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Preservation Alert: October 2010
SAVE PRENTICE!
Please join us on the saveprentice.org website and
share your stories and opinions about one of the most elegant
hospital designs of the 20th century:
The historic Prentice Women’s Hospital at 333 East
Superior, Chicago, Illinois.
Our mission is the preservation and reuse of this iconic--and now threatened--Chicago structure, designed by noted architect Bertrand Goldberg in 1974. Coalition members include DoCoMoMo, Landmarks Illinois, National Trust, and Preservation Chicago.
Preservation Alert: October 2008
Fell Company Store in Winnetka Faces Demolition
Please pass along this information to any colleague,
friend, or relative you think may be interested in helping
to preserve this modern building.
The Fell Company Store currently faces demolition as a development
company, New Trier Partners, plans to redevelop the property.
The proposal will include a building with four floors of retail,
condominiums, and underground parking at the one-acre site.
The project, at 50 feet high, exceeds the village of Winnetka
's current building height cap of 45 feet.
 Designed
by well-known local architect Walter H. Sobel, FAIA and Associates,
the Fell building won the Outstanding Merit Award for the Planning
and Design of a Small Department Store in an international
competition of the Institute of Store Planners and the National
Association of Store Fixture Manufacturers in 1970. Besides
the aesthetically pleasing exterior, refined details, and space-efficient
interior design, the project was planned with future expansion
in mind. It was innovatively designed to permit an economical
addition of at least two floors of housing or additional retail
space at a later date. Even so, it now faces demolition and
replacement by a larger scale project.
The importance of the Fell Store and Sobel’s architecture
are underscored not only by the by Merit Award but by the fact
that the plans and drawings for the Store are now being collected
by the Midwest Architectural Archives at the University of
Minnesota and the Spertus Museum archives in Chicago. Other
projects by Walter H. Sobel include Beth Emet Synagogue in
Evanston , the Geico Building in Wilmette, and the Wack House
in Kenilworth . He also designed renovations to the Braeside
and Ravinia Schools in Highland Park while working for John
Van Bergen.
Images courtesy of R. Sobel 10.04.07,
L. Stuhlmacher 07.14.08
The redevelopment proposal received approval from Winnetka
Design Review Board on June 6, 2008.
The Winnetka Landmark Preservation Committee meeting approves
demolition permits for historic buildings. This committee meets
next on Monday, October 6 at 6:30pm.
The Winnetka Zoning Board of Appeals will have a special meeting
on Monday October 6 at 7:30pm. This is a continuation from
the August 11 meeting and will specifically review the Fell
Building proposal.
Recent articles about the Fell Company Building:
Winnetka
Talk, October 20, 2007
Winnetka
Talk, July 3, 2008
Chicago
Tribune, August 26, 2008
To support this building:
Please attend these two meetings
on Monday October 6, 2008:
Landmark Preservation Committee
meeting
6:30 p.m.
Zoning Board of Appeals meeting
7:30 p.m.
Council Chambers
Winnetka Village Hall
510 Green Bay Road
Winnetka, Illinois
Please send letters to the Chair and
staff of the Winnetka Landmark Preservation Committee, the
Plan Commission, the Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Village
Council.
c/o Village of Winnetka
510 Green Bay Road
Winnetka IL 60093
Winnetka Landmark Preservation Committee
Chair: Louise Holland
Staff Liason: Jill Morgan, Assistant Director of Community Development
tel: 847-716-3587
fax: 847-716-3588
jmorgan@winnetka.org
Winnetka Plan Commission
Chair: Maureen Mitchel
Staff Liason: Brian Norkus, Assistant Director of Community
Development
tel: 847-716-3522
fax: 847-716-3588
Bnorkus@winnetka.org
Zoning Board of Appeals
Chair: Molly Lien
Staff Liason: Michael D’Onofrio, Director of Community
Development
tel: 847-716-3526
fax: 847-716-3588
Mdonofrio@winnetka.org
Winnetka Village Council
President: Edmund Woodbury
Staff Liason: Doug Williams, Village Manager
tel: 847-716-3541
fax: 847-501-3180
Dwilliams@winnetka.org
Preservation Alert: September 2008
Public Hearing for landmark designation of North Federal
Savings and Loan Bank
Please pass along this information to any colleague, friend,
or relative you think may be interested in helping to preserve
this modern building.
Please express to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks your
support for the landmark designation of former North Federal
Savings and Loan Bank (now Diamond Bank) at 100 West North
Avenue and Clark Street.
Please see attached
PDF for image, significance, and history.
To support this building:
Please attend the Commission on Chicago
Landmarks hearing:
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
9:30 a.m.
City Hall
121 N. LaSalle St., Room 201-A
Chicago, Illinois
Please send letters of support to:
Mr. David Mosena, Chairman
Mr. Brian Goeken, Deputy Commissioner
Commission on Chicago Landmarks
33 North LaSalle Street, Room 1600
Chicago, IL 60602
Tel: (312) 744-3200
TTY: (312) 744-2958
Fax: (312) 744-9140
landmarks@cityofchicago.org
Alderman Vi Daley
Office of the 43rd Ward
735 W. Wrightwood
Chicago, IL 60602
Tel: 773-327-9111
Tel: 312-744-3071
Fax (773) 327-7103
vdaley@cityofchicago.org
Preservation Alert: August 2008
Fell Company Store in Winnetka Faces Demolition
The Fell Company Store currently faces demolition as a development
company, New Trier Partners, plans to redevelop the property.
The proposal will include a building with four floors of retail,
condominiums, and underground parking at the one-acre site.
The project, at 50 feet high, exceeds the village of Winnetka
's current building height cap of 45 feet.
Designed
by well-known local architect Walter H. Sobel, FAIA and Associates,
the Fell building won the Outstanding Merit Award for the Planning
and Design of a Small Department Store in an international
competition of the Institute of Store Planners and the National
Association of Store Fixture Manufacturers in 1970. Besides
the aesthetically pleasing exterior, refined details, and space-efficient
interior design, the project was planned with future expansion
in mind. It was innovatively designed to permit an economical
addition of at least two floors of housing or additional retail
space at a later date. Even so, it now faces demolition and
replacement by a larger scale project.
The importance of the Fell Store and Sobel’s architecture
are underscored not only by the by Merit Award but by the fact
that the plans and drawings for the Store are now being collected
by the Midwest Architectural Archives at the University of
Minnesota and the Spertus Museum archives in Chicago. Other
projects by Walter H. Sobel include Beth Emet Synagogue in
Evanston , the Geico Building in Wilmette, and the Wack House
in Kenilworth . He also designed renovations to the Braeside
and Ravinia Schools in Highland Park while working for John
Van Bergen.
Images courtesy of R. Sobel 10.4.07,
L. Stuhlmacher 07.14.08
The redevelopment proposal received approval from Winnetka
Design Review Board on June 6, 2008. The Winnetka
Plan Commission approved it on August 27.
Recent articles about the Fell Company Building:
Winnetka
Talk, October 20, 2007
Winnetka
Talk, July 3, 2008
Chicago
Tribune, August 26, 2008
To support this building:
Please attend the Plan Commission meeting:
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
7:30 p.m.
Council Chambers
Winnetka Village Hall
510 Green Bay Road
Winnetka, Illinois
Please send letters to the Chair and staff of
the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Winnetka Plan Commission,
and the Village Council.
c/o Village of Winnetka
510 Green Bay Road
Winnetka IL 60093
Winnetka Plan Commission
Chair: Maureen Mitchel
Staff Liason: Brian Norkus, Assistant Director of Community
Development
tel: 847-716-3522
fax: 847-716-3588
Bnorkus@winnetka.org
Zoning Board of Appeals
Chair: Molly Lien
Staff Liason: Michael D’Onofrio, Director of Community
Development
tel: 847-716-3526
fax: 847-716-3588
Mdonofrio@winnetka.org
Winnetka Village Council
President: Edmund Woodbury
Staff Liason: Doug Williams, Village Manager
tel: 847-716-3541
fax: 847-501-3180
Dwilliams@winnetka.org
Thank you for your votes to fund preservation of the only Gordon
Bunshaft building in the Midwest!!
The Great Lakes Naval Museum Association earned a $55,000 grant
from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and American
Express Partners in Preservation competitive grant Program. The
association will kick-off its renovation fundraising campaign
to re-use Gordon Bunshaft’s (SOM) 1942 Hostess House at
Great Lakes Naval Base in North Chicago, Illinois as its new
museum. The Great Lakes Naval Museum Association was one of 25
finalists in the Chicago region for this one time grant fund.
Thank you for supporting restoration of the Hostess House into
the new Naval Museum! docomomo (along
with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Landmarks
Illinois, the Mies Society, and the City of Highland Park, Illinois)
is a consulting party to the discussions between the Great Lakes
Naval Station, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and
the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency regarding the future
of Gordon Bunshaft’s (SOM) Hostess House and Bruce Graham's
(SOM) Gunner's Mate Training School Building.
The Partners in Preservation Program, including the Hostess
House, was featured in a recent Travel and
Leisure Magazine multi-page
insert.
Excerpt from letter by Scott Allen, LCDR, USN (RET),
Vice President, Great Lakes Naval Museum Association:
"The Hostess House, designed by Gordon Bunshaft as the
reception center for WWII Sailors, was opened in 1942 to provide
a setting for thousands of Sailors to be reunited with their
families and friends after completion of boot camp. Over
the years it has seen many uses, but is now scheduled to be restored
to its original form and house the Great Lakes Naval Museum.
Once transferred, the Museum Association will embark on a $15-20
million multi-phase plan to restore the Hostess House to its
WWII grandeur. When restored, it will be the only museum in the
United States dedicated to presenting the story of Naval training.
Visitors will journey through over 10,000 square feet of the
historic World War II building filled with hundreds of Navy artifacts,
life-size photos, interactive displays and exhibits."
For information on the museum plans or to make a donation, please
click here.
 Great Lakes Hostess House Receives Partners in Preservation
Grant
November 14, 2007
Greetings Great Lakes Naval Museum Supporters,
I am pleased to
announce that the Great Lakes Naval Station, Building 42 project
is one of 15 historical sites to receive a preservation grant
from the American Express, National Trust for Historic Preservation,
Partners in Preservation Initiative.
American Express and the
National Trust for Historic Preservation announced yesterday
that Great Lakes Naval Station, Building 42, (Hostess House)
project will receive a $55,000 grant to use in their efforts
to restore Building 42.
"I am exteamly proud
and thankful that American Express and the National Trust for
Historic Preservation has recogniczed the potentional of this
project," said
Mr. Carl Ross, president of the Great Lake Naval Museum Assocation.
"The
awarding of the PIP grant is a significant boost to the credibility
of the Great Lakes Naval Museum Project. That said, we are a
long way away from our goal of raising $15-20 million for our
multi-phase plan to restore the Hostess House."
As mentioned
before, the U.S. Navy is working closely with the Great Lakes
Naval Museum Association to transfer Building 42, originally
known as the Hostess House and a nationally recognized historic
building, to the Naval Museum Association to house the Great
Lakes Naval Museum.
The Hostess House, designed by Gordon Bunshaft as the reception
center for WWII Sailors, was opened in 1942 to provide a setting
for thousands of Sailors to be reunited with their families and
friends after completion of boot camp. Over
the years it has seen many uses, but is now scheduled to be restored
to its original form and house the Great Lakes Naval Museum.
Once
transferred, the Museum Association will embark on a $15-20 million
multi-phase plan to restore the Hostess House to its WWII grandeur.
When restored, it will be the only museum in the United States
dedicated to presenting the story of Naval training. Visitors
will journey through over 10,000 square feet of the historic
World War II building filled with hundreds of Navy artifacts,
life-size photos, interactive displays and exhibits.
Thank you
for your continued support of the Great Lakes Naval Museum Association.
Scott
Allen
LCDR, USN (RET)
Vice President
Great Lakes Naval Museum Association
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