[remote or in person] Commission on Chicago Landmarks

Development

Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023
12:45 p.m. — 2:45 p.m. CST

121 N LaSalle St Chicago, IL 60602 (Directions)

City Hall

You have the option of documenting this meeting of the Chicago Commission on Landmarks (and the subsequent Permit Review Committee meeting, if it is held) in person or remotely.

If you choose to attend in person, an additional hour will be added to your total assignment hours. You may be asked to provide government-issued photo ID and to go through a metal detector.

If you choose to document remotely, the meeting will be live-streamed at https://vimeo.com/event/2354896. Please be aware that once in a while the meeting is held in a room that doesn’t have livestream capabilities; please email us if you notice this before we do so we can adjust the plan. More info about this is at https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dcd/supp_info/landmarks_commission.html just above the meeting schedule section.

After the fact, the video recording should be available at this link, likely just titled “DPD Live.” It may have a different date/time on it than when the meeting actually took place, so you may need to search or skim back a bit.

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Reporting

Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team

Note-taking by Naeemah Legair

Commissioners approved a preliminary landmark recommendation for the Jackson Storage and Van Company Warehouse in Little Village.

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Live reporting by Rob Reid

Commissioners approved a preliminary landmark recommendation for the Jackson Storage and Van Company Warehouse in Little Village.

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Hi, I’ll be live-tweeting today's Commission on Chicago Landmarks for #CHIdocumenters @CHIdocumenters.

12:58 PM Nov 9, 2023 CST

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The meeting is at City Hall 121 N. LaSalle Street, 11th Floor Room 1103, livestreamed at . Meeting called to order at 12:57 PM

vimeo.com/event/2354896

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The Commission on Chicago Landmarks (CCL) is charged with reviewing proposed alterations to protected Chicago landmarks, as well as recommending buildings and districts for designation as landmarks.

chicago.gov/city/en/depts/…

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The meeting is chaired by Ernest C. Wong. Its nine members are appointed by the mayor subject to City Council approval.

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minutes from the October meeting were approved

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Now being discussed, a preliminary landmark recommmendation for the Jackson Storage and Van Company Warehouse at 3609-3611 W. Cermak

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It's considered an historically significant example with elements of the Venetian Gothic style

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Here's today's agenda, for reference:

chicago.gov/content/dam/ci…

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The preliminary landmark recommendation was unanimously approved

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Now under discussion, the proposed landmark designation of the Mars Candy Factory at 2019 North Oark Park in the Austin neighborhood.

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Motions approved to request consent of the property owners for both the Mars Candy Factory designation, as well as the Phebe and John Gray House

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Now reviewing a requested property tax incentive to support exterior and interior rehab on the already-landmarked Flatiron Arts Building at 1579 N. Milwaukee in Wicker Park.

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The commission's report finds that the project meets or exceeds the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings

chicago.gov/content/dam/ci…

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The new building owner, David Ruttenberg (founder of the Belgravia Group) acknowledges recent problems with the nightclubs on the ground floor “Nothing good happens after midnight”...

blockclubchicago.org/2023/09/05/wic…

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…and hopes to improve the building, emphasizing its role as a community anchor. He renewed 80% of the leases on the upper two floors. “It’s not as much a great economic opportunity as a great social opportunity.”

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The motion carries unanimously. "Maybe Walgreens will come back..." Wong jokes, but the board shares his optimism.

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Announced the Public Hearing on Proposed Landmark Designation for the CENTURY BUILDING at
202 South State Street and CONSUMERS BUILDING at 220 South State Street on Monday November 13, 2023 @ 9:00 a.m., City Hall

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These two buildings were the subject of an editorial by the Sun-Times yesterday. It's an urgent matter because federal officials are otherwise recommending demolition.

chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/8/2395…

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Meeting adjourned at 1:47 PM, with the Permit Review Committee to pick back up at 1:50

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The slide show on the livestream is lagging a bit, but here's a picture and footprint of the Flat Iron discussed earlier.

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Permit Committee begins. Public comments (limited to 3 minutes) open for roof rehab work on the Tribune Tower.

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High-flying bird's eye view, now and in the (proposed) future. Intent is to keep the architectural characteristics, while addressing problems with leaking.

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Recommendation is to approve this work, with conditions. Historic Preservation Staff should have an opportunity to weigh in before any historic elements are removed during construction. Any damage should be repaired with similar materials.

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Unanimous approval, meeting adjourns at 2:05 PM

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Archived meeting is posted at

vimeo.com/883010211

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For the rest of this thread, see

https://twitter.com/robcat26/status/1722703482400964728

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Attachments

Notice and Agenda

By Naeemah Legair 11/9/2023

Mars Candy Factory

By Naeemah Legair 11/9/2023

Meeting details

By India Daniels 9/7/2023

Agency Information

Commission on Chicago Landmarks

www.chicago.gov

(312) 744-3200

landmarks@cityofchicago.org

@ChicagoDPD

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The Commission on Chicago Landmarks is responsible for recommending buildings, structures, sites and districts for legal protection as official Chicago landmarks. Staffed by the Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Planning and Development (DPD), the commission is also responsible for reviewing proposed alterations to existing landmarks and districts, as well as proposed demolitions of structures considered to be historically or architecturally significant.