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Our annual awards program
recognizes the projects we feel contribute most to the quality of downtown
life. The next awards program, recognizing projects completed in 2007,
will be held in late spring 2008.
Click here to nominate a project, person, or event.
2 0 0 7 W I N N E R S
Best New Building 30 West Oak
Best Renovation Majestic Building/LaSalle Bank Theatre
Best Restoration Tree Studios
Best Adaptive Reuse Chicago & North Western Railway Powerhouse
Best New Open Space Erie Park
Best New Public Art “Agora”
Coolest Thing WLS-TV State Street Studio
Best Continued Use Italian Village
Welcome
to Downtown
McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum
McCormick Tribune Bridgehouse & Chicago River Museum
Garmin
Mary Ward Wolkonsky Award (for lifetime achievement) Lewis Manilow
2 0 0 6 W I N N E R S
Best New Building 111 South Wacker
Best Renovation Metra Millennium Station
Best Restoration Project Manhattan Building
Best Plan Columbia College Master Plan
Best New Open Space Park at Lakeshore East
Art Meets
Life street-level galleries at
Loyola University
Columbia College
Robert
Morris College
Best Celebration White Sox Victory Parade and Rally
Taking
Care of Business
Stanley
McCormick Court, the Art Institute of Chicago
World’s
Largest Block Party
Crowning Glory Marquette Building cornice restoration
Welcome
to Downtown
Books
in the City
Canady
Le Chocolatier
Carnivale
Cereality
Drury
Lane Theater
Lollapalooza
Mary Ward Wolkonsky Award (for lifetime achievement) Ed Lawrence
2 0 0 5 W I N N E R S
Best New Commercial Building Hyatt Center
Best New Residential Building Contemporaine
Best New Institutional Building Chinese American Service League Kam L. Liu Building
Best Restoration Project Clarke House
Best Planning Project Chicago’s New Zoning Ordinance
Best New Open Space Millennium Park
Coolest Thing Columbia College building murals
Visionary Award Unbuilt Chicago
Best Ephemera Great Chicago Fire Sale
Taking Care of Business Monadnock Building
Strange Bedfellows University Center of Chicago
Welcome
to Downtown
Chicago
Antiques Market
Design
Within Reach
Morrow’s
Candy Store
Orange
Mary Ward Wolkonsky Award (for lifetime achievement) John Vinci
2 0 0 4 W I N N E R S
Best New Building Skybridge at One North Halsted
Best Restoration Project Carbide and Carbon Building
Best Planning Project Chicago Central Area Plan
Best Adaptive Reuse Lookingglass Theatre at the Chicago Waterworks
Best New Cultural Institution The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Best New Open Space North Burnham Park
Best Continued Use Chicago Farmers Market Program
Taking Care of Business Richard Kinczyk
Best Ephemera Marshall Fields Vertical Fashion Show
Welcome
to Downtown
Apple Store
Ben & Jerry's PartnerShop with Chicago Children’s
Choir
Congress for the New Urbanism
Park Grill
H&M
Nordstrom Rack
Fond Farewell
Mohsen
Javadi
Ed Kus
Phil Levin
Robert Megquier
Tom Pullakat
Dan Purciarello
Kathleen Ransford
Bruce
Worthington
Mary Ward Wolkonsky Award (for lifetime achievement) Cal Audrain
2 0 0 3 W I N N E R S
Best New Building Sofitel Chicago Water Tower
Best Restoration Project Mentor Building
Best Planning Project Grant Park Framework Plan
Best Adaptive Reuse Domain / 600 West
Best Continued Use Prairie Avenue Bookshop
Best Aroma Garrett Popcorn Shops
Making a Grand Entrance Metra Entry Portal
Best Renovation W Hotel Lakeshore
Chicago Treasure Hunt Inland Steel Building
Taking Care of Business Plaza at Aon Center
Best Ephemera “Earth From Above”
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to Downtown
Bob
Chinn's Crab House
Hackney's
Printers Row
Millennium
Perk
The
Noble Fool
Opera
Oysy
Mary Ward Wolkonsky Award (for lifetime achievement) Jack Hartray
2 0 0 2 W I N N E R S
Best New Development Jewel/Osco 3345 (Roosevelt/Wabash)
Best Renovation Allerton Building, Art Institute of Chicago
Best Restoration Fisher Building
Best Ephemera Urban Dream Capsule
Best Program Puppetropolis
Taking Care of Business Michigan Avenue median landscaping
Coolest Thing McCormick Tribune Plaza
Green Downtown City Hall rooftop garden
Chicago Connection Riverwalk Gateway
Secure Downtown Daley Plaza barricades
Mary Ward Wolkonsky Award (for lifetime achievement) Ferd Kramer
Welcome
to Downtown
Boeing
Co.
Fox
& Obel
Petterino’s
Sears on State
2 0 0 1 W I N N E R S
Best New Development Block 36 SAIC residence
Best New Building Park Tower
Best Open Space Coliseum Park
Best Renovation 360 North Michigan
Best Restoration Wheeler Mansion
Best Ephemera Chicago Outdoor Film Festival
Best Continued Use Terra Museum
Taking Care of Business Chicago’s Movable Bridges
Coolest Thing Sue the T-Rex
Digital Downtown Mary Richardson Lowry
Adaptive Reuse J. Ira & Nicki Harris Family Hostel
Chicago Connection Blue Cross/Blue Shield to Millennium Park
SPF Award Dearborn Plaza brise-soleils
Mary Ward Wolkonsky Award (for lifetime achievement) Barbara Lynne
Welcome
to Downtown
Cosi
Café
Broadway
in Chicago
Borders on State
Smith
Museum of Stained Glass
Zoom
Kitchen
2 0 0 0 W I N N E R S
Best New Development Northwestern Hospital Complex
Best Open Space Ping Tom Memorial Park
Best Plan A Vision for State Street, Wabash Avenue, and Michigan Avenue
Best Renovation Old Saint Patrick’s Church
Best Restoration Reliance Building/Hotel Burnham
Best Ephemera 360 N. Michigan Sidewalk Barricade
Best Continued Use Allerton Crowne Plaza Hotel
Best Second Act Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago Traditions Chicago Jazz Festival
Taking Care of Business Bank One Plaza
Special Recognition Bruce Abrams, in memory
Coolest Thing Cows on Parade
Mary Ward Wolkonsky Award Edward K. Uhlir
Welcome to Downtown Chicago Firehouse Restaurant