Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2013-2425

• Record #: O2013-2425
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 4/10/2013
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards
• Final action: 5/8/2013
• Title: Historical landmark designation for Portage Park Theatre Building at 4042-4060 N Milwaukee Ave and 4905-4915 W Cuyler Ave
• Sponsors: Misc. Transmittal
• Topic: HISTORICAL LANDMARKS - Designation

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/8/2013	53611	City Council	Passed	Pass
4/30/2013		Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards	Recommended to Pass	Pass
4/10/2013	49544	City Council	Referred

Department of Housing and Economic Development
CITY OF CHICAGO
April 2,2013

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 Portage Park Theatre Building at 4042-60 N. Milwaukee Av.; 4905-15 W. Cuyler 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 ofthe Commission on Chicago Landmarks that the Portage Park Theatre Building be designated a Chicago Landmark District.

The material being submitted to you for this proposal includes the:

1. Recommendation ofthe Commission on Chicago Landmarks; and

Proposed Ordinance.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Eleanor Esser Gorski, AlA Assistant Commissioner Historic Preservation Division Bureau of Planning and Zoning

ends.

Alderman John Arena, 45 1 Ward (via email without enclosure)





121 NORTH LASALLE STREET, ROOM 1000. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602
ORDINANCE
Portage Park Theatre Building 4042-60 N. Milwaukee Av. and 4905-15 W. Cuyler 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 Portage Park Theatre Building (the "Building"), located at 4042-60 N. Milwaukee Avenue and 4905-15 W. Cuyler Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, as more precisely described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein, satisfies three (3) criteria for landmark designation as set forth in Sections 2-120-620 (1), (4) and (7) ofthe Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the Building is a significant "transitional" movie theater in Chicago dating from 1919-20, exemplifying this important stage of movie theater design immediately after World War I. It remains one of the best of such remaining theaters i...