Read about our 1996 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award Recipients below. You can see all years of award recipients here.
The world-renowned landmark in Chicago’s Loop has been successfully rehabilitated through a unique public/private partnership and resulted from long-standing public advocacy efforts. The award-winning team members are: the City of Chicago; Baldwin Development Co.; R. M. Chin & Assocs.; McClier; UBM Inc.; Wiss, Janney, Elstner Assocs., Inc.; and Klein & Hoffman, Inc.
For outstanding restoration and rehabilitation of the Normal Theater. The project represents a very successful effort to restore and reopen a local landmark, as well as utilizing historic preservation to promote civic pride and economic growth in Normal.
For its efforts at Hotel St. Benedict’s Flats. Bruce Abrams and his development team proved to a skeptical Chicago development community that historic preservation is a viable and financially successful solution to reuse challenges.
Persky, a Chicago Landmarks Commissioner, was honored for his lifelong commitment to historic preservation efforts.
Lambert received the award for his countless hours of devotion to preservation efforts in Will County.
For creating a wonderful guide to National Register Properties in the Village of Lake Forest.
For creating a unique and fun lesson in preservation and local history, the coloring book Colorful Winnetka, a huge hit with parents and children.
Honored for its publication Tell Me a Story, Memories of Riverside, which takes the reader on a tour of growing up and living in Riverside
For outstanding reconstruction of the famous bridge and plaza in Chicago’s Grant Park.
A special thanks for nine months of volunteer hours in the fight to save the McGraw-Hill Building on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue.
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