Department of Planning and Development
city of chicago
January 13,2017
The Honorable Anna Valencia City Clerk City of Chicago Room 107, City Hall 121 North LaSalle Street Chicago, IL 60602
RE: Recommendation for the designation of the Essex Inn as a Chicago Landmark,
800 S. Michigan Avenue
Dear Clerk Valencia:
We are filing with your office for introduction at the January 25, 2017, City Council meeting as a transmittal to the Mayor and City Council of Chicago the recommendation of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks that the Essex Inn 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.
Eleanor Esser Gorski, AIA Deputy Commissioner
Planning, Design and Historic Preservation Division Department of Planning and Development
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Alderman Sophia King, 4 Ward (via email without enclosure)
121 NORTH LASALLE STREET, ROOM 1000, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602
ORDINANCE
Essex Inn 800 S. Michigan 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 Essex Inn (the "Building"), located at 800 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, legally described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein, satisfies three (3) criteria for landmark designation as set forth in Section 2-120-620 (1), (4) and (5) of the Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the Building exemplifies the history of Michigan Avenue in the post-World War II era and the corresponding development of Lake Shore Drive and the Interstate network; and
WHEREAS, the Building is one of two glass-box International style buildings in the Michigan Avenue Historic District; and
WHEREAS, the Building was designed by A. Epstein & Sons. The architecture and engineering firm...
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