Preservation Chicago names most-threatened buildings in the city

Posted in Exhibitionist blog by Catherine Trautwein on Mar 12, 2013 at 4:08pm

Preservation Chicago announced the 2013 Chicago Seven this morning. Every year, the organization compiles the list to call public attention to notable local architecture made vulnerable by economic, geographic or planning problems. Past Chicago Seven lists have catalogued individual structures, groups of buildings or even neighborhoods worth saving from demolition and destruction. Follow the links to read Preservation Chicago's explanations for its choices this year:

1. St. James Church

2. Hotel Guyon

3. State Bank of Clearing

4. Century & Consumers Building

5. AllState Building

6. Medic Building

7. Lathrop Homes