The Preliminary Near North Side Multiple Property Landmark District includes the following structures:

• 642 North Dearborn Street
• 14 West Erie Street
• 17 East Erie Street
• 110 West Grand Avenue
• 1 East Huron Street
• 9 East Huron Street
• 10 East Huron Street
• 16 West Ontario Street
• 18 West Ontario Street
• 212 East Ontario Street
• 222 East Ontario Street
• 716 North Rush Street
• 671 North State Street
• 42 East Superior Street
• 44 East Superior Street
• 46 East Superior Street

• 2229 S. Michigan Ave. (Motor Row District)
• 3647 S. State St. (Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District)
• 1000 W. Randolph St. (Fulton-Randolph Market District)
• Johnson Publishing Building, 820 S. Michigan Ave.
• 2118 Evergreen Ave. (Wicker Park District)
• 1305 E. 50th St. (Kenwood District)
• 2900 W. Logan Blvd. (Logan Square Boulevards Extension District)
• 835 W. Newport Ave. (Newport Avenue District)
• Quincy Elevated Station, 220 S. Wells St.
• 3301 W. Arthington St. (Sears, Roebuck & Company District)
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Four Neighborhood Landmarks, including a Chinatown community center and three historic neighborhood churches will be awarded rehabilitation grants from the Citywide Adopt-a-Landmark Fund through the Department of Planning and Development (DPD). Grantees include On Leong Merchants Association, Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral and Rectory, Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church, and Beverly Unitarian Church.

“Each of these buildings have played a historic role in the development of their respective neighborhoods, and their thoughtful rehabilitation will ensure they remain community anchors for future generations,” said DPD Commissioner Maurice L. Cox, a member of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks.

“The Adopt-a-Landmark Fund receives 10 percent of the money paid by downtown developers through the Neighborhood Opportunity Bonus system. Previous projects approved for Adopt-a-Landmark grants include the Uptown Theatre, the First Church of Deliverance in Grand Boulevard, and an artist loft development in Pullman.”

LOSS: “Spotlight on Demolition”

• 1517 W. Barry Avenue, Lake View
• Clark and Barlow Hardware, 353 W. Grand Avenue, River North
• 741,743, 745 N Dearborn Street, Near North Side
• 3656 N. Artesian, North Center
• 855 W. Blackhawk Street, Old Town
• 1525 N. Elston Avenue, Lincoln Yards
• 1739 W. Julian Street, Wicker Park
• 3755 W. Grace Street, Irving Park
• 1928 N. Cleveland Avenue, Old Town
• 2224 N. Halsted Street, Lincoln Park
• 1141 W. Lill Avenue, Lincoln Park
• 3628 and 3620 N. Claremont Avenue, North Center
• 2000 N. Clark Cornice, Lincoln Park
• 310 N. Michigan Avenue, Loop
• Fabbri Sausage Company,1100 W. Randolph St., West Loop
• Anshe Russia/Poile Zedeck, 1333 S. Harding St., North Lawndale
• 4431 N. Hamilton Avenue, Ravenswood
• 2020 W. Armitage Avenue, Bucktown
• 934, 936 & 938 W. Montana, Lincoln Park
• 2646 W. Augusta, Ukrainian Village
• 5920 W. Irving Park Road, Portage Park
• 2041 W. Race Street, West Town
• 2508 N. Burling Street, Lincoln Park
• 4859 N. Ashland Avenue, Uptown

“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

4403 S. Oakenwald, circa 1880, is located in the North Kenwood Chicago Landmark District. Despite being a contributing building in a Landmark District, the building’s condition is approaching unsalvageable. So we are encouraging a buyer to step forward and prevent an emergency demolition. (Thanks to dristeen @53viroqua for alerting us via Twitter)