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PUBLIC STREET CLOSING
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. THAT PART OF SOUTH CALUMET AVENUE, 66 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY, LYING SOUTH OF EAST 43rd STREET AND NORTH OF EAST 44™ STREET DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SOUTH CALUMET AVENUE 74.20 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 15 IN H. HONORE'S SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN PER DOCUMENT 85080 RECORDED FEBRUARY 20, 1873; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREE 46 MINUTES 27 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF SOUTH CALUMET AVENUE, 232.19 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE, CONCAVE SOUTH, HAVING A RADIUS OF 33.00 FEET, HAVING A CHORD BEARING SOUTH 88 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST, FOR A DISTANCE OF 103.67 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENCY ON THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SOUTH CALUMET AVENUE; THENCE NORTH 01 DEGREE 46 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF SOUTH CALUMET AVENUE, 232.19 FEET TO A' POINT OF CURVATURE; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE CONCAVE NORTH, HAVING A RADIUS OF 33.00 FEET, HAVING A CHORD BEARING NORTH 88 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 33 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 103.67 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENCY ON SAID EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF SOUTH CALUMET AVENUE AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SAID PARCEL OF LAND HEREIN DESCRIBED CONTAINS 11,903 SQUARE FEET OR 0.273 ACRES, MORE OR LESS as shaded and legally described by the words "HEREBY CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC" on the plat hereto attached as Exhibit A, which plat for greater certainty, is hereby made a part of this ordinance, be and the same is hereby closed to vehicular traffic except for a lane which shall be provided in said street for fire, police and other emergency vehicles, inasmuch as the same is intended for public park use by the Chicago Park District (Hadi...
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