[remote or in person] Commission on Chicago Landmarks + Permit Review Committee

Development

Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023
12:45 p.m. — 2:45 p.m. CDT

121 N LaSalle St Chicago, IL 60602 (Directions)

Chicago City Hall, Room 201A or 1003

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.

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 Daniel Wolk

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks accepted a report on Wolfson Building, a former maternal health center and homeless shelter in East Garfield Park.

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Live reporting by Citlali Perez

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks accepted a report on Wolfson Building, a former maternal health center and homeless shelter in East Garfield Park.

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

02:24 PM Sep 7, 2023 CDT

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The agenda can be found here

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Live stream can be found here

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Chair Wong promptly calls meeting to order at 1:30. Motion to approve minutes passes.

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first order of business is regarding St. Adalbert Parish Complex in the 25th ward which has received the support from various resident to preserve because of its cultural significance

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Commissioner Cox gives an overview presentation of the complex's historical significance. These isn't the same presentation but it has similar information

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Here is more information

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Ald. Sigcho-Lopez of the 25 ward chimes in after the presentation. He says the the quality of life plan will be in line with the priorities of the TIF. He hopes that they can collaborate with the archdiocese so there can be more investment

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Chair Wong says that many people have signed up for public comment so he will be calling five at the time. Additionally many people have signed in favor of the project, he reads the list of names

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Note: I may miss or accidentally misspell some names. I may not catch every single comment exactly but will give a general summary of comments given.

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First public comment from Kasha Lavitzka, works and lives in Chicago she says that the church shows the hard work of immigrant communities

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Rosemary Dominguez, is a long time parishioner of St. Adelbert and a community activist. She calls attention to the Latino and Polish community that's worked together to preserve to complex

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Attachments

Meeting details

By India Daniels 9/7/2023

Agency Information

Commission on Chicago Landmarks

www.chicago.gov

(312) 744-3200

landmarks@cityofchicago.org

@ChicagoDPD

See Documenters reporting

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.