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Originally Posted by 10023
Chicago needs to protect all of its old buildings, whether they have historic or architectural significance or not...
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I live in New York - a city that has, at best, a mixed record on preservation (we're still demo'ing 200+-year-old Federalist buildings pretty regularly).
That said, I'm always absolutely shocked / mortified at how much Chicago seems to crap on preservation. Every time I'm in Chicago, I see beautiful old mansions, townhouses, etc., in places like River North or Lincoln Park biting the dust for fairly ugly new condos.
Given the huge number of surface lots and parking garages, the city could easily, without any impact on development, put down a blanket landmarking of its irreplaceable pre-WWII architectural stock. Unfortunately, I don't think that's likely, as it would be a very far cry from what seems to happen today.