Preservation Chicago Calls For Lakefront To Be Made National Park

Chicago IL

24 February, 2021

2:32 PM

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CHICAGO (CBS) — In announcing its Seven Most Endangered Buildings for Chicago in 2021, Preservation Chicago renewed a call to turn the city's lakefront into a national park, and also issued a push for preservation of Catholic churches and West Loop industrial buildings. The organization released its 2021 list on Wednesday. Nominations, the group said, are chosen by the public and by preservation partners throughout Chicago. "Chicago is known around the world as a city of architecture, for its historic built environment, and both its revolutionary architectural and engineering innovations," Ward Miller, Executive Director of Preservation Chicago, said in a news release. "These attributes are a great source of continued interest among its residents and heritage tourism. Yet, we as a city continue to lose important structures to demolition – buildings that other cities could only dream of building, of honoring, and repurposing. We also want to address quality of life issues, human scale, and important stories and events as we strive to seek a better Chicago." Read more at CBS Chicago