PRESERVATION CHICAGO
205 W MONROE NO 400, CHICAGO, IL 60606 www.preservationchicago.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: ADVOCATES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CHICAGO'S HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE, NEIGHBORHOODS AND URBAN SPACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF CHICAGO. PRESERVATION CHICAGO IS COMMITTED TO STRENGTHENING THE VIBRANCY OF CHICAGO'S ECONOMY AND QUALITY OF LIFE BY CHAMPIONING THE HISTORIC BUILT ENVIRONMENT. PRESERVATION CHICAGO PROTECTS AND REVITALIZES CHICAGO'S IRREPLACEABLE ARCHITECTURE, NEIGHBORHOODS AND URBAN SPACES. THE ORGANIZATION INFLUENCES STAKEHOLDERS TOWARD CREATIVE REUSE AND PRESERVATION THROUGH ADVOCACY, OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND PARTNERSHIP.

IN 2019, PRESERVATION CHICAGO PLAYED A DECISIVE ROLE IN THE EFFORT TO SAVE THE SUPERIOR STREET ROWHOUSES FROM IMMINENT DEMOLITION WHICH, AGAINST ALL ODDS, SAVED THESE BUILDINGS AND PROACTIVELY PROTECTED OVER A DOZEN OTHER THREATENED TOWNHOUSE BUILDINGS THROUGH THE CREATION OF A NEW CHICAGO LANDMARK DISTRICT. WE HELPED TO ENSURE HIGH-QUALITY PRESERVATION RESTORATION AT CHICAGO UNION STATION AND GENERATED PRESSURE TO ENCOURAGE THE RENOVATION OF THE LONG-VACANT FRED HARVEY SPACE. WE SUPPORTED PRESERVATION EFFORTS AT COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL, OLD MAIN POST OFFICE, AND THE POTENTIAL RESTORATION OF THE UPTOWN THEATRE.ADDITIONALLY, IN 2019 PRESERVATION CHICAGO PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN HELPING TO BRING ABOUT PRESERVATION-SENSITIVE OUTCOMES REGARDING THE PILSEN PRELIMINARY LANDMARK DISTRICT, RAMOVA THEATER, PATIO THEATER, CLARENDON PARK FIELD HOUSE, THE JEFFERSON PARK FIREHOUSE, 226 W. JACKSON, HARTMAN BUILDING/BENNETT BROTHERS BUILDING, 29 S. LASALLE STREET, WEST SIDE DUNCAN YMCA/YWCA, THE NEW ROOF AT THE SHRINE OF CHRIST THE KING, PULLMAN NATIONAL MONUMENT, SEARS STORE ON LAWRENCE, 5TH CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST/SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH, FULLERTON STATE BANK, VON HUMBOLDT SCHOOL, MOTLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HOLLANDER WAREHOUSE, MARK TWAIN SRO HOTEL, CADILLAC WAREHOUSE BUILDING ON MOTOR ROW, ART DECO BRIDGE HOUSE RENOVATIONS ON FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL BRIDGE, LOGAN SQUARE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB/FORMER TEMPLE BETH-EL, "EAGLES BUILDING" AT BROADWAY AND SHERIDAN, VILLAGE THEATER FACADE, 3244-3250 W. BRYN MAWR FACADE, WLS STUDIOS BUILDING AT 1230 W. WASHINGTON, CHURCH OF THE EPIPHANY, FIRST CHURCH OF DELIVERANCE, MUDDY WATERS' HOME, AND ADDITIONAL PROTECTION ORDINANCE FOR PILSEN HOMEOWNERS AGAINST PREDATORY BROKERS AND DEVELOPERS.WE WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES TO CREATE THE NECESSARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEN TESTIFIED IN SUPPORT OF THE CHICAGO LANDMARK DESIGNATIONS FOR TRUMBULL SCHOOL (INCLUDING INTERIOR FEATURES), MIES VAN DER ROHE'S PROMONTORY APARTMENTS, MT. PISGAH MISSIONARY CHURCH/SINAI TEMPLE, BLACKWELL-ISRAEL SAMUEL A.M.E. ZION CHURCH, CLAREMONT COTTAGES, JOHN NUVEEN HOUSE, AND THE SUPERIOR STREET ROWHOUSES/NEAR NORTH LANDMARK DISTRICT. WE PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN A PRESERVATION WIN FOR THE PERKINS-NORDINE HOUSE IN 2020.BUILDINGS LOSSES IN 2019 THAT PRESERVATION CHICAGO WORKED TO PREVENT INCLUDE CRAWFORD POWER STATION (CHICAGO 7 2014 & 2019) BY GRAHAM, ANDERSON, PROBST AND WHITE, 16 W. MAPLE, 2932 W. NORTH AVENUE, HEARTLAND CAFE, GATELY'S PEOPLES STORE IN ROSELAND DUE TO A DEVASTATING FIRE, THE AMERICAN TAXI SERVICE BUILDING, WACHOWSKI-RAY HOUSE IN JEFFERSON PARK, ST. JAMES TEMPLE/ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH IN ROSELAND DUE TO EMERGENCY DEMOLITION, THE 800 BLOCK OF WEST FULTON MARKET, COMED SUBSTATION AT 626 E. 40TH STREET (CHICAGO 7 2018), TRUC LAM TEMPLE/PAUL REVERE LODGE, 3726 N. LAKE SHORE DRIVE, TERRA COTTA FACADE AT 1315 W. LOYOLA AVENUE, 1517 W. BARRY AVENUE AND DOZENS OF HISTORIC HOME AND SMALL RESIDENTIAL BUILDING DEMOLITIONS THROUGHOUT CHICAGO'S NEIGHBORHOODS. AFTER A TOUGH, WELL-PUBLICIZED EFFORT INCLUDING A PETITION WITH OVER 6,000 SIGNATURES, THE CHICAGO TOWN AND TENNIS CLUB/UNITY CHURCH (CHICAGO 7 2020) WAS DEMOLISHED IN SPRING 2020.

OUR EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH HAS ALLOWED US TO MORE PROACTIVELY ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP TO CREATE THE CONDITIONS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES BY LEVERAGING THE POWER OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION. WHILE WE REMAIN ACTIVE IN ALL PARTS OF CHICAGO, THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORT HAS BEEN COMMUNITIES OF DISINVESTMENT AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. OUR EFFORTS IN ROSELAND TO LEVERAGE HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE BENEFITS TO THE RESIDENTS OF ROSELAND. OUR EFFORTS TO RAISE THE PROFILE OF ROSELAND INCLUDED ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE OPEN HOUSE CHICAGO PROGRAM. WE CREATED A 4-MINUTE VIDEO WHICH DISCUSSED ROSELAND'S PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. WE SPONSORED A ONE-HOUR PANEL DISCUSSION WITH ROSELAND COMMUNITY LEADERS, ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 250 PEOPLE WITH WIDE DISTRIBUTION THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. REACHING A WIDE AUDIENCE WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO CHANGE NEGATIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PERCEPTIONS. THE PRIMARY DELIVERABLE FROM OUR CHICAGO 7 PROGRAM IS THE CHICAGO 7 BOOK. IT IS APPROXIMATELY 100 PAGES IN LENGTH WITH BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHY AND ORIGINAL RESEARCH AND WRITING. THE BOOK INCLUDES A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NUMBER. THE CREATION, PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BOOK IS ESSENTIAL TO ALLOW DECISION MAKERS TO APPRECIATE THE VALUE OF ENDANGERED HISTORIC RESOURCES AND PROVIDES SPECIFIC STRATEGIES FOR HOW TO SAVE THEM.DURING OUR EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND WRITING OF THE CHICAGO 7 MOST ENDANGERED BOOK, WE WRESTLED WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES TO ALLOW ROSELAND TO BENEFIT FROM THE HERITAGE TOURISM THAT THE PULLMAN NATIONAL MONUMENT WILL GENERATE. AFTER A LENGTHY EFFORT, WE IDENTIFIED A "HERITAGE BRIDGE" STRATEGY TO POWERFULLY DRAW PULLMAN HERITAGE TOURIST (AND THEIR HERITAGE TOURISM DOLLARS) TO ROSELAND'S MICHIGAN AVE. THERE ARE MANY BEAUTIFUL AND SIGNIFICANT PARK, SCHOOL, AND CHURCH BUILDINGS IN ROSELAND CLUSTERED AROUND PALMER PARK BY CHICAGO'S MOST CELEBRATED ARCHITECTS WITH STRONG AND DIRECT PULLMAN CONNECTION. THANKS TO OUR EFFORTS, THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS PLANNING TO PREPARE A LANDMARK DISTRICT RECOMMENDATION.

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