

WIN: Renovated Patio Theater Energized by Live Music and Performances

Patio Theater, 1927, R.S. Wolff, 6008 W. Irving Park Road. Photo Credit: Colin Boyle / Block Club Chicago After A Pandemic Slump, Portage Park’s Patio Theater Ready To Create Its Next Chapter; The owner has renovated parts of the old theater since taking it over in 2019 and plans to replace the marquee, bring back its historic "cloud sky" and hook up its organ once he has enough revenue, Ariel Parrella-Aureli, Block Club Chicago, 10/6/22

WIN: Historic Studebaker Theater Reopens After Two-Year Renovation

Fine Arts Building / formerly the Studebaker Building, 1884 and 1898, Solon Spencer Beman, 410 S. Michigan Ave. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers

Studebaker Theater in the Fine Arts Building / formerly the Studebaker Building, 1884 and 1898, Solon Spencer Beman, 410 S. Michigan Ave. Photo Credit: Anthony Vazquez / Sun-Times Tucked inside Fine Arts Building on South Michigan Avenue, a 125-year-old theater is reborn Workers are putting finishing touches on a multimillion-dollar renovation of the historic Studebaker Theater, Stefano Esposito, Chicago Sun-Times, 6/1/22 Chicago’s Fine Arts Building, Still a Haven for Creatives, Undergoes Updates, Marc Vitali, WTTW Chicago, 4/11/22 (3:36)

WIN: Long-Vacant West Loop Landmark Mid-City Trust & Savings Bank To Become Boutique Hotel

Former Mid-City Trust and Savings Bank, 1911, Horatio R. Wilson, 801 W. Madison St. Photo credit: Google Maps Apartment-style hotel planned for West Loop landmark; The historic—and long-vacant—Mid-City Trust & Savings Bank building is poised to be transformed into 80 units, Danny Ecker, Crain's Chicago Business, 10/5/22

POTENTIAL WIN: Funding Awarded for Adaptive Reuse of Von Humboldt School Into Affordable Teacher Housing(Chicago 7 2014)

Alexander von Humboldt Elementary School, 2622 W. Hirsch Avenue, 1896 Building, W. August Fiedler. Historic Rendering Credit: RBH Group, Wright Architects Plan To Turn Closed Von Humboldt School Into ‘Teachers Village’ With Affordable Apartments Gets $18 Million In City Funding; The Humboldt Park school, which closed in 2013, is poised to become an 107-unit apartment complex geared toward teachers, but the $50.6 million project needs much more public financing to get off the ground, Mina Bloom, Block Club Chicago, 10/5/22

WIN: Chicago Vocational School (CVS) Added to National Register of Historic Places

Chicago Vocational High School, 1940, John C. Christensen, 2100 E. 87th St. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers Is Chicago Vocational HS headed for the National Register of Historic Places? This is good news that we hope leads to a full-on effort to preserve the historic school — and rebuild its curriculum also, Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, 7/6/22 Could preserving school’s regal architecture help CVS regain status as ‘the pride of the South Side’? Some grads of Chicago Vocational High School say their alma mater is in a state of disrepair. As enrollment declines, they hope designating the school as an official Chicago landmark can save the building — and the community, Jason Beeferman, Chicago Sun-Times, 11/11/21 Petition to Designate Chicago Vocational School (CVS) a Historic Landmark

WIN: Francis Scott Key Public School in Austin Reopens as The Field School (Chicago 7 2015)

The Field School / Former Francis Scott Key Public School, 1907, Dwight Perkins, 517 N Parkside Ave. Photo Credit: Preservation Chicago Field School students to start classes at renovated Key Elementary building, Francia Garcia Hernandez, AustinTalks, 8/21/22

WIN: 'Authenticity is Guiding Principle' for Adaptive Reuse of Peabody Elementary School into Residential Building (Chicago 7 2015)

Peabody School Apartments / formerly Peabody Elementary School, 1894, W. August Fiedler, 1444 W. Augusta Blvd. Photo credit: Apartments.com These developers keep going back to school, There used to be a teacher's desk in each classroom at the old Peabody School in Noble Square. Now each one has a kitchen island, Dennis Rodkin, Crain's Chicago Business, 8/23/22

WIN: Adaptively Reused and Landmarked, Stewart School Lofts Sells For Big Profit (Chicago 7 2014)

Stewart School Lofts formerly Graeme Stewart Chicago Public School, 1905, Dwight H. Perkins,4525 N. Kenmore Avenue. Photo Credit: Morningside Group Stewart School Lofts on the Move, Uptown Update, 5/3/22 Former CPS building in Uptown turned into apartments, Dennis Rodkin, Crain’s Chicago Business, March 14, 2018

WIN: Long-Vacant Former Englewood Firehouse to Become Community “Living Room"

Former Engine Co. 84 firehouse, built 1929, 6204 S. Green Street. Photo credit: Colin Boyle / Block Club Chicago Englewood Connect, A $14 Million Culinary Hub And Community ‘Living Room,’ Breaks Ground At Century-Old Firehouse; Developers at McLaurin Development Partners said construction will begin on the culinary hub in the "coming weeks," and it could open by summer, Atavia Reed, Block Club Chicago, 9/28/22

WIN: Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site Receives Recognition with Illinois Historical Marker

Dedication of the Illinois Historical Marker at the Jan and Aagje Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site, September 24, 2022. From left to right, Ward Miller, Preservation Chicago; Cheryl Johnson, People for Community Recovery-PCR; Lt. Governor Julia Stratton, State of Illinois; Tom Shephard, Southeast Chicago Historical Society. Photo Credit: Ward Miller / Preservation Chicago Underground Railroad Site In Chicago Will Be Honored At Historic Dedication Ceremony Saturday; Jan and Aagje Ton Farm on the Southeast Side once provided a safe harbor to people who had been enslaved but escaped to freedom, Maia McDonald, Block Club Chicago, 9/21/22

WIN: Henry B. Clarke House / Bishop Ford House to Begin $1 Million Renovation

Clarke-Ford House, 1836, 1827 S. Indiana, Chicago’s oldest house. Designated a Chicago Landmark in 1970. Photo credit: Eric Allix Rogers City mulls ways to honor Bishop Ford’s protection of historic house; In 1941, the influential Black pastor saved an 1836 Greek Revival house from ruin and stewarded it for more than 35 years before selling it to the city. Efforts to acknowledge his role in the preservation have accelerated this year. Dennis Rodkin, Crain's Chicago Business, 8/24/22 Chicago’s oldest house gets a new name and a renewed mission; The new title, Clarke-Ford Home, corrects the record to show a Black religious leader’s critical involvement in saving and preserving the city’s oldest home, CST Editorial Board, 11/22/22

WIN: Muddy Waters MOJO Museum Momentum Finally Overcomes Delays with Approval to Buy Adjacent Vacant Lot and City of Chicago Restoration Grants

Muddy Waters House Museum Garden, 4339 S. Lake Park Ave. Rendering Credit: Bauer Latoza Studio Muddy Waters Museum Plans To Add Outdoor Garden For Live Blues Performances; The North Kenwood museum is in talks to buy an adjacent vacant lot it's already been using, with hopes to transform it into a place for programs and performances, Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club Chicago, 9/7/22 Rehab of Muddy Waters home 'out of the woods' with new city grant; Chicago awarded $33.5 million in community development grants to 26 companies, including health centers, neighborhood projects, coffee roasters and restaurants, Dennis Rodkin, Crain's Chicago Business, 5/2/22 Landmarks Commission gives $250,000 to Muddy Waters House for rehab, Marc Monaghan, Hyde Park Herald, 3/3/22

WIN: U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary Shannon Estenoz Visits Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley Home and Roberts Temple Church

U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz Visits Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Home on May 10, 2022 and meets with Till relatives, community leaders, historic preservation advocates, architects, and historians working to preserve this important site. Photo Credit: Naomi Davis / BIG! Blacks in Green Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz Tours Civil Rights Sites in Illinois; Affirms Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to telling America’s story

WIN: Emmett Till Home Awarded $150K grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and $250,000 Adopt-a-Landmark Renovation Funds

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Home, 6427 S. St. Lawrence Avenue. Photo Credit: Ward Miller / Preservation Chicago Emmett Till Home gets $150K grant for Blacks in Green project, Herald Staff Report, Hyde Park Herald, 7/26/22

WIN: The Forum Receives $1 Million Restoration Grant from Andrew M. Mellon Foundation

The Forum, 1897, Samuel Atwater Treat, 318 E. 43rd St, Photo Credit: Bernard Loyd Bronzeville’s The Forum Gets $1 Million Grant To Build Arts And Culture Hub In Historic Building; The grant from the Andrew M. Mellon Foundation will support The Creative Complex at The Forum, which will have four arts-based spaces inside the 127 year-old building, Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club Chicago, 4/1/22

POTENTIAL WIN: Efforts Underway to Designate Bronzeville a 'National Heritage Area'

Beautiful Bronzeville Homes. Photo credit: Eric Allix Rogers Turning Bronzeville Into A National Heritage Area Is One Of Bobby Rush’s Top Priorities Before He Leaves Congress; The longtime Bronzeville resident pledges to 'keep fighting to make it a reality.', Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club Chicago, 1/27/22

POTENTIAL WIN: City Seeks Redevelopment for Roseland Theater and other Roseland Sites (Chicago 7 2020)

Roseland Theatre, 1914, Henry L. Newhouse, 11331 S. Michigan Avenue. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers 3 Sites In Roseland, Including Former Gately’s Location, Could Become Homes, Shopping, Business Space And More; The city wants to redevelop the site of Gately's Peoples Store and the Roseland Theatre — and hear plans for how the proposed Michigan Red Line station site could be used, Maia McDonald, Block Club Chicago, 8/12/22

POTENTIAL WIN: City Requests Proposals for Pershing Road Central Manufacturing District Warehouses With Adaptive Reuse Focus (Chicago 7 2020)

Pershing Road Central Manufacturing District. Photo credit: Eric Allix Rogers City Pitches Historic Warehouse Redevelopment Again, Justin Kerr, McKinley Park News, 9/16/22 Want to redevelop a massive warehouse in McKinley Park? The city is asking for proposals. The guidelines call for preserving the façade while including affordable housing, green infrastructure, open space and public art, Natalie Moore, WBEZ Chicago, 9/28/22

WIN: City Approves Conversion of Cameron Building Into Manufacturing Incubator

Cameron Building / Cook Brothers Building, 1926, Thielbar and Fugard, 240 N. Ashland Avenue. Photo credit: Google Maps Public money powers manufacturing incubator mHUB’s growth; Move to the Kinzie Industrial Corridor on the Near West Side planned with $17.6 million in tax increment financing and another $9.6 million from the state, David Roeder, Chicago Sun-Times, 11/14/22 Initial Funds Approved For mHUB Conversion Of 240 N Ashland Avenue In West Loop, Ian Achong, Chicago YIMBY, 11/20/22

POTENTIAL WIN: Grace’s Furniture Building Could Reopen as Logan Square Athletic Club

Grace's Furniture Building, 2618 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Photo Credit Google Maps Logan Square Athletic Club Could Be Coming To Grace’s Furniture Building After Long-Awaited Boutique Hotel Plan Scrapped; New plans have emerged for the long-vacant Grace's Furniture building in the heart of Logan Square, Mina Bloom, Block Club Chicago, 9/22/22

WIN: Revised Hollander Warehouse Building Adaptive Reuse Moving Forward

Proposed Hollander Storage Building Adaptive Reuse, 2418 N. Milwaukee Avenue. Photo Credit: NORR Revised plan proposed for Hollander Building, The building at 2422 N. Milwaukee will be rehabbed into apartments, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 9/6/22

WIN: 7 Acre Former Locomotive Headlight Factory Renovated into The Terminal Innovation Center

Developer Gary Pachucki, founder of IBT Group, in one of the spaces ready to be outfitted for tenants at The Terminal in West Humboldt Park. Photo credit: Anthony Vazquez / Chicago Sun-Times Speculation and imagination mingle at Humboldt Park project; Developers invest in an industrial site’s turnaround and hope savvy tenants will buy into the vision of The Terminal, David Roeder, Chicago Sun-Times, Aug 8, 2022

WIN: Spared From Demolition, Washington Park National Bank Plan Now Includes Façade Preservation! (Chicago 7 2016 & 2020)

Washington Park National Bank Building, 1924, Albert Schwartz, 6300 South Cottage Grove, Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers Developer adapts, and an investment in Woodlawn gets new life, Reconsidering plans during COVID-19’s business lull, Leon Walker of DL3 Realty has agreed to a new building that would preserve a distinguished facade, David Roeder, Chicago Sun-Times, 5/2/22

PARTIAL WIN: After Rejecting Community Performance Arts Center Proposal Which Would Have Restored Interior and Dome, Second Church of Christ, Scientist Development Will At Least Incorporate Historic Façade (Chicago 7 2019)

Second Church of Christ, Scientist, 1901, Solon S. Beman, 2700 N. Pine Grove Avenue. A Chicago 7 Most Endangered 2019. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers

Rendering of Second Church of Christ, Scientist, 2700 N. Pine Grove Ave., showing the proposed six-story addition for residences. Rendering credit: Booth Hansen Associates Tony Lincoln Park projects show the rich are all right; Whatever else is happening in the city or with its housing market, demand powers onward in the city’s wealthy districts, David Roeder, Chicago Sun-Times, 5/23/22 Plan Commission virtually approves destruction of historic church building, Peter von Buol, Inside-Booster, 6/8/22

POTENTIAL WIN: Pittsfield Building Listed for Sale After Years of Legal Issues and Deferred Maintenance

Pittsfield Building Vestibule, 1927, Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, 55 E. Washington Street. Designated a Chicago Landmark in 2002. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers After years of neglect, a downtown landmark goes up for sale; A new owner of the Pittsfield Building could pull the 38-story tower out of its funk, ending a dysfunctional drama that included an international financial scandal and a bitter court battle, Alby Gallun, Crain's Chicago Business, 6/15/22 The long-stalled redo of this troubled Loop tower reaches a turning point. Trying to predict the future of the Pittsfield and another prominent property owned by the same investor—the huge Motorola campus in Harvard—has been next to impossible. But that could be about to change, Alby Gallun, Crain’s Chicago Business, 5/21/21 The History of the Pittsfield Building in Chicago, Dr. Neil Gale, Ph.D., Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal, 3/28/20 Pittsfield Building Chicago Landmark Designation Report 12/12/2001

WIN: Illinois Institute of Technology Completes Restoration of Three Mies van der Rohe Buildings

Illinois Institute of Technology Dorms, 1953 to 1955, Mies van der Rohe, IIT Campus. Photo credit: Tom Harris In Chicago, Dirk Denison Renovates Mies-Designed Dorms at IIT, James Gauer, Architectural Record, 11/14/22 The Illinois Institute of Technology restores three Mies van der Rohe buildings, With historic preservation a top concern, the $70 million housing project has renewed Illinois Tech’s front door as it welcomes more students than ever, Novid Parsi, Building Design + Construction, 8/18/22

WIN: Modernist Lake Meadows Professional Building to be Fully Restored

Lake Meadows Professional Building, 1954, SOM, 467 E. 31st St. Photo Credit: Ley Bey Unsung architectural ‘jewel on the prairie’ in Bronzeville is poised to shine again; The long-vacant, two-story former Lake Meadows professional building at 31st Street and Rhodes Avenue — a dormant but architecturally significant modernist South Side office building — is getting a major fix-up, Lee Bey, Chicago Sun-Times, 7/2/22

WIN: Maxim’s to Reopen as the Astor Club in Late 2022

Adam and Victoria Bilter are pictured on Aug. 5, 2022, in Maxim’s, the famous Chicago restaurant in the lower level of the former Astor Towers hotel, now being reborn as a ritzy private club. Photo credit: E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune Is Chicago ready for another ritzy private club? Well, the Astor Club is coming to the former home of Maxim’s, Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 8/10/22 Former Maxim’s De Paris In Bertrand Goldberg’s Astor Tower Set To Become Private Club; Maxim’s de Paris served French haute cuisine and fine wines to an audience of food lovers, politicians and celebrities from 1963 to 1983, Elizabeth Blasius, Block Club Chicago, 1/26/22

WIN: Flat Iron Arts Building Purchased by Preservation-Sensitive Buyers

Flat Iron Arts Building, 1918, Holabird & Roche, 1579 N. Milwaukee Avenue. Photo Credit: The Flatiron Building Wicker Park’s Flat Iron Arts Building Sells To New Owners For First Time In 3 Decades; The building has long been home to artist studios, performance spaces and other businesses. New owners plan to keep the studios in place while focusing on bringing in more retail, Quinn Myers, Block Club Chicago, 11/3/22

WIN: Second Presbyterian Church Receives $250,000 Adopt-a-Landmark Grant for Interior Restoration

Second Presbyterian Church, Gothic Revival exterior by James Renwick 1874 and Arts and Crafts interior by Howard Van Doren Shaw and Frederic Clay Bartlett in 1901, 1936 S. Michigan Ave. Photo Credit: Friends of Second Presbyterian Church Second Presbyterian Church gets renovation funding, Adopt-A-Landmark funding will support an interior restoration, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 7/18/22

WIN: KAM Isaiah Israel Receives $250,000 Adopt-a-Landmark Grant for Stained Glass Window Restoration

KAM Isaiah Israel, 1926, Alfred S. Alschuler, 1100 E. Hyde Park Blvd, The oldest Jewish congregation in Chicago. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers Landmarks Commission gives $250,000 to KAM Isaiah Israel for rehab, Marc C. Monaghan and Hannah Faris, Hyde Park Herald, 7/7/22

WIN: Pilgrim Baptist Church Receives $2.1 Million State Grant for National Gospel Museum

Limestone façade supported by scaffolding following the devastating fire in 2006. Pilgrim Baptist Church originally constructed as K.A.M. Synagogue, 1890, Adler and Sullivan, 3301 S. Indiana Avenue. Photo Credit: Ward Miller / Preservation Chicago Dreaming of a future for the South Side’s historic Pilgrim Baptist Church; Planned gospel museum gets a boost with $2.1 million in state funds, Stefano Esposito, Chicago Sun-Times, 6/16/22 Leaders at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Bronzeville get $2.1 million toward rebuilding the worship space

WIN: Morton Salt Reopens as The Salt Shed Music Venue

Morton Salt Building Salt District, 1357 N. Elston Ave. Rendering Credit: Lammar Collaborative Read the full story at the Chicago Tribune New Salt Shed opens for outdoor concerts in the huge former Morton Salt complex: Good sound, historic touches and oh, that skyline view, Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 8/3/22 Chicago’s Newest Music Venue Breathes New Life into Iconic Salt Shed, Marc Vitali, WTTW Chicago, 8/3/22

WIN: Historic Morse Theater to Reopen as Rhapsody Theater

Rhapsody Theater / formerly Morse Theater / Mayne Stage, 1912, 1328 W. Morse Ave. Photo Credit: Colin Boyle / Block Club Chicago Rogers Park’s Mayne Stage To Become Rhapsody Theater, Hosting Magic Shows And Music In Historical Venue, A Northwestern medical professor and magician is rehabbing the 1912 theater into a space for magic shows, concerts and dining, Joe Ward, Block Club Chicago, 4/15/22 Mayne Stage in East Rogers Park will become Rhapsody Theatre for magic, Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4/14/22

WIN: Harper Theater Sold to Preservation-Oriented Theater Operator

The Harper Theater, 1915, Z. E. Smith and Horatio R. Wilson, 5238 South Harper Avenue. Photo credit: The Harper Theater Harper Theater to close in November, will reopen early next year under new ownership Nebraska movie theater operator Main Street Theatres to take over the historic space, Zoe Pharo, Hyde Park Herald, 11/10/22

WIN: Bronzeville Marshall Field Warehouse to be Transformed into The Lillian Marcie Center for the Performing Arts

Marshall Field & Company Warehouse Stable, 1904, William Ernest Walker, 4343 S. Cottage Grove Avenue. Photo Credit: Google Maps Bronzeville’s Lillian Marcie Center, A 350-Seat Theater In The Works, Gets $26 Million In State Funding; The grant will bring actor Harry Lennix one step closer to realizing his vision of a 'Black Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts,' Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club Chicago, 4/20/22

WIN: Capital Garage To Become Bramble Arts Lofts Theatre

The exterior of 5545 N. Clark St., the future home of Bramble Arts Loft, in Andersonville on May 26, 2022. Photo Credit: Colin Boyle / Block Club Chicago Bramble Theatre Company’s New Performing Arts Space In Andersonville Aims To Help Revive A Struggling Industry; Bramble Theatre Co. formed right before the pandemic changed everything for performing arts. With the new Bramble Arts Loft, the company is hoping to create a renaissance for local theater, Joe Ward, Block Club Chicago, 6/7/22

WIN: St. Laurence Church School to Become Arts Incubator (Chicago 7 2011)

Former St. Laurence Catholic School, 7200 S. Dorchester in 2014 before St. Laurence Church was demolished. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers Theaster Gates' arts incubator breaks ground in Grand Crossing, The 40,000-square-foot incubator, located in the former St. Laurence elementary school, has some big-name backers, Corli Jay, Crain's Chicago Business, 5/3/22 Rebuild Foundation Breaks Ground for New Arts Incubator in Greater Grand Crossing, Angel Idowu, WTTW Chicago, 5/5/22

WIN: Covent Hotel Renovation and Conversion to Affordable Housing Underway

Rendering of Covent Hotel post-renovation, 1916, 2653 N. Clark Street, F.E. Davidson, 1916. Rendering Credit: Weese Langley Weese Architects Covent Hotel project set to break ground in September, The SRO building will be converted into affordable apartments, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 8/2/22 Rehab Of Historical Lincoln Park Hotel Into Affordable Studio Apartments Primed To Get Key City Funding; The Covent Hotel, which was built in 1915, will be renovated into 30 affordable studio apartments with their own kitchens and bathrooms, Jake Wittich, Block Club Chicago, 2/22/22

WIN: Historic 1928 Parking Garage To Be Adaptively Reused for Residential

The Medallion / formerly 3115 N. Broadway Garage, 1928, M. Louis Kroman. Rendering Credit: Hirsch / JSM  What’s that building? The Medallion; Built almost a century ago as a six-story parking garage, the structure is being turned into a 72-unit apartment building, Dennis Rodkin, WBEZ Chicago, 4/28/22 Conversion Progresses At 3115 N Broadway In Lakeview East, Jack Crawford, Chicago YIMBY, 3/26/21

WIN: Shuttered Overton Elementary School to be Adaptively Reused as Community Center and Washington Park Streets and Sanitation Building to Become Culinary Incubator

(Former) Anthony Overton Elementary School, 4935 South Indiana Avenue. Image Credit: Chicago Architecture Biennial  Closed Bronzeville School Overhaul Among City-Funded Projects To Boost Entrepreneurship On South Side; A culinary incubator, a sustainable commercial center and a community hub will receive money from the program, Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club Chicago, 5/4/2

WIN: Former West Pullman School Wins Driehaus Foundation Adaptive Reuse Award

Former West Pullman School, 1894, W. August Fiedler, 11941 S. Parnell Ave. Photo Credit: Celadon Holdings Elementary School Shuttered During 2013 Mass Closings Transformed Into Senior Housing — But The Chalkboards Remain; The former West Pullman Elementary School now provides affordable housing to older Chicagoans. It recently won an award for adapting its space while preserving its original features, Maia McDonald, Block Club Chicago, 3/28/22

WIN: South Chicago YMCA to be Renovated for Affordable Senior Housing

South Chicago YMCA, 3039 E. 91st Street. Photo Credit: Google Maps South Chicago Celebrates Preservation, Restoration and Reopening of Community Asset, Chicago Defender, 12/21/21 Closed South Chicago YMCA Set For Revival With $26 Million Renovation Of Senior Apartments, Community Center; "This was really a hub of activity in the heart of South Chicago until the YMCA closed," the developer said., Maxwell Evans, Block Club Chicago, 5/28/20

WIN: Rapid Roller Printing Building to Become Affordable Residential Lofts

Solar Lofts / Rapid Roller Printing Building, 1928, Schmid & Ryan, 2548 S. Federal St. Photo Credit: Google Maps Solar-powered apartments proposed on Near South Side; If a zoning change is approved, the vacant South Federal Street factory building would be redeveloped as 47 apartments by a firm that focuses on using sustainable energy, Dennis Rodkin, Crain's Chicago Business, 9/15/22

WIN: Humboldt Park Methodist Church to be Adaptively Reused as Affordable Housing With Federal Funds

Humboldt Park United Methodist Church, 2122 N. Mozart St. Photo Credit: Google Maps Plan To Convert Logan Square Church Into Affordable Housing Gets $2 Million Boost LUCHA was awarded funds from Congress that will be used to convert a nearly 100-year-old church into 22 apartments, Mina Bloom, Block Club Chicago, 3/21/22

WIN: Renovated Apartment Buildings Honor Mattie Butler

Mattie Butler Apartments, 6146 S. Kenwood Ave. Photo Credit: Preservation of Affordable Housing Woodlawn apartments to be named for housing activist who saved them; Mattie Butler, who rescued a pair of buildings from decay and possible demolition in the 1990s to create affordable housing, will be honored with their rechristening, Dennis Rodkin, Crain's Chicago Business, 5/25/22

WIN: New Owner Values Historic Pizzeria Uno and Due Buildings

Pizzeria Uno, 1892, 29 E. Ohio Street. Pizzeria Uno was established in 1943. Photo credit: Google Maps Pizzeria Uno and Due buildings sold; The man who expanded Chicago's deep-dish mainstay into a national chain has sold the River North buildings that house the original location and its sister spot back to the company for $2.3 million and $4.2 million, Ally Mariotti, Crain's Chicago Business, 8/16/22 Two Historical Buildings Sold In River North, Ian Achong, Chicago Yimby, 8/17/22

WIN: Adaptive Reuse Progressing of Vintage Fulton Market Industrial Building Into Guinness Chicago Taproom

Guinness Chicago Taproom to Renovate Vintage Industrial Building at 375 N. Peoria Street & 375 N. Morgan Street in Fulton Market. Photo Credit: Google Maps  New Guinness Taproom Barrels Toward Completion In Fulton Market District, Jack Crawford, Chicago YIMBY, 8/25/22

WIN: Sweetgreen Restaurant to Open in Lincoln Common Boiler House (Chicago 7 2011 & 2016)

Lincoln Common Boiler House / formerly Children's Memorial Hospital Laundry Building and Boiler House, 1931, Holabird and Roche, 2361 N. Lincoln Avenue. Photo Credit: Hines McCaffery Sweetgreen Opening Restaurant In Lincoln Common Tuesday; The Lincoln Park location will be Sweetgreen's 12th standalone restaurant in the city. The company will donate a free meal to the Nourishing Hope food pantry for every meal sold Tuesday at Lincoln Common, Jake Wittich, Block Club Chicago, 10/31/22

WIN: Historic Bridgeview Bank Lobby to Become WeWork Co-Working Space

Sheridan Trust & Savings Bank Building / Uptown National Bank / Bridgeview Bank, Marshall & Fox, 1924, 4753 N. Broadway. Photo Credit: Cedar Street WeWork opening in Uptown apartment project; The location in the landmark Bridgeview Bank building will be the co-working giant's first on the city's North Side and a rare deal in a residential property, Danny Ecker, Crain's Chicago Business, 9/15/22

WIN: Chatham Roller Rink Reopens After Renovation

Curtis and Ramona Pouncy, owners of The Rink at 1122 E. 87th Street, are welcoming customers back after a months-long closure. Photo Credit: The Rink / Block Club Chicago South Side Skating Rink Reopens After Remodel: ‘The Rink Is For The Community’; The Chatham rink has been around for almost 50 years. "We have generations that come in and say, ‘This rink has saved my life. Now I'm bringing my kids and their kids to skate.’", Maia McDonald, Block Club Chicago, 9/9/22

WIN: 100-Year Old ‘Ghost Signs’ Rescued Just Days Before Demolition

Scaffolding is set up as preservationists carefully remove the wood panels that hold the rare ghost signs in the 3600 block of North Ravenswood Avenue on Aug. 12, 2022. Photo credit: Colin Boyle / Block Club Chicago Rare Lakeview Ghost Signs Saved Just Days Before Demolition Thanks To Donations; Local sign painters rushed to preserve the advertisements before their building is destroyed for a development. They're collecting donations to safely store them, Colin Boyle, Block Club Chicago, 8/12/22 Sign Painters Raising Money To Save Rare Ghost Signs In Lakeview Before Building Is Bulldozed; A collective of Chicago sign painters hopes to raise $20,000 to safely remove and store the signs before the building they're on is demolished in two weeks, Colin Boyle, Block Club Chicago, 8/4/22 Rare, Decades-Old ‘Ghost Signs’ Revealed On Lakeview Building Facing Demolition; The siding on a wooden two-flat dating back to the 1890s was taken down recently, revealing well-preserved walls of advertisements for Shell Oil and Wonder Bread's predecessor that might date back to the '50s., Colin Boyle, Block Club Chicago, 7/19/22

PARTIAL WIN: Preservation Chicago's Viral Tweet Leads to Good Outcome for Vintage Orange Garden Neon Sign

Orange Garden Restaurant, 1942 W. Irving Park Rd. Opened in 1926 and reported to be the oldest Chinese restaurant in Chicago. Orange Garden Neon Sign, reportedly Chicago's oldest working neon sign. Image Credit: Matt Rieck Twitter Billy Corgan Always Loved The Neon Orange Garden ‘Chop Suey’ Sign. Now, He Owns It; Chloé Mendel and her partner, the Smashing Pumpkins frontman, bought the 1930s sign at auction and plan to hang it in their Highland Park cafe, Noah Asimow, Block Club Chicago, 5/7/22 Iconic neon sign at Orange Garden restaurant winds up in surprising hands after auction, Josh Noel, Chicago Tribune, 5/6/22 ‘You never notice the little cool things that are around until it is too late,’ auction of beloved Chicago restaurants’ neon signs held in North Center, María Paula Mijares Torres, Chicago Tribune, 4/30/22

WIN: Fred Hampton's Maywood Home Receives Landmark Designation

Fred Hampton Jr. in front of the two-flat last summer, when he launched a petition drive to get his father's childhood home landmark status. The Fred Hampton House, 804 S.17th Avenue, Maywood. Photo Credit: Dennis Rodkin / Crain's Chicago Business “SAVE THE HAMPTON HOUSE” Campaign Receives Historical Landmark Status, Chicago Defender, 4/20/22

WIN: North Lawndale Sears Sunken Garden to Be Restored

The Sears Sunken Garden. Photo credit: Colin Boyle / Block Club Chicago West Side Neighborhood Groups Plan To Restore Historic Sears Sunken Garden To Its Former Glory; The National Historic Landmark fell into disarray when Sears relocated its headquarters Downtown. Now, residents want to make the garden a major public attraction again, Pascal Sabino, Block Club Chicago, 4/1/22

WIN: AIA Chicago and Preservation Chicago Create “Early Chicago Skyscrapers” Video to Advance UNESCO World Heritage Site Designation Proposal

Early Chicago Skyscrapers: a potential UNESCO World Heritage Site video (5:00). Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers There is strong support to designate “Early Chicago Skyscrapers” as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A UNESCO World Heritage Site designation would further recognize the Chicago's contributions to the built environment and to increase education regarding these architecturally significant structures. Other sites nominated include Civil Rights Sites, Native American Sites, The Statue of Liberty, and Central Park in New York City. Preservation Chicago and AIA Chicago are honored to present this 5-minute video prepared for the US/ICOMOS 50th Anniversary Conference was held virtually on April 9th, 2022. We were asked to create this video by the US/ICOMOS on behalf of the many Chicago-based preservation partners which organized the 2016-2017 effort to begin the lengthy process of establishing “Early Chicago Skyscrapers” as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The initial list of nine “Early Chicago Skyscrapers” were included due to their architectural significance and owners consent. Additional significant “Early Chicago Skyscrapers” would likely be added as this process advances. The Auditorium Building & Theater The Rookery Building The Monadnock Building The Ludington Building The Second Leiter Building/Leiter II Building  The Old Colony Building The Marquette Building The Fisher Building Schlesinger & Mayer/Carson, Pirie, Scott & Company Store Watch the 'Early Chicago Skyscrapers: a potential UNESCO World Heritage Site' video (5:00 min)

WIN: Buyers of the Pre-Fire Bellinger Cottage are Delighted to be 'moving into a place that has such a great story and so much history.'

Bellinger Cottage, c.1860s, W.W. Boyington, 2121 N. Hudson Street. Photo Credit: VHT Studios Lincoln Park cottage that survived the Great Chicago Fire has new owners; Known as the Bellinger Cottage, the house that's part of Chicago's history and its folklore sold for $2.25 million, Dennis Rodkin, Crain's Chicago Business, 6/29/22

WIN: Austin's Pink House Dodges Demolition and Will Be Restored

Iconic Victorian 'Pink House' in Austin during renovation, 556 N. Central Avenue. Photo credit: Debbie Mercer Austin’s Iconic Pink House Isn’t Being Demolished — But It Won’t Be Pink Much Longer; Owners who bought the home last year are remodeling and selling the Austin hallmark. They’re keeping the Victorian facade but nixing its pink-and-white trim for a shade of green, Noah Asimow, Block Club Chicago, 9/22/22

WIN: Central Camera Reopens After Devastating Fire

Central Camera, Established in 1899. Located at 230 S. Wabash Avenue since 1929. Closed in May 2020 due to looting and arson, but reopened in July 2022. Photo Credit: Serhii Chrucky  Central Camera Reopens 122-Year-Old Loop Shop After 2020 Fire, Looting: ‘I’m So Happy This Place Is Still Here’; The store was destroyed in May 2020 in the unrest after police killed George Floyd. Almost two years later, it's back open thanks to $230,000 in donations from Chicagoans, Melody Mercado, Block Club Chicago, 6/16/22

WIN: Standard Club's Great Chicago Fire Murals by Edgar Miller to be Loaned to Art Institute

The Standard Club, 320 S. Plymouth Court, by Albert Kahn in 1926, (Dearborn Street Facade). Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers

Section of the Great Chicago Fire Murals at The Standard Club of Chicago by Edgar Miller. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers Standard Club artwork headed for Art Institute; Edgar Miller's Great Chicago Fire panels will go on loan and may stay there if the club fails to find a new home, Steven R. Strahler, Crain's Chicago Business, 6/29/22

WIN: Original Decorative Cast Iron Window Elements from 1899 Donated to Illinois Railway Museum

Decorative cast iron windows mullions dating from 1899 from the Williams Building at 205 W. Monroe designed by Holabird & Roche donated to Illinois Railway Museum on July 11, 2022. Photo Credit: Ward Miller / Preservation Chicago

Decorative cast iron window mullions dating from 1899 at the Williams Building at 205 W. Monroe designed by Holabird & Roche. Photo Credit: Lee Bey Preservation Chicago and The St. Jude League Building/The Williams Building at 205 W. Monroe donated 16 large, original cast iron window mullions on July 11, 2022 to the Illinois Railway Museum after the original windows were replaced with new in-kind windows and members. The current plan is to incorporate these building elements into the IRM visitor center. We wish to applaud the The Williams Building management as well as the Illinois Railway Museum for their interest, patience and support of this effort. The Williams Building was commissioned by Jon Williams in 1898-1899 and designed by the architectural firm of Holabird & Roche, one of Chicago’s most famous architectural firms. This building is a surviving example of the “Chicago School of Architecture” also known as “The Chicago Commercial Style.” The 205 W. Monroe Building is a ten-story building clad with red-brick and terra cotta. The building's metal frame supporting allows for large windows and relatively thin exterior walls for a building of its height. These cast iron components of the building’s façade and expression divided the large bands of windows vertically. This is similar in design and grouping to many of the world’s first skyscrapers within blocks of its location during the 15 years prior to its construction. It was a multi-use building with the lower three floors intended to be sales floors and showrooms with their signature expansive glass storefronts on the ground floor and large “Chicago Windows” on floors two and three on the Wells Street façade. The upper seven floors were designed for manufacturing to service the 'wholesale district' of garment manufacturers in Chicago's Loop.

WIN: In Partnership with Preservation Chicago, Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative Completes Surveys in Logan Square, McKinley Park and South Chicago

Field survey map of workers cottages in McKinley Park conducted by the Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative in partnership with Preservation Chicago and students from the Preservation Planning Studio class at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Map Credit: Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative and Preservation Chicago  See the full survey results at Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative Cataloging and Celebrating the Workers Cottage, One of Chicago’s Original Affordable Homes, Nick Blumberg, WTTW Chicago, 5/12/22

WIN: Commission on Chicago Landmarks Recognizes and Celebrates the Best Chicago Preservation Projects of 2022

"The Commission on Chicago Landmarks honored eight successful development projects and seven advocacy leaders at the 2022 Preservation Excellence Awards. "The Preservation Excellence awards have been presented annually since 1999 to individuals, nonprofits, businesses, and public bodies that have significantly contributed to Chicago’s architectural and cultural history. The Landmarks Commission’s Permit Review Committee reviewed and selected the winners over the past year. The 2022 winners include: 1025 S. Claremont Ave., Claremont Cottage District Bronzeville Historical Society Members; Nettie Nesbary, Lettie Sabbs, Lauran Bibbs, Doris Morton, and Sylvia Rogers Lisa DiChiera, Emeritus Advocacy Director of Landmarks Illinois Tim Samuelson, City of Chicago Cultural Historian Emeritus Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Grand Army of the Republic Rooms Recipient: City of Chicago

Grand Army of the Republic Rotunda at the Chicago Cultural Center, 1897, Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 78 E. Washington St. Photo Credit: Evergreene Architectural Arts

Grand Army of the Republic Rotunda at the Chicago Cultural Center, 1897, Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 78 E. Washington St. Photo Credit: Evergreene Architectural Arts Get A First Look At $15 Million Restoration Of The Chicago Cultural Center Hall Honoring Civil War Veterans; The 62,000-piece glass dome in the Grand Army of the Republic rotunda has been revitalized, while technicians recreated chandeliers and touched up floors, walls and windows in the hall. Free events are available through the weekend, Colin Boyle, Block Club Chicago, 3/25/22

226 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago and Northwestern Railway Office Building Recipient: Phoenix Development Partners

226 W Jackson Boulevard / Former Chicago & North Western Railway Company Building, Frost and Granger, 1905, 226 W. Jackson Boulevard. Photo Credit: Jack Crawford / Chicago YIMBY Commission On Chicago Landmarks Approves Tax Incentive For Loop Hotel, Ian Achong, Chicago Yimby, 4/11/22

Lincoln Park Zoo Lion House Recipient: Lincoln Park Zoo

Lincoln Park Zoo Kovler Lion House / Pepper Wildlife Center, 1912, Dwight Perkins, with his partners William Fellows and John Hamilton. Designated a Chicago Landmark in 2005. Photo Credit: Tom Harris

'Minnekirken' Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church, 2612 N. Kedzie Ave., Logan Square Boulevards District Recipient: Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church

Minnekirken Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church, 1912, Charles F. Sorensen, 2614 N. Kedzie Ave. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers

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LOSS: Bulldozers Clear 20 Acres of Jackson Park for OPC Construction, including the Woman's Garden and 800 Old-Growth Trees, (Chicago 7 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021)

20 acre site of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park after 800 old-growth trees were cleared. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers

One of approximately 800 old-growth trees cleared from the 20 acre site of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park in September 2021. Photo Credit: Barbara Koenen Remembering the Jackson Park Trees: A Photo Essay, Jacqueline Serrato, South Side Weekly, 9/30/21

LOSS: Cassidy Tire / Tyler & Hippach Mirror Company Factory Demolished (Chicago 7 2021)

Wm. J. Cassidy Tire Building / Tyler & Hippach Mirror Company Factory, 1902, Henry J. Schlacks, 344 N. Canal Street. Demolished May 2022. Photo Credit: Serhii Chrucky Wm. J. Cassidy Tire Building / Tyler & Hippach Mirror Company Factory: West Loop Industrial Lofts, a Preservation Chicago 2021 Most Endangered

LOSS: Demolition Underway For 4155 S. Packers Industrial Building

4155 S. Packers Avenue, built 1953. Demolished May 2022. Photo credit: Eric Allix Rogers Demolition Permits Issued For 4155 S Packers Avenue In New City, Bee Ricketts, Chicago Yimby, 5/11/22

LOSS: Antioch Missionary Baptist Demolished Following Massive Good Friday Fire

Antioch Missionary Baptist Church fire on April 15, 2022. Built 1890, Bell and Swift, 6248 S. Stewart Ave. Photo Credit: Chicago Fire Department

'We need to find an alternative': Preservation Chicago wants city to do more to protect historic structures from fires." Image Credit: CBS Chicago 'We need to find an alternative': Preservation Chicago wants city to do more to protect historic structures from fires, Steven Graves, CBS 2 Chicago, 5/12/22 Sun-Times Editorial: Bad times at Antioch Baptist: A roofer’s torch claims another landmark Chicago church; The city must take a closer look at the use, of these propane torches and come up with an ordinance to make the practice safer; Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, 4/18/22 Fire at Antioch Church in Englewood eerily similar to Pilgrim Baptist fire, Erick Johnson, The Chicago Crusader, 4/25/22

LOSS: Ornate Reebie Company Warehouse Building Façade Demolished

Reebie Company Warehouse Building historic facade, 5033-35 N. Broadway. Photo Credit: Max Chavez / Preservation Chicago CDC approves $10 million in TIF for Timeline Theatre; A new theatre will be built at 5033 N. Broadway, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 5/17/22 TimeLine Theatre Pitches Plans To Move From Lakeview To Uptown, Renovate Warehouse Into Arts Center, The plan to move to a bigger space in Uptown and renovate the building at 5033 N. Broadway has been in the works since 2018, Joe Ward, Block Club Chicago, 6/16/21

LOSS: A Few Months Before Adaptive Reuse as Pool Hall, Smashy Garage Demolished After Fire

Smashy Garage / Argyle-Clark Garage / Originally the Fred Heyden branch of the Chicago Motor Car Company, 1919, Hall & Ostergren 5006 N. Clark St. Burned 4/26/22. Photo Credit: Chicago Fire Department

Smashy Garage / Argyle-Clark Garage / Originally the Fred Heyden branch of the Chicago Motor Car Company, 1919, Hall & Ostergren 5006 N. Clark St. Burned 4/26/22. Photo Credit: Debbie Mercer After Tragic Fire, Facade Elements at 5006 N Clark Potentially Saved for Reuse, Uptown Update, 4/26/22

LOSS: John Ramcke House at 2028 N. Seminary Demolished for a Side Yard

John Ramcke House, 2028 N. Seminary. Built 1888. Demolished April 2022 Photo credit: E. Talon Should the wealthy be allowed to demolish real estate to create their own open space? Cities should be getting denser and more diverse, not demolishing their housing stock so that the rich can have larger yards, Emily Talen, Chicago Sun-Times Op-Ed, 12/21/21 Homeowner’s yen for a yard revives debate in Lincoln Park; Property owners in the federal Sheffield historic district have butted heads on preservation, and now a resident wants to tear down an 1880s building for open space, David Roeder, Chicago Sun-Times, 12/13/21

LOSS: Loss of Chicago’s two-, three- and four-flats Reduces Affordable Housing

Chicago Vernacular Three-Flats. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers Chicago’s two-, three- and four-flats are a key source of affordable housing. The pandemic might be changing that, Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 3/5/22

OPPORTUNITY LOST: After McPier's Veto, Lakeside Center is Passed Over for Chicago Casino (Chicago 7 2016 & 2021)

An architect's rendering of the Rivers Casino proposal for McCormick Place. Lakeside Center at McCormick Place, 1971, C.F. Murphy and architect Gene Summers. Rendering Credit: JAHN Op-ed: Turning McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center into a casino would be a win for Chicago, Ward Miller / Preservation Chicago, Chicago Tribune, 1/3/22 Casino or not, city has big decisions to make regarding Lakeside Center; While the future of Soldier Field takes up a lot of oxygen in Chicago’s political and civic discourse, its neighbor to the south, Lakeside Center, looms just as large, Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, 3/21/22 Barbara Koenen: Transform McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center into a recreational center that would serve all, Barbara Koenen, Chicago Tribune, 3/28/22 Helmut Jahn and I re-imagined Lakeside Center in 2011. The city can still take advantage, Philip Castillo, Chicago Tribune, 4/8/22

LOSS: Dinkel’s Bakery Closes After 100 Years In Business and Beloved Dinkel’s Sign Sold For $6k to Unknown Buyer

Dinkel's Bakery, Since 1922, 3329 N Lincoln Ave. Photo Credit: Ward Miller / Preservation Chicago Neon Dinkel’s Sign Being Auctioned Off After Century-Old Bakery’s Closure; The vertical neon Dinkel's sign was listed on an auction website with a starting bid of $5,000. The famous bakery closed April 30 after more than 100 years in business, Jake Wittich, Block Club Chicago, 5/23/22 Dinkel’s Bakery Is Closing After More Than 100 Years On The North Side; Four generations of the Dinkel family have run the shop. Questions about it being sold have come up before, but a closing sign was posted in the window Tuesday and the owner said he is ready to retire, Jake Wittich and Kelly Bauer, Block Club Chicago

LOSS: Merrick-Culver House, One of Austin's Oldest Houses, Lost to Emergency Demolition Order

710 N. Lotus Ave. Coach House, c.1860s or 1870s. Photo Credit: Debbie Mercer

LOSS: Maloney Funeral Home, One of Chicago’s Oldest, Demolished for New Construction

Maloney Funeral Home, 1934, 1359 W. Devon Ave. Demolished October 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps Edgewater’s Maloney Funeral Home Closes After 125 Years; Building To Be Replaced With Apartments John E. Maloney Funeral Home opened in 1897 but closed its Devon Avenue location this summer. The nearly 90-year-old building it occupied is being demolished for a development, Joe Ward, Block Club Chicago, 10/20/22

IN MEMORIAM: Charles Gregersen, Pullman Preservationist

Pullman Administration Building Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers Charles E. Gregersen Obituary Pullman National Monument Preservation Society Mark Cassello with Ward Miller Charles E. Gregersen passed away peacefully on November 20, 2022. Gregersen, a revered and award- winning architect and member emeritus of the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.), dedicated much of his life to the cause of historic preservation and the Pullman Community of Chicago. Fascinated by architecture from an early age, he persuaded his aunt to take him to the 1956 exhibition of the works of Louis Sullivan at The Art Institute of Chicago. Two years later, as a teenager, he met and befriended photographer and architectural preservationist Richard Nickel, who shared a passion for the works of Adler and Sullivan. Gregersen became the youngest member of The Chicago Heritage Committee, concerned with the preservation of Chicago’s historic buildings, which were being demolished at an alarming rate. Much of the work and actions of The Chicago Heritage Committee, inspired the formation of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks and in later years, offered greater protections of these seminal structures. Gregersen worked alongside Richard Nickel—and later with John Vinci, David Norris, Tim Samuelson, et al.—in noble, but unsuccessful efforts, to prevent the demolition of the Garrick Theater Building, originally known as The Schiller Theater Office Building (1891) and the Chicago Stock Exchange Building (1893). But thanks in part to their efforts and others, a movement began to preserve many of the buildings of the Chicago School of Architecture, as well as other notable buildings and great works of architecture. With the Garrick/Schiller Building and the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, despite their demolition, a new awareness of their importance was shared in a very public way and often by the media of the day, which began a larger acknowledgement of Chicago’s importance on the world stage. While lost to demolition, the architectural masterworks of the Garrick and the Chicago Stock Exchange, were documented extensively and much of their architectural ornament salvaged and placed in museums around the world. These institutions extend from The Art Institute of Chicago, and across the United States, and from The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and to the Musee d’Orsay in Paris. In 1972, Gregersen with James Simek and Paul Petraitis authored The Commission on Chicago Landmarks report that led to the designation of the South Pullman Historic District as an official City of Chicago Landmark. This was Chicago’s second Landmark District or a group of historic structures to be designated. In the early 1990s, Charles Gregersen offered testimony, along with others, to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, for the consideration of North Pullman area as a designated Chicago Landmark District. Gregersen applied his talents as an architect to document and restore Pullman’s architecture. He created detailed architectural elevations of the surviving half of Tenement “Block E” before its demolition in 1972. He executed painstakingly accurate drawings of Pullman’s demolished Water Tower. Gregersen completed detailed elevations of the Pullman “Clock Tower” Administration Building for the Historical Architectural Buildings Survey (HABS) in 1973. After the devastating fire in 1998, Gregersen’s drawings were integral to the reconstruction and restoration of the Administration Building, which now houses the visitors center for The Pullman National Monument. Beyond Pullman, Gregersen was the architect for the restoration of the Gaylord Building (1838) in Lockport, Illinois. For this project, Gaylord Donnelly received the President’s Historic Preservation Award from Ronald Reagan in 1988. Today the building anchors the historic area of the Illinois & Michigan (I&M) Canal, and is owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In addition to his talents in architecture, Gregersen had an encyclopedic and analytical mind that made him a natural scholar and storyteller. In Dankmar Adler: His Theatres and Auditoriums (1990), he illuminates the role of Dankmar Adler, whose contributions tend to be overshadowed by his business partner, Louis Sullivan. In Louis Sullivan and His Mentor: John Herman Edelmann, Architect (2013), Gregersen looks at Sullivan’s formative years as an apprentice in Edelmann’s architectural office, exploring the influence of this experience on Sullivan’s later work. Ultimately, Gregersen very much loved Pullman. He did everything he could to share his knowledge on Pullman, and to protect and preserve it because he had witnessed from an early age how quickly works of great historical and architectural significance could be lost. With the passing of Charles E. Gregersen, Pullman’s protection now falls to many of us in Chicago’s architecture and preservation community, along with the National Park Service and our other community and citywide partners.

IN MEMORIAM: Pauline Saliga, 1953-2022

Pauline Saliga, shown here in 1987 in front of Louis Sullivan fragments, curated the architectural fragments exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. The historic pieces surround the museum’s grand staircase. Photo Credit: Carl Wagner / Chicago Tribune Pauline Saliga, former executive director of Society of Architectural Historians, dies, Obituary by Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 10/14/22 Obituary: Pauline Saliga (1953–2022), Society of Architectural Historians, 9/15/22

IN MEMORIAM: Harold Lucas; Bronzeville Preservationist, Organizer, Activist, and Historian

Harold Lucas, who was a champion for Bronzeville, in front of the Overton Hygienic Building at 36th and State streets. Photo Credit: Chicago Sun-Times file Harold Lucas, Bronzeville organizer, activist, historian, dead at 79, lauded as a champion; 'As you walk and drive around Bronzeville, Harold’s works are everywhere,' author Nathan Thompson said. 'Harold was one of the freedom fighters,' Rev. Jesse Jackson said., Maureen O’Donnell, Chicago Sun-Times, 8/26/22

IN MEMORIAM: Bob Boin, 1946-2022 Uptown Theatre Restoration Advocate

Bob Boin, Uptown Theatre Restoration Advocate, 1946-2022. Photo credit: Family of Bob Boin Uptown Theatre Community Mourns Longtime Volunteer And Restoration Advocate Bob Boin; Bob Boin devoted the last three decades of his life to reviving the Uptown Theatre, and he worked to restore other theaters and organs across the city, Maia Pandey, Block Club Chicago, 11/14/22

LOSS: “Spotlight on Demolition” Highlights from the 895 Demolitions in Chicago in 2022

“It’s an old, common cry in a city where demolition and development are often spoken in the same breath, and where trying to save historic homes from the wrecking ball can feel as futile as trying to stop the snow. My Twitter feed teems with beautiful houses doomed to vanish in the time it takes to say ‘bulldozed.’ Bungalows, two-flats, three-flats, greystones, workers’ cottages. The photos, posted by people who lament the death of Chicago’s tangible past, flit through my social media feed like a parade of the condemned en route to the guillotine,” mused Mary Schmich in her Chicago Tribune column on July 12, 2018.

See all 895 Chicago 2022 demolitions at Chicago Cityscape "Spotlight on Demolition" is sponsored by

Cenacle Sisters Building, 1967, Charles Pope Jr., 513 W. Fullerton Parkway. Lincoln Park. Demolished March 2022. Photo Credit: Lynn Becker

Women's Treatment Center, 140 N. Ashland Ave, West Loop. Demolished March 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

1325 W. Carmen Avenue, Andersonville. Demolished December 2022. Photo Credit: Redfin

5631 to 5637 S. Maryland Avenue, Hyde Park. Demolished November 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

Roy Boyd Gallery, 739 N. Wells Street, River North. Demolished May 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

210 W. Chestnut Street, Near North Side. Demolished July 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

820 N. Wolcott Avenue, West Town. Demolished January 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

4918 W. Irving Park Road, Portage Park. Demolished August 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps Preservation Chicago had worked with the owner for months to encourage saving the historic terra cotta façade. When it became clear that demolition was inevitable, we encouraged that the terra cotta be salvaged and donated to the Illinois Railway Museum. Unfortunately, all but a handful of terra cotta pieces were lost.

5813 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Jefferson Park. Demolished August 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

1835-37 N. Hudson Ave, Old Town. Demolished February 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

5600 S. Drexel Avenue, Hyde Park. Demolished September 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

3947 W. Fullerton Avenue, Hermosa. Demolished September 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

212 S. Pulaski Road, West Garfield Park. Demolished January 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

5153 N. Lincoln Avenue, Lincoln Square. Demolished September 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

4939 N. Damen Avenue, Ravenswood. Demolished August 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

558 and 560 W. Van Buren Street, West Loop. Demolished Oct. 2022. Photo Credit: Gabriel X. Michael

202 S. Sacramento Blvd., East Garfield Park. Demolished Oct. 2022. Photo Credit: Gabriel X. Michael

5835 W. Washington Boulevard, Austin. Demolished June 2022. Photo Credit: Redfin

2846 W. Greenleaf Avenue, West Ridge. Demolished January 2022. Photo Credit: VHT Studios

St. Ethelreda Church & School, 8718 S. Paulina Street, Auburn Gresham. Demolished October 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

3920 N. Lincoln Avenue, Lake View. Demolished November 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

831 N. Maplewood Avenue, Ukrainian Village. Demo Nov 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

1909 N. Orchard Street, Lincoln Park. Demolished Oct 2022. Photo Credit: VHT Studios

1037 W. Webster Avenue, Lincoln Park. Demolished Oct 2022. Photo Credit: GoogleMaps

2051 N. Racine Avenue, Lincoln Park. Demolished June 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

1522 N. Mohawk Street, Old Town. Demolished June 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

643 W. 18th Street, Pilsen. Demolished May 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

2834 S. Normal Avenue, Bridgeport. Demolished May 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

1629 N. Burling Street, Old Town. Demolished September 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

2049 N. Clifton Avenue, DePaul. Demolished September 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

1636 S. Millard Ave. North Lawndale. Demolished April 2021. Photo: Google Maps

3742 N. Claremont Avenue, Roscoe Village. Demo June 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

2117 N. Fremont Street, DePaul, Demolished April 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

1532 S. Trumbull Ave, North Lawndale. Demo March 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

1875 N. Howe Street, Old Town. Demolished August 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

2034 N. Mohawk Street, Old Town. Demolished August 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

8028 S. Ellis Avenue, East Chatham. Demolished August 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

5091 W. Jackson Blvd, West Garfield Park. Demo Nov 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

1531 N. North Park Avenue, Old Town. Demo January 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

1952 N. Fremont Street, Old Town. Demolished January 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

4311 N. Greenview Avenue, Sheridan Park, Demo April 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

855 N. Paulina Street, East Village, Demolished April 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

3322 N. Halsted St, Lake View. Demolished March 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

3844 N. Claremont Ave, North Center. Demoed March 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

939 N. Rush St, Gold Coast. Demolished February 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

1500 N. Wieland Street, Old Town. Demolished July 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

3440 N. Avers Avenue, Avondale. Demolished July 2022. Photo Credit: Redfin

949 W. Belden Avenue, DePaul. Demolished July 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

749 S. Keeler Avenue, Humboldt Park. Demo August 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

4345 N. Winchester Avenue, Ravenswood. Demolished September 2022. Photo Credit: Redfin

2622 N. Dayton St, Lincoln Park. Demolished March 2022. Photo Credit: Albert David

4323 N. Paulina St, Sheridan Park. Demolished March 2022. Photo Credit: Albert David

1248 N. Marion Court, Wicker Park. Demolished July 2022. Photo Credit: VHT Studios

2046 W. Addison Street, Roscoe Village. Demo July 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

3543 W. 13th Place, Homan Square. Demolished September 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

4706 N. Malden Street, Sheridan Park. Demolished September 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

815 N. Hoyne Ave, West Town. Demolished February 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

2044 N. Honore St, Bucktown. Demolished February 2022. Photo Credit: Google Maps

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THREATENED: GSA Initiates Section 106 Hearings, Despite Confirmation of Their Landmark Eligibility and Unanimous Public Opposition to Demolition of Century and Consumers Buildings (Chicago 7 2011, 2013 & 2022)

The Consumers Building, 1913, Jenney, Mundie & Jensen, 220 S. State Street and The Century Building, 1915, Holabird and Roche, 202 S. State Street. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers Feds urged not to 'waste' vintage State Street buildings, Four early 20th-century buildings that the federal government wants to demolish should be saved and rehabbed, commenters at a Thursday evening hearing argued, Dennis Rodkin, Crain's Chicago Business, 11/10/22 GSA begins public process for Century/Consumers Buildings; The federal agency wants to demolish both towers, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 11/11/22 Downtown’s endangered Century and Consumers buildings deserve landmark status; The city is making the right move by standing up to the feds and formally arguing that the towers are historically and architecturally important, Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, 9/6/22

THREATENED: Uncertain Future for St. Adalbert’s Church After Removal of La Pietà Statue (Chicago 7 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021)

St. Adalbert Church, Henry J. Schlacks, 1636 W. 17th Street. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers

Former parishioners are taken into police custody after blocking the truck carrying the La Pietà statue, which was removed from St. Adalbert’s and moved to St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Pilsen on Nov. 29, 2022, after months of activism to keep the statue in its original home.. St. Adalbert Church, Henry J. Schlacks, 1636 W. 17th Street. Photo Credit: Colin Boyle / Block Club Chicago 5 Protesters Arrested Outside Pilsen Church As Workers Remove Beloved Statue After Monthslong Standoff; People have camped outside the closed St. Adalbert's for weeks, hoping to prevent workers from moving the La Pietà statue to St. Paul's Catholic Church, Madison Savedra and Colin Boyle, Block Club Chicago, 11/29/22

THREATENED: After 22 year Effort to Save Promontory Point, 500+ Letters to Chicago Officials Urges Landmark Status (Chicago 7 2022)

Promontory Point in Autumn. Promontory Point, 1937, Alfred Caldwell, Chicago Lakefront between 54th and 56th Streets. Photo Credit: Vashon Jordan www.vashonjordan.com Promontory Point Supporters Push for Hearing in Front of Chicago Landmark Commission, Patty Wetli, WTTW Chicago, 11/28/22 LETTER: Customizable Letter Writing and Sending link

THREATENED: Preservationists Sound Alarm Over Rapid Deterioration of Lake Street Schlitz Tied House

Lake Street Schlitz-Brewery Tied House / formerly La Lucé restaurant, 1892, 1393-1399 W. Lake Street in March 2021. Photo Credit: Ward Miller / Preservation Chicago

Lake Street Schlitz-Brewery Tied House / formerly La Lucé restaurant, 1892, 1393-1399 W. Lake Street after neglect and vandalism on September 1, 2022. Photo Credit: Alex Krikhaar

Board-up in progress at landmarked former La Luce, September 6, 3:20 pm. Photo credit: Lynn Becker tweet @LynnBecker Former Home To La Luce Has ‘Deteriorated’ Despite Landmark Status: Preservationists; The former Schlitz Brewery tied house was landmarked last year, but a preservationist said the owner has let it drastically deteriorate, Melody Mercado, Block Club Chicago, 9/19/22

THREATENED: Developer's Plan Chooses Demolition Over Adaptive Reuse for Werner Bros. Storage Building

Werner Brothers Storage Building, 1921, George S. Kingsley, 7613 N Paulina Street. Orange Rated. Photo Credit: Debbie Mercer

Werner Brothers Storage Building, 1921, George S. Kingsley, 7613 N Paulina Street. Orange Rated. Photo Credit: Debbie Mercer 110 Affordable Apartments Proposed For Corner Across From Howard Street Red Line Station; 'It's not every day you get someone who wants to build 100 percent affordable,' Ald. Maria Hadden said. 'This is a wonderful opportunity, and I think this is exactly what the neighborhood needs.', Joe Ward, Block Club Chicago, 10/25/22 Workforce housing proposed for 7603 N. Paulina, The two-phase project will deliver 110 affordable units, Urbanize Chicago, Lukas Kulger, 10/26/22

THREATENED: Continental Can Company Building Targeted for Demolition (Chicago 7 2021)

Continental Can Company Building, 1920, Samuel Scott Joy, 3815 S. Ashland Avenue, Central Manufacturing District – Original East District. Photo Credit: Kevin O'Neil / McKinley Park News New Cold Storage Facility That Would Replace McKinley Park Building Would Be ‘Another Blank Wall On Ashland,’ Neighbors Say; Developers want to demolish an old warehouse on McKinley's Park Ashland Avenue and replace it with a nearly 100,000-square-foot cold storage facility, Kayleigh Padar, Block Club Chicago, 9/23/22

THREATENED: Concrete Block Building Erected Without Permits Across from Humboldt Park Stables

No city building permits were pulled for a project directly next to the National Puerto Rican Museum of Arts & Culture, a Chicago landmark. Humboldt Park Receptory Building and Stable, 1896, Frommann & Jebsen, 3015 W. Division Street. Photo credit: Mina Bloom / Block Club Chicago

Photo with unpermitted concrete block building under construction in foreground. Humboldt Park Receptory Building and Stable, 1896, Frommann & Jebsen, 3015 W. Division Street. Photo credit: Mina Bloom / Block Club Chicago Growing Pressure for Park District To Demolish Unauthorized Museum Construction on Site of Landmarked Building in Humboldt Park, Patty Wetli, WTTW Chicago, 12/20/22 Humboldt Parkers Want City To Tear Down Unauthorized Building Next To Landmarked Museum; Neighbors say the partially built National Puerto Rican Museum of Arts & Culture project blocks views of one of the area's oldest-surviving buildings, Mina Bloom, Block Club Chicago, 11/11/22 PETITION to Stop Unpermitted Construction in Humboldt Park

THREATENED: Take the Tiger Woods South Side Golf Course Off the Table (Chicago 7 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021)

"The new Tiger Woods golf course layout would decimate the invaluable South Shore Nature Sanctuary, which just celebrated its 20th birthday. The sanctuary’s more than six acres of dune, beach, wetland, pond, woodland, prairie, savanna and shrub land are a much-needed habitat for wildlife, including butterflies and migratory birds" South Shore Nature Sanctuary. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers Take the Tiger Woods South Side golf course off the table; The Chicago Park District should focus instead on upgrading Jackson Park and South Shore courses, Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, 8/17/22   Voters oppose cutting down thousands of trees in Jackson Park and South Shore for Obama Center, golf project, Maddie Ellis, Chicago Tribune, 11/13/22

THREATENED: Built in 1874, 2240 N. Burling to be Demolished for a Side Yard

2240 N. Burling Street, Lincoln Park, 1873. Photo credit: Rachel Freundt

Say NO to Demolition of Historic Three-Flat for a Side Yard Petition. Image Credit: Preservation Chicago  PLEASE Sign the Petition to Oppose the Demolition of 2240 N. Burling Street for a Side Yard Chicago community fights to save historic Lincoln Park mansion, Anthony Ponce, FOX 32 Chicago, 12/15/22

THREATENED: Damen Silos To Be Sold to MAT Asphalt and Demolished

Petition to Save the Historic Damen Silos in Chicago!, 2860 S. Damen Ave. Photo Credit: Richard Higgins Petition to Save the Historic Damen Silos in Chicago! Southwest Side Environmental Advocates Ask Pritzker To Halt Damen Silos Sale To MAT Asphalt Owner; Groups have opposed selling the silos to a business group owned by Michael Tadin Jr. "The sale of public land deserves public comment," advocates wrote in a public letter, Katie Finlon, Block Club Chicago, 12/7/22

THREATENED: With Flurry of Purchases, Latin School Now Owns Eight of 10 Properties on a Stretch of Dearborn Parkway

1507 N. Dearborn Pkwy and 1505 N. Dearborn Pkwy. Photo Credit: Engel & Voelkers Chicago Latin School buys 4th home on its block; The elite private school has recently spent more than $10 million on neighboring properties, which it says will keep paying property taxes, Dennis Rodkin, Crain's Chicago Business, 6/2/22 Latin School buying up historical homes on its block; The elite private school has recently spent nearly $8 million on three addresses in the 1500 block of Dearborn Street and will close on a fourth May 25, Dennis Rodkin, Crain's Chicago Business, 5/24/22

THREATENED: Archdiocese Closes The Shrine of Christ the King Again

Shrine of Christ the King / St. Clara / St. Gelasius, Henry J. Schlacks, 1927, 6415 S. Woodlawn Ave. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers Emily Nielsen: The Shrine, Beloved Chicago Landmark, Endangered Again, Judy Carmack Bross, Classic Chicago Magazine, 10/29/22 Chicago: the Saga of a Cancelled Parish, Trevor Alcorn, OnePeterFice, 9/2/22 Preservation group says Mass has been suspended at Shrine of Christ the King Church, raising concern for future of landmark; Jennifer Blackman, a member of the Coalition to Save the Shrine, said many questions have gone unanswered by he Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Kade Heather, Chicago Sun-Times, 8/2/22

THREATENED: Restoration Plan Needed for Racine Green Line Station in Englewood

The Greek Revival-style Racine station is seen boarded and unused, looking west on July 23, 2007. The station house has a high level of historical integrity, with few changes to its original architecture, though its maintenance has been minimal. Racine Shops is visible overhanging the south part of the building on the left. Racine Green Line Station, 1907, Earl Nielson, 6314-16 S. Racine Avenue. Photo credit: Graham Garfield 30 Years Ago, Englewood’s Racine Green Line Station Shut Down. Now, Neighbors Are Ramping Up Fight To Bring It Back, Englewood organizers got an advisory referendum on the 2023 ballot to push forward efforts to reopen the long-closed station. CTA leaders say they support it, Atavia Reed and Jamie Nesbitt Golden, Block Club Chicago, 12/9/22 Racine (6300S/1200W) Racine Avenue and 63rd Street, Englewood, www.Chicago-L.org

THREATENED: Fundraising Challenges Delay Avalon Regal Theater Restoration and Reopening (Chicago 7 2012)

The Avalon Regal Theater, 1927, John Eberson, 1641 East 79th Street. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers

The Avalon Regal Theater, 1927, John Eberson, 1641 East 79th Street. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers After Taking Cash From Kanye, Avalon Regal Theater’s Owner Counting On Crypto To Bring Landmark Back To Life; Owner Jerald Gary needs $1 million to settle his tax debt or the historic South Shore theater could be taken over by the county's land bank. And he needs millions more to restore the theater before it can reopen, Maxwell Evans, Block Club Chicago, 6/15/22 Owner of neglected Avalon Regal finds the show must go on; Despite his preservation efforts, investor Jerald Gary is being pressured to step aside as unpaid taxes mount, David Roeder, Chicago Sun-Times, 4/4/22

THREATENED: Chicago Park District Buildings Continue to Crumble

Daniel Burnham Designed Pavilion in Jackson Park on Marquette Drive in extreme state of neglect. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers Looking for better judgment at the Chicago Park District; From its mishandling of a sexual abuse scandal to allowing Amazon lockers in public parks, it’s clear the park district needs a reset in its mission, and possibly in its leadership, Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, 8/24/21

THREATENED: Phyllis Wheatley Home at Risk for Emergency Demolition (Chicago 7 2021)

Phyllis Wheatley Home, 5128 S. Michigan Avenue, by Frederick B. Townsend, built in 1896. Photo Credit: Serhii Chrucky Demolition Court Looms For Chicago’s Last Phyllis Wheatley Home, Which Sheltered Black Women During The Great Migration; Researchers and residents are calling for the preservation of "a tangible place that holds the heritage and spirit of Black women" as the building's owner — and its longtime resident — seeks funding to restore her crumbling home, Maxwell Evans, Block Club Chicago, 1/29/21

THREATENED: Portage Theater Makes Slow Progress, but Needs Significant City Support to Reopen (Chicago 7 2012)

Portage Theater, 1920, Mark D. Kalischer and Henry L. Newhouse, 4050 N Milwaukee Ave. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers  Portage Theater Owner Wants To Bring Venue Back To Life To Revive Six Corners, But He Needs Millions In Funding; Neighbors and local leaders say the historic theater's revival is a necessary step in bringing back the bustle of Six Corners, Ariel Parrella-Aureli, Block Club Chicago, 3/31/22

THREATENED: William LeBaron Jenney's 19 S. LaSalle in Foreclosure

19 South LaSalle Street / Central YMCA Association Building, 1893, William LeBaron Jenney / Jenney & Mundie, 19 S. LaSalle Street. Photo Credit: Google Maps Foreclosure suit hits LaSalle Street landlord; The 129-year-old building at 19 S. LaSalle St. could be a candidate for conversion to a residential or other use as the city tries to bring more foot traffic to the heart of the Loop; Danny Ecker, Crain's Chicago Business, 11/2/22

THREATENED: 209-227 S. State Street Listed For Sale and New Construction

209-227 S. State Street Listing. Image credit: Greenstone Partners State Street site could be primed for high-rise development; A broker is seeking buyers for the building between Adams Street and Jackson Boulevard, which has been vacant since Foot Locker closed its store there in 2020, Alby Gallun, Crain's Chicago Business, 8/29/22

THREATENED: Neighbors Prefer Preservation of St. Ignatius Over Loyola's Plans

St. Ignatius Catholic Church, 1917, Henry J. Schlacks, 6559 N. Glenwood Avenue. Photo credit: Austin Hojdar / The Loyola Phoenix Loyola Expresses Interest in Building New Dorms on St. Ignatius Campus Prompting Pushback From Residents, St. Ignatius was a Catholic church founded by the Jesuit order in 1907 which has historical ties to the university, Griffin Krueger, The Loyola Phoenix, 8/24/22 Loyola University Might Turn Part Of Closed St. Ignatius Church Campus Into Dorms, But Neighbors Are Wary; Neighbors attended a meeting to discuss potential reuses of the recently closed St. Ignatius, which could include turning it into a resource center or housing for Loyola students, Kayleigh Padar, Block Club Chicago, 8/11/22

THREATENED: Give an A+ for effort to grant landmark status for Bowen High School

Bowen High School, 1910, Dwight Perkins, 2710 E. 89th St. Photo Credit: Mary Lu Seidel / Preservation Chicago Give an A+ for effort to grant landmark status for Bowen High School; It’s time to landmark Bowen and bring more architecturally-significant school buildings into the fold, Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board, 8/30/22 Petition to "Landmark Bowen High School in South Chicago!"

THREATENED: Petition Started to Landmark Our Lady Of Victory Church to Prevent Potential Demolition (Chicago 7 2021)

Petition to Save Our Lady of Victory! Photo Credit: Save Our Lady of Victory  Our Lady Of Victory Church Should Be A Protected Chicago Landmark, Northwest Side Group Says; A petition calls on elected officials to work with the city to grant the church landmark status, and it's been suggested to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, Ariel Parrella-Aureli, Block Club Chicago, 3/1/22

THREATENED: No Potential Reuse Plans On Horizon for Chicago Harbor Lighthouse

Chicago Harbor Lighthouse. Photo Credit: Rickdrew at English Wikipedia Feds to city: Give us back Chicago Harbor Lighthouse; The city of Chicago has been unable to do anything with the deteriorating lighthouse in a decade of ownership, Mitch Dudek, Chicago Sun-Times, 11/1/20

THREATENED: Hector Guimard's Art Nouveau Metra Entrance Slated for Removal as Part of Former Illinois Central Railroad / Metra Electric Station Restoration

Art Nouveau Paris Metro Entrance in Grant Park, 1900 (2003), Hector Guimard. Photo Credit: Eric Allix Rogers  Metra bids au revoir to Van Buren station’s Parisian-styled entrance; The commuter agency is replacing the ornate portal with a new and accessible entrance as part of a $100 million station upgrade, Lee Bey, Chicago Sun-Times, 10/1/22

THREATENED: Fire Engulfs Stickney School Building from 1903 by J.E.O. Pridmore

Fire Engulfs Historical Edgewater Stickney School Building, 1903, J.E.O. Pridmore, 1054 W. Hollywood Ave. Photo Credit: Joe Ward / Block Club Chicago Fire Engulfs Historical Edgewater Building But No One Injured, Fire Department Says The fire is at 1054 W. Hollywood Ave., just east of the Red and Purple Line tracks and just west of the northern end of DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Joe Ward, Block Club Chicago, 3/15/22

THREATENED: George Eddy House Targeted for Demolition

George Day Eddy House, 1901, likely Myron H. Church, 5852 N. Sheridan Road. Photo credit: Google Maps Say goodbye to this dilapidated remnant of Sheridan Road's heyday; The house is one of only a few old lakefront homes in Edgewater that have not yet been replaced by mid-rises. Its new owners plan to demolish it, Dennis Rodkin, Crain's Chicago Business, 10/31/22

THREATENED: Pilsen Food Pantry's Purchase Offer for former Holy Trinity Croatian Church Delayed

Pilsen Food Pantry's Purchase Offer for former Holy Trinity Croatian Church Delayed as Archdiocese Appears to Wait for Higher Offer From Developer. Image credit: WTTW Chicago Pilsen Pantry in Former Church Faces Challenges, Joanna Hernandez, WTTW Chicago, 8/27/22

THREATENED: 'Monument with Standing Beast' Sculpture to be Relocated

'Monument with Standing Beast,' 1984, Jean Dubuffets sculpture in the Thompson Center plaza. Photo credit: Ward Miller / Preservation Chicago Thompson Center sculpture heading to new home; With the state selling the building where it has stood for nearly four decades, “Monument with Standing Beast” will have to move to a new location, Jordan Perkins, Chicago Sun-Times, 7/31/22 Chicago’s 20th Century Public Sculptures, a 2017 Preservation Chicago 7 Most Endangered

THREATENED: Landmarked Noel State Bank Walgreens at Risk of Closure

Wicker Park Walgreens / Noel State Bank, 1919, Gardner C. Coughlen, 1601 N Milwaukee Avenue. Designated a Chicago Landmark in 2008. Photo credit: Walgreens / Padgett and Company

Wicker Park Walgreens / Noel State Bank, 1919, Gardner C. Coughlen, 1601 N Milwaukee Avenue. Designated a Chicago Landmark in 2008. Photo credit: Walgreens / Padgett and Company  Is Walgreens Closing Its Flagship Wicker Park Store Inside Old Bank? Neighbors Told Yes, But Company Says No Decision Made; A Walgreens representative said the branch was closing at a community meeting Wednesday — but the company said Thursday it has not made any decision regarding the location, Quinn Myers, Block Club Chicago, 10/7/22

THREATENED: Cook County Scavenger Sale Undermines South and West Side Housing Stock

Vacant and Boarded Up Home in Englewood. Photo Credit: Debbie Mercer Scrap the Scavenger Sale to save struggling neighborhoods; Cook County's antiquated system for dealing with abandoned property entrenches poverty, Crain's Chicago Business Editorial Board, 7/25/22

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Chicago Town and Tennis Club / Unity Church, built 1924, George W. Maher & Son, 1925 W. Thome Avenue, Demolished June 2020. Photo Credit: Joe Ward / Block Club Chicago

Be Generous! Donate to Preservation Chicago to support our tireless advocacy!  Spread the Word! Read and share our Facebook , Twitter and Instagram posts!   Be Informed! Sign up to receive the free Month-in-Review eNewsletter!   Be Heard! Attend community meetings and make your voice heard!   Be Counted! Take a moment to sign our online petitions!

Preservation Chicago seeks to nurture and support healthy, vibrant, diverse, and sustainable communities by leveraging the power of Chicago’s historic built environment. The path is long and steep, but we are making real and tangible progress. We are deeply grateful for your donations. Your support has allowed us to successfully convert ambitious strategic goals into on-the-ground realities. Our results have been surprising, significant and substantial. Thanks to your support, we can continue to make Chicago a better city. Your donation will provide us with the resources to protect the city; building by building, district by district, neighborhood by neighborhood. Preservation Chicago is a 501(c)(3) non-profit so your donation is tax-deductible as permitted by law. Thank you for your support. Thank you for Loving Chicago Fiercely.

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For larger donors wishing to support Preservation Chicago or to make a donation of stock, please contact Ward Miller regarding the Preservation Circle at wmiller@preservationchicago.org or 312-443-1000. www.PreservationChicago.org 

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