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Originally Posted by BVictor1
http://oururbantimes.com/preservatio...ct-wicker-park
Developer seeks to demolish historic building in Milwaukee Ave. Landmark District in Wicker Park
By: Elaine Coorens
Date: 09/20/2013
Owner of the property at 1505 N. Milwaukee, Steve Lipe, Lipe Property Company, and his architect Brent Norsman, Norsman Architects, presented a proposal to the Wicker Park Committee's (WPC) Preservation and Development (P and D) Committee to demolish the building at 1501 N. Milwaukee Ave. in the Milwaukee Avenue Historic District at a meeting this week.
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I am sure that you all will be stymied to learn that this building was saved from demolition. Thanks, largely, to a thoroughly researched report from the Landmarks staff that suggested that, in a landmark district intended to show a wide range of Chicago's 19th and 20th century commercial buildings, the lone example of a false front, frame commercial building in the district should be considered important.
The difference between this building and the Black Duck building, is that this building had been landmarked.
It took 20 years to do. Virtually all of the commercial buildings were cut out of the city's Wicker Park District when it was created.
As I said before about the Black duck:
The neighborhood is gonna have to give a lot to save them. If they don't insist that they be individually landmarked as a prerequisite to any deal, they will be wasting their time.