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April 2014

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Two Demolitions On The Near North Side

These two 1880s­era brick and stone row houses on Maple Street just west of State Street andMariano Park are currently undergoing demolition. We think that with an improving economic environment many of the great residences thatestablish a sense of place on the Near North Side may be lost and that now is the time to begina robust discussion of preservation options for historic houses on Bellevue Place, Cedar, Elmand Division Streets, State and Dearborn Parkways. A Chicago Landmark District could be an option; the area possesses a diverse collection ofhouses by architects including Burnham and Root, James Gamble Rogers, Schmidt and Garden,Cobb and Frost, Joseph Silsbee, Jenney and Mundie, mcKim, Mead and White and Marshall andFox to name a few. It also was home to noted individuals like Theodore Thomas, the firstconductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (his home is currently being gutted) andnumerous demolitions have occurred at State and Elm, State and Pearson with more to come.

Without this discussion, Preservation Chicago believes that we'll be seeing many more greathouses and buildings fall to the wrecking ball in the near future.

Landmarks Illinois Releases Its Most Endangered

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This month one of our preservation partners, Landmarks Illinois, released its annual list of mostendangered buildings and it it included several in the city of Chicago. Like Preservation Chicago, Landmarks Illinois sees the Central Manufacturing District asparticularly vulnerable (we included it this year on our Chicago 7). They also singled out theUptown Theater, which continues to be vacant and deteriorating. They also drew attention to a set of buildings that Preservation Chicago has written andadvocated for, the Orange­rated buildings that make up the intersection of Halsted and WillowStreets in Lincoln Park, at one of which, the "Black Duck", pictured above, has been proposedfor demolition as part of a larger development plan. We applaud Landmarks Illinois for its stance and urge officials to find a preservation solution forthe corners.

Tour Historic 71st Street Tour South Shore's Historic 71st StreetSaturday, April 26 at 1:00pmGive Me Some Sugah2232­4 E 71st Street, Chicago Please join us for a walking tour of South Shore's 71st Street, one of the South Side's mostexceptional and intact historic commercial districts. This hidden gem faces numerous threats,and this tour is one part of residents' efforts to restore its vitality. The free one­hour tour, opento neighbors and visitors alike, will begin at Give Me Some Sugah bakery and head westapproximately three­quarters of a mile.

Starting in the 1910s, South Shore experienced a stunning real estate boom centered aroundthe train line that still runs down 71st Street. The area became a small city unto itself, withrestaurants, retail stores, movie palaces, banks, and more, all built in a variety of the day'smost popular architectural styles. This tour will step into South Shore's past, visiting many ofthe landmark buildings from that period which still stand today. The tour will also explore 71stStreet's more recent history of community and political activism, including a stop at a storefrontwhich was home to Barack Obama's first campaign office.

Highlights of the tour will include:­ Preserved streetscape from the 1910s­1930s­ Chicago's only remaining street­median rail line­ Barack Obama's first campaign office­ Former home of the South Shore National Bank, later ShoreBank

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­ Historic Jeffery Theater­ Jeffery­Cyril National Register Historic District­ Headquarters of the Black United Fund of Illinois­ ABJ Community Services headquarters, with its colorful mosaics The tour is organized by:Preservation ChicagoReclaiming South Shore For AllSouth Shore Docent CouncilSouth Shore Historical Society, NFP South Shore Chamber

Hyde Park Loses Harper Greystones Hyde Park has lost three Greystones on the 5100 block of S. Harper Avenue and PreservationChicago is working to see a positive outcome ­ in the former of a rehabilitated St. Stephen'sand a Chicago Landmark District. We'd like to suggest that MAC Properties rehabilitate St. Stephen's Church, 5640 S. BlackstoneAve., built at the turn of the 20th century as a Christian Science Church with neoclassicalcolumns and a domed roof, as a way to correct some recent missteps and the loss of thesebuildings for a parking lot. "Wouldn't it be amazing if MAC could invest in a plan that would preserve these significantfeatures with a landmark designation promise?" Preservation Chicago Executive Director WardMiller told the Hyde Park Herald. We're also urging the neighborhood to begin a conversation about creating a landmark districtin the from the Kenwood landmark district at 51st Street and continuing to the southern end of

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the University of Chicago campus. Read the full article here.

Preservation Chicago In Crain's J

Executive Director Ward Miller was profiled by Crain's Chicago Business this week ­ he told thepaper's Micah Maidenberg that he hoped to find common ground with developers. "The dialogue sometimes in historic preservation makes you feel like the developers are on oneside and the historians, architects, historic preservationists are on the other," Mr. Miller toldCrain's. "But I think this should be considered a coming together of all our talents. I want tosee that bridge happen." Read the full article here.

Preservation Chicago is an activist organization that advocates for the preservation of historicarchitecture, neighborhoods and urban spaces throughout the city of Chicago.

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