Department of Housing and Economic Development
CITY OF CHICAGO
September 28, 2012
The Honorable Susana Mendoza City Clerk City of Chicago Room 107, City Hall 121 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60602
RE: Recommendation for DuSable High School (now the DuSable Campus), 4934 S. Wabash Avenue
Dear Clerk Mendoza:
We are tiling with your office for introduction at the October 3, 2012, City Council meeting as a transmittal to the Mayor and City Council of Chicago the recommendation of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks that DuSable High School be designated as a Chicago Landmark.
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. —
Eleanor Esser Gorski, AIA Assistant Commissioner Historic Preservation Division Bureau of Planning and Zoning
Sincerely.
ends.
Alderman Pat Dowell, 3r Ward (via email, without enclosure)
121 NORTH LASALLE STREET. ROOM 1 000, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602
ORDINANCE
DuSable High School 4934 South Wabash Avenue
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 DuSable High School, located at 4934 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, as more precisely described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein (the "Building"), satisfies three (3) criteria for landmark designation as set forth in Sections 2-120-620 (1), (3) and (5) of the Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the Building possesses exceptionally unique historic and cultural significance as the first Chicago Public School building constructed to serve an exclusively African-American student population following the Great Migration of 1916-1918, when the rapidly-growing African-American community was predominately confined to a narrow corridor of neighborhoods on Chic...
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