A Chicago investor’s plan to convert part of a landmarked Loop office building into a data center received its first city approval last week, a move Chicago’s leading preservationist group called “a dangerous precedent.” Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case
November 5, 2026
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Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
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Conveniently, this building modification falls outside the scope and “the proposal isn’t subject to the new cross-department review that Johnson instituted in his executive order” per CST.
So where really are the guiderails for data centers and projects like this that are impacting not only recognized historical buildings but all of the citizens that live and work in the city?
Landmark rules – Any exterior changes, new additions, signs, or demolition visible from a public street require a special permit review. Interior have at it. Not sure what the “concern” is at least from the preservationists. Bringing life to buildings 60% empty… Maybe they can do this in the many Chicago SCHOOLS that are a lot less occupied 😉
Exactly