Preservation Chicago

Preservation Chicago
FormationOctober 23, 2001
PurposeHistoric preservation advocacy
HeadquartersChicago, Illinois, USA
Websitepreservationchicago.org

Preservation Chicago is a historic preservation advocacy group in Chicago, Illinois, which formally commenced operations on October 23, 2001.[1] The organization was formed by a group of Chicagoans who had assembled the previous year to save a group of buildings which included Coe Mansion, which had once housed Ranalli's pizzeria and The Red Carpet, a French restaurant that had been frequented by Jack Benny and Elizabeth Taylor.[1][2] Other preservation campaigns that were instrumental in the founding of Preservation Chicago included St. Boniface Church, the Scherer Building, and the New York Life Insurance Building.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b c "Our History", Preservation Chicago. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  2. ^ Garza, Melita Marie. "History Falls Victim to Progress", Chicago Tribune. March 29, 2000. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  3. ^ Fine, Jonathan. "Saving Churches", Chicago Tribune. May 15, 1999.