The Latest Chicago 7

Since 2003, the nonprofit Preservation Chicago has been drawing attention to imminently threatened historic buildings and public spaces in Chicago through its annual “Chicago 7 Most Endangered” lists. The group aims “to mobilize the stakeholder support necessary to save them from demolition” through the list, the latest of which was unveiled earlier this month. Not only does this year's Chicago 7 go to 8, some of the listed buildings/spaces are multiple—totally nearly 30 threatened places—including the eight bridges spanning the Chicago River and their related tender houses, and the even more numerous Labor Union Halls. The full list is below the short film from Preservation Chicago.

1. The Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room and McKinlock Court at The Art Institute of Chicago
   The Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room: 1894 Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, dismantled in 1972 and reconstructed 1977 Vinci-Kenney Architects, 111 S. Michigan Avenue
   McKinlock Court Building: 1898, Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, Coolidge and Hodgdon, with 1977 rooftop addition by Walter Netsch, Skidmore Owings and Merrill
2. Chicago River Bridges and Tender Houses
   Chicago River Main, North and South Branches, c.1910-1940
3. “The Pope's Church” / St. Mary’s / St. Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church
   1957, George S. Smith, 310 E. 137th Street
4. Chicago's Labor Union Halls
   c.1880-1970s
5. Chicago Loop Synagogue
   1957, Loebl, Schlossman & Bennet, 16 S. Clark Street
6. South Park Terrace Apartments
   1905, Harry Hale Waterman, 6116-6134 South Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
7. Yukon Building 
   1898, Holabird & Roche, 400 S. Clark Street
8. St. Mark Roman Catholic Church Campus
   1963, Barry and Kay, 2516 W Cortez Street