PRESERVATION CHICAGO

2024 PROVED TO BE REMARKABLE. MANY LONG-ENDANGERED BUILDINGS FINALLY EMERGED AS PRESERVATION 'WINS' THROUGH LANDMARKING. PRESERVATION CHICAGO HAS BEEN DEEPLY ENGAGED WITH MANY OF THESE LONG-TERM EFFORTS AND OUR LEADERSHIP AND INVOLVEMENT WITH THESE ADVOCACY EFFORTS PROVED DECISIVE. AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF EFFORT, TO FINALLY SEE THESE BUILDINGS IN A SAFE PLACE IS BOTH WONDERFULLY EXHILARATING AND PROVIDES AS PROFOUND SENSE OF RELIEF. A FEW HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: CENTURY & THE CONSUMERS BUILDING, THOMPSON CENTER, ST. ADALBERT PARISH COMPLEX, RECTOR BUILDING, WAX TRAX! RECORDS, 161 E. ERIE, HARRIS TRUST & SAVINGS BANK, KINGDOM BAPTIST CHURCH, HYDE PARK UNION CHURCH, WERNER BROTHERS STORAGE, RAMOVA THEATER, MARSHALL SQUARE THEATER, CONGRESS THEATER. MARS CHOCOLATE FACTORY, CRITTENTON ANCHORAGE, STOCK YARDS BANK, HUMBOLDT PARK RECEPTORY BUILDING AND STABLE, LUDLOW TYPOGRAPH COMPANY, AND MANY MORE.OUR INNOVATIVE LEVERAGED IMPACT ADVOCACY MODEL USES AMPLIFICATION AND PROTECTION TO CATALYZE THE TARGETED STRATEGIC INVESTMENT ESSENTIAL TO ALLOW OUR COMMUNITIES TO BEGIN TO HEAL. THIS DYNAMIC ADVOCACY MODEL HAS SUCCESSFULLY HARNESSED THE POWER OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND CATALYZED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PRIMARILY IN COMMUNITIES OF DISINVESTMENT. EVERYTHING WE DO IS PRO BONO.BY MOBILIZING WIDESPREAD GOODWILL THROUGH EXTENSIVE MEDIA COVERAGE, AND DEPLOYING ROBUST LANDMARK PROTECTIONS AGAINST DEMOLITION, WE CREATE THE STABILITY NECESSARY TO SECURE THE PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING ESSENTIAL FOR CONVERTING LONG-NEGLECTED HISTORIC ASSETS INTO DYNAMIC NEIGHBORHOOD ANCHORS.STEP 1 - AMPLIFICATION: WE INFORMALLY PARTNER WITH THE PRESS. IN 2024, THERE WERE 428 NEWS STORIES ABOUT THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS WE ADVOCATED FOR AND WE WERE QUOTED OR MENTIONED IN 223 OF THESE STORIES.STEP 2 - PROTECTION: IN 2024, WE TESTIFIED OVER 106 TIMES AT CITY HALL MEETINGS TO HELP GENERATE 11 NEW CHICAGO LANDMARKS, TO SUPPORT ADOPT-A-LANDMARK AWARDS, AND TO SUPPORT CLASS L DESIGNATIONS.STEP 3 - INVESTMENT: WITHOUT GRANTMAKING CAPACITY OURSELVES, WE HARNESS MASSIVE MUNICIPAL AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT. IN 2024, CHICAGO ANNOUNCED AN $2.4M INVESTMENT THROUGH ADOPT-A-LANDMARK FUNDS. WE WERE DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH ALL 3 OF THE SITES SELECTED.