Could United Center redevelopment effort help a church designed by the 'father of the skyscraper' rise again?

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date May 5, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Last Updated May 5, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/architecture/2026/05/05/united-center-redevelopment-greater-union-baptist-church-designed-father-skyscraper

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Greater Union Baptist Church has one of the city’s most breathtaking sanctuaries, with its semicircular ranks of pews that sit beneath muscular, richly-detailed hammer beam wooden ceiling trusses and bronze chandeliers. The church, 1956 W. Warren Blvd., is just north of the routinely packed-out Uni...