Jackson Park And Thompson Center Lead Preservation Chicago S Annual List Of The City S Seven Most Endangered Architectural Treasures

Frederick Law Olmsted’s Jackson Park (including Midway Plaisance and the South Shore Cultural Center)—the designated site of the Obama Presidential Center—tops  Preservation Chicago’s 2018 list of the city’s seven most-threatened architectural treasures.  The annual list puts a spotlight on historic structures and landscapes threatened with demolition in the hope that they can be restored and reused.  

The Washington Park Substation, 6141 S. Prairie: a classical revival-style electrical substation designed by architect Hermann von  Holst, dating from 1928 and 1939.

There’s a quick video tour of the endangered buildings here.