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Preservation News
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State Budget Merges IHPA into DNR;
Illinois
Under the new Illinois state budget released by Gov. Pat Quinn on March 18, state historic sites will remain closed and the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA) will end its 24-year-long operation as a stand-alone department. …
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State Historic Sites Close;
Illinois
Despite widespread protests by Landmarks
Illinois members, state legislators, and the general public, Gov. Rod
Blagojevich in November decided not to restore the $2.4 million in
budget cuts he had made earlier this year …
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2006 Chicagoland Watch List Property
Saved; Elmhurst
Built in 1868, the Wilder Mansion housed
the Elmhurst Public Library from 1922 to 2003. The original, central
section of the building was later updated in 1937 to reflect a
Neo-Classical style. It was at that time …
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Doctors Hospital
Chicago
A proposal to demolish the former
Illinois Central Hospital—more recently known as Doctors Hospital—has
galvanized preservationists and residents in the Hyde Park neighborhood.
on Landmarks 2007-08 “Chicagoland Watch List.” …
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New
President Announced;
Landmarks
Landmarks Illinois Board of Directors
Chairman, Rolf Achilles, announced on July 10, 2008 Jim Peters as the
new president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Landmarks
Illinois, the state’s leading voice for historic preservation. …
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TIF and Historic Structures;
Illinois
Governor Blagojevich in August signed SB
2733, a new law that will greatly reduce the ability of communities to
use TIF (Tax Increment Financing) funds to demolish or alter National
Register-listed properties or buildings. …
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Gunners’ Mates School;
North Chicago
On May 1, two official letters from the
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) were sent to
high-ranking Navy officials telling them to stay the course with finding
a preservation/re-use solution …
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Central School;
Mount Prospect
On Thursday, May 29, the Mount Prospect
Historical Society relocated this 1896 one-room schoolhouse from the
property of St. John’s Episcopal Church, which planned to demolish the
school of it was not moved this year. …
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Viking Ship;
Geneva
The Viking Ship has been in the news lately
with articles, photos, and videos on the Chicago Tribune’s website and
the Daily Herald’s website. …
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Flood
Assistance;
Midwest
Under the Opportunity Illinois: Disaster
Recovery Loan Program, the Treasurer’s Office provides low-interest
loans to storm victims whose property has sustained weather-related
damage. For cultural institutions and individuals affected …
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End of an Era: Bahlman Retires;
Landmarks
After almost ten years as Landmarks
Illinois’ president, David Bahlman is retiring. “I’m very pleased to
have had the opportunity to work for an organization in a state that
contains unparalleled milestones in …
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Lakeshore Athletic Club;
Chicago
In December, 2007, 42nd Ward Alderman
Brendan Reilly announced Lakeshore Athletic Club would be renovated and
converted to luxury senior housing. A purchase agreement is
underway between Northwestern University …
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Barat College’s Sacred Heart Chapel;
Lake Forest
After listening to eloquent testimony from
31 speakers on the importance of preserving Barat College’s Sacred Heart
Chapel, the Lake Forest City Council voted 8-0 on Monday, April 16, 2007
in favor of demolition …
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Preservation Onions of the Year
Announced;
Chicago
The top five “preservation onions” of the
year were announced July 19, 2007 by Landmarks Illinois at its monthly
Preservation Snapshots lecture series at the Cultural Center. This was
the first such “onions” presentation …
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Strawbridge-Shepherd House;
Springfield
The University of Illinois at Springfield
in February agreed to lease this 162-year-old farmhouse—and its two
acres—to a local preservation group. The two-story structure, which is
one of the oldest surviving frame houses in central Illinois …
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Brad Pitt, Kenny Chesney and the Fox
River;
Plano
Not often do you see these well-known names
(two celebrities and an Illinois waterway) in the same sentence—let
alone in connection with Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House. But all
three have made their appearance recently …
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Congress;
Preservation Easement Reform Language
On August 3rd, the Senate passed H.R. 4,
an omnibus pension reform bill, which included charitable reform
language, and specifically language to address abuses in the area of
preservation easement donations. The bill had been passed by the House
of Representatives on July 28th, and is expected to be signed into law
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Farwell Building;
Chicago
The public celebrations over the fate of
this 1927 Beaux Arts-style building were short lived. The Commission on
Chicago Landmarks in March approved, by a vote of 8-1, a plan to
dismantle the 11-story local landmark …
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Save a Landmark;
Put Down the Blowtorch
The Illinois Senate passed a resolution to
determine the needs of historic barn preservation efforts, their
potential impact on tourism and economic development in rural
communities, and programs and incentives in other states …
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Becker-Segal Estate
Highland Park
The Illinois Senate passed a resolution to
determine the needs of historic barn preservation efforts, their
potential impact on tourism and economic development in rural
communities, and programs and incentives in other states …
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Illinois Historic Barns Resolution
(S.R. 700)
The Illinois Senate passed a resolution to
determine the needs of historic barn preservation efforts, their
potential impact on tourism and economic development in rural
communities, and programs and incentives in other states …
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Should Religious Properties Be Landmarked?
Chicago
In 1987, the Chicago City Council amended
its local preservation ordinance to include an owner-consent requirement
for the landmark designation of religious properties. Property-owner
consent for other properties, however …
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Soldier Field
Chicago
The recent $660 million renovation of this 81-year-old
structure—which LPCI had strongly opposed—has resulted in its de-listing
as a National Historic Landmark (NHL). Former U.S. Interior Secretary Gale
Norton had …
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Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley, on
March 8, 2006, submitted a National Register of Historic Places nomination
for the Old Cook County Hospital Building, 1400 W. Harrison St., to the
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency …
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New Dollars/New Partners
Church Training Program
In an effort to assist
religious congregations with older buildings, Landmarks Preservation
Council of Illinois (LPCI) is sponsoring a year-long fundraising training
program for ten Chicago-area congregations …
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Skiff House
Kenilworth
A week before its scheduled razing—and following a pre-demolition salvage
auction — this Daniel Burnham-designed house at 157 Kenilworth Ave. was
saved from the wrecking ball in early November. Facing strong local
protests …
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Berghoff’s Restaurant
Chicago
The closing of this historic German restaurant was front page news last
December. Lost in the press coverage was that neither of the two buildings
housing the restaurant is a protected Chicago Landmark, although they date
to 1872 …
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Wrigley Field Landmark Protection Chicago
After more than two years of discussion with the Chicago Cubs baseball team, the
city of Chicago is proceeding with plans to designate Wrigley Field as a local
landmark. If approved, Wrigley Field would become … FULL STORY |
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Streator High School
Streator
The LaSalle County Circuit Court in September dismissed a lawsuit brought
by LPCI and the National Trust for Historic Preservation to stop the partial
demolition of this 1923 high school building …
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Soldier Field Case Lost
Chicago
On February 21st, the Supreme Court of Illinois issued a ruling against LPCI’s
and the Friends of the Parks’ appeal of the Soldier Field case. In a
unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s decision …
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Preservation Day
A Success
Springfield
A
list of the state’s Ten Most Endangered Historic Places for the coming year was announced by LPCI at a March 12 press conference that was attended by dozens of community
representatives, property owners, state …
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New
Preservation Grant and Loan Program
Chicago
Two of the most architecturally significant buildings
in the Chicago metropolitan area—H.H. Richardson’s Glessner House and
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple—have received substantial grants from a
new LPCI program …
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It’s
Time-Again-for Pro-Active Preservation
Editorial
The ten projects represented by this year’s Driehaus
Preservation Awards are truly inspirational. They represent the best of
what Illinois preservationists can accomplish through determined advocacy
campaigns …
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