Superintendent of the Pullman National Monument Kathy Schneider | Photo by Zbigniew Bzdak

Politics, funding impede Pullman restoration as monument approaches 3rd anniversary

The proclamation was intended to restore the historic factory grounds of George Pullman’s namesake town, which were devastated by arson. Supporters also hoped to tell of the area’s architectural significance and founding as a model town, the industrial innovation behind Pullman Palace Car Co.’s luxurious sleeping rail cars, the rise of the labor movement and an African-American union’s legacy to the civil rights movement.

A rendering of the Pullman Artspace Lofts | Stantec

Pullman Artist Lofts Target Late Spring Groundbreaking

The Far South Side project aiming for a 2019 delivery date This article originally appeared on Curbed Chicago Despite having a freshly issued building permit in hand, the developers behind a plan to bring 38 units of mixed-income housing for artists to Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood won’t be breaking ground on the project until late spring or early summer. The […]

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Pullman National Monument Under Federal Review, Too

This article originally appeared on the Huffington Post A federal “Section 106” review has begun that promises to protect the Pullman National Monument from a harmful development, but you’d never know it given the scant media attention the review has received. The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board published “The Obama center, now a federal case” on Dec. 12, 2017. In […]