One of the many problems with the CHRS as a policy tool is that the color-coded rating system does not translate directly into landmark eligibility—but in this case I’m calling bullshit—this building meets more than two landmark criteria!

Demolition Warning!

Old Holy Angeles School at 533 E. Oakwood Blvd.

An ideal candidate for restoration and adaptive reuse as affordable housing.

Yet, it will continue to deteriorate until the Archdiocese requests emergency demolition.

And Chicago will get another vacant lot.

The GSA wants to demolish the Century ➕ Consumers Buildings, but renovating these buildings would save 12,500 tons of embodied carbon. This equals the carbon captured by 10,000 acres of forest for an entire year!
Learn ➕ take action at architecture.org/learn/resource… Preservation Futures

The GSA wants to demolish the Century and Consumers Buildings, but renovating these buildings would save 12,500 tons of embodied carbon. This equals the carbon captured by 10,000 acres of forest for an entire year!
Learn more and take action at architecture.org/gsa

The wonderful Schlitz tied house at 94th and Ewing, Chicago. Note the ghost sign on the south wall.

Limestone ROCKS!

The Untold Story Of The Black Cowboys Of Chicago’s Southside bit.ly/3TLilSq

A report from Ferguson, nearly a decade on: As I do whenever I'm in St. Louis, I pay my respects to Michael Brown at the 'Canfield Green' apartments..only to find the owners are trying to gentrify them by rebranding them 'Renewal Heights Apts: Elevated Living Reimagined'