Record #: O2014-5790   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 7/30/2014 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards
Final action: 9/10/2014
Title: Historical landmark designation for Northwestern University Chicago Campus District at 303-361 E Chicago Ave
Sponsors: Misc. Transmittal
Topic: HISTORICAL LANDMARKS - Designation
Attachments: 1. O2014-5790.pdf
Department of Planning and Development
city of chicago

July 25,2014


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

RE: Recommendation for the Northwestern University Chicago Campus District, 303-361 E. Chicago Ave.

Dear Clerk Mendoza:

We are filing with your office for introduction at the July 30, 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 Northwestern University Chicago Campus District 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.
Sincerely.

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

ends.
Alderman Robert Fioretti, 2" Ward (without enclosure)

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121 NORTH LAS ALL E STREET, ROOM 1000. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602
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ORDINANCE

Northwestern University Chicago Campus District 303-361 East Chicago 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 the Northwestern University Chicago Campus District, generally located at 303-361 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois (the "District"), on a portion of the property legally 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), (4), (5), and (6) of the Municipal Code; and

WHEREAS, the general boundaries of the District are depicted on the map attached to this Ordinance as Exhibit B; and

WHEREAS, the District is defined to include the Montgomery Ward Memorial Building, the northern portion of the Wieboldt ...

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