A century-old church in the Pilsen neighborhood that’s been at the heart of a contentious fight to save it since it closed in 2019 will now have the city of Chicago for a guardian angel.
On Monday, the city’s Landmarks Commission announced that St. Adalbert, as well as a few adjacent structures in the 1600 block of West 17th Street, will get a preliminary landmark recommendation — a move that is just the first step in the landmarking process but protects the building from being sold or dismantled.
