Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2014-6774

• Record #: O2014-6774
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 9/10/2014
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards
• Final action: 10/8/2014
• Title: Historical landmark designation for Cairo Supper Club Building at 4015-4017 N Sheridan Rd
• Sponsors: Dept./Agency
• Topic: HISTORICAL LANDMARKS - Designation

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/8/2014	93284	City Council	Passed	Pass
9/30/2014		Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards	Recommended to Pass	Pass
9/10/2014	86849	City Council	Referred

Department of Planning and Development
city of chicago

September 3, 2014


The Honorable Susana Mendoza City Clerk City of Chicago Room 107, City Hall 121 North LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60602

RE: Recommendation for the Cairo Supper Club Building, 4015-4017 N. Sheridan Rd.

Dear Clerk Mendoza:

We are filing with your office for introduction at the September 10, 2014, City Council meeting as a transmittal to the Mayor and City Council of Chicago the recommendation of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks that the Cairo Supper Club Building 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.
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Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Sincerely,


Eleanor Esser Gorski, AIA Director of Historic Preservation Historic Preservation Division Bureau of Zoning and Land Use

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cc: Alderman James Cappleman, 46tn Ward (without enclosure)





121 NORTH LASALLE STREET, ROOM 1000, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60G02
ORDINANCE
Cairo Supper Club Building 4015-4017 North Sheridan Road
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 Cairo Supper Club Building, located at 4015-4017 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Illinois (the "Building"), legally described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein, satisfies three (3) criteria for landmark designation as set forth in Sections 2-120-620 (4), (5), and (7) ofthe Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the Building is an Egyptian Revival-style building, a rare and unusual architectural style in Chicago and one used by very few Chicago buildings; and
WHEREAS, the Building's Egyptian-inspired exterior exemplifies the interest in ancient Egyptian culture in Chicago in the late 1919s and early1920s with the opening ofthe Univers...