Department of Planning and Development
CITY OF CHICAGO
September 26, 2016
The Honorable Susana Mendoza City Clerk City of Chicago Room 107, City Hall 121 North LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60602
RE: Recommendation for the designation of the Lakeview Avenue Row House District as a Chicago Landmark, 2700-2710 North Lakeview Ave.
Dear Clerk Mendoza:
We are filing with your office for introduction at the October 5, 2016, City Council meeting as a transmittal to the Mayor and City Council of Chicago the recommendation of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks that the Lakeview Avenue Row House District be designated as a Chicago Landmark.
The material being submitted to you for this proposal includes the:
Recommendation ofthe Commission on Chicago Landmarks; and
Proposed Ordinance.
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Eleanor Esser Gorski, AIA Deputy Commissioner
Planning, Design and Historic Preservation Division Department of Planning and Development
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Alderman Michele Smith, 43r Ward (via email without enclosure)
121 NORTH LASALLE STREET, ROOM 1000, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS G0602
ORDINANCE
Lakeview Avenue Row House District 2700 - 2714 N. Lakeview Ave. (evens) 400 - 408 W. Wrightwood Ave. (evens)
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 Lakeview Avenue Row House District (the "District"), defined by 2700, 2704, 2708, and 2710 N. Lakeview Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, legally described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein, satisfies two (2) criteria for landmark designation as set forth in Section 2-120-620 (4) and (5) of the Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the District forms a visually distinctive group of row houses, a building type of importance to Chicago architectural history; and
WHEREAS, the District is one of Chicago's fi...
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