Department of Housing and Economic Development
CITY OF CHICAGO
April 5,2013
The Honorable Susana Mendoza City Clerk City of Chicago Room 107, City Hall 121 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60602
RE: Recommendation for Landmark Designation of the Oppenheimer-Goldblatt Bros. Department Store Building at 4700 S. Ashland Av.
Dear Clerk Mendoza:
We are filing with your office for introduction at the April 10, 2013, City Council meeting as a transmittal to the Mayor and City Council of Chicago the recommendation of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks that the Oppenheimer-Goldblatt Bros. Department Store Building be designated a Chicago Landmark District.
The material being submitted to you for this proposal includes the:
Recommendation of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks; and
Proposed Ordinance.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Sincerely,
Historic Preservation Division Bureau of Planning and Zoning
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Alderman Willie Cochran, 20 1 Ward (without enclosure)
121 NORTH LASALLE STREET, ROOM 1 000, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602
ORDINANCE
Oppenheimer-Goldblatt Bros. Department Store Building 4700 S. Ashland Av.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Municipal Code of Chicago (the "Municipal Code"), Sections 2-120-630 through -690, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks (the "Commission") has determined that the Oppenheimer-Goldblatt Bros. Department Store Building (the "Building"), located at 4700 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, as more precisely described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein, satisfies four (4) criteria for landmark designation as set forth in Sections 2-120-620 (1), (3), (4) and (5) of the Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the Building exemplifies the important role that neighborhood department stores played as economic engines in the development of Chicago's neighborhood commercial districts in general, and specifically the intersection of 47th St. and Ashland Av., one of the oldest...
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