Two plans designed to slow the destruction of buildings in parts of the fast-gentrifying Pilsen neighborhood failed Tuesday, one opposed by the local alderman and one he supported. An ordinance to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood will not become a landmark district after the City Council Zoning Committee unanimously voted down the measure Tuesday. Two years ago, city officials ...

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks today approved a preliminary landmark recommendation for Pilsen, voting unanimously in favor during its regular meeting at City Hall. “Pilsen is one of the most ...

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As debate has raged over a proposed landmark district in Pilsen, activists kept asking why the city was moving to protect 900 buildings in the Near Southwest Side neighborhood, but not one of its most ...

A controversial bill to create a landmark district in Pilsen is stalled in the City Council. If it doesn’t go up for a Zoning Committee vote by Jan. 31, it automatically becomes law. The 976 affected ...

CHICAGO — Nearly 45 years ago, Marcos Carbajal’s father opened a restaurant that would become a staple of the Pilsen neighborhood in the first building the Carbajal family was able to buy after ...

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There’s no doubt Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood has the stuff to become an official city landmark district. Yet a plan to do just that is widely despised in the community, viewed by the local alderman, ...

The city took a significant step towards establishing a landmark district in Pilsen despite a lukewarm reception from the alderman-elect and the objections of a small-but-vocal group of residents. On ...

The Chicago City Council zoning committee unanimously voted to reject a controversial landmark ordinance on Tuesday. The Pilsen Historical Landmark ordinance was proposed two years ago in an effort to ...

Part of the Pilsen neighborhood is one step closer to designation as a Chicago landmark. The Commission on Chicago Landmarks voted Thursday to advance a proposal for that designation. Pilsen has two ...