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| Chicago Landmark awards for Preservation Excellence The Commission on Chicago Landmarks will honor 21 landmark buildings, homeowners and businesses with the Chicago Landmark Award for Preservation Excellence. The awards recognize outstanding projects that involve notable improvements to individual Chicago landmarks or to buildings within Chicago Landmark Districts. This year's award-winning projects include: The yearlong, $40 million restoration of the LaSalle Bank Theater (1906), during which the original two-story lobby, mosaic flooring and gilded ceilings were revealed. Compatible historic alterations including the installation of bleachers at Wrigley Field (1914), the second oldest major league ballpark where Babe Ruth was said to "call his shot" to the bleachers before hitting a homer in the 1932 World Series. The $60 million reconstruction of the upper floors of Louis Sullivan's Carson Pirie Scott Building (1899) and the restoration of its floating cornice, last visible in 1947. Restoration of numerous historic structures and homes across the city. Chicago has 243 individual landmark buildings, monuments and sites, and 41 designated landmark districts, which total more than 7,000 structures of historical significance. The winners were selected by the Commission's Permit Review Committee, based on the previous year's projects that received its approval. Only properties that have been designated by the City Council as individual Chicago landmarks or as part of a Chicago Landmark District were eligible. The awards are presented to owners in recognition of their critical role in preserving the city's historic landmarks and keeping them in active use. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |