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FASCINATING SUBJECT.

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>> IT IS A PLEASURE.

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>> 15 HISTORIC BUILDING IN THE

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NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD ARE HEADED

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FOR LANDMARK STATUS AFTER THE

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COMMISSION CALLED FOR PROTECTING

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THEM AT A MEETING THIS

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AFTERNOON.

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AS "CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" NICK

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BLUMBERG REPORTS THE BUILDINGS

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REPRESENT A KEY MOMENT IN THE

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CITY'S HISTORY.

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AND THEIR LANDMARK STATUS WOULD

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MEAN RESTRICTIONS.

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>> THE DAY JOHN MOVED INTO HIS

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BUILDING ON RUSH STREET 30 YEARS

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AGO HE SAYS A GUY WALKED IN AND

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ASKED IF HE WAS THE NEW OWNER.

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>> I SAID YEP AND HE SAID WOULD

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YOU LIKE PICTURES OF IT.

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>> HE USED TO BE A NEWSPAPER

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PHOTOGRAPHER WHO HAD SHOTS OF

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HIS HOUSE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

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>> AND THAT IS REALLY A COOL

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CARVED DOORWAY AND NOW IT'S

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MARBLE.

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>> HE HELD ON TO THE PHOTOS FOR

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DECADES AND LOVES THE HISTORY

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BEHIND HIS BUILDING.

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IT'S ONE OF 15 ON THE NEAR NORTH

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SIDE BUILT IN THE LATE 1800'S

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THAT ADVOCATES WANT TO PRESERVE.

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MANY ARE BUSINESSES, THEY WERE

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ORIGINALLY ALL HOMES FOR WELL TO

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DO CHICAGOANS.

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BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED AND CRAFTED

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TWO, THREE, FOUR-STOREY

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STRUCTURES.

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>> YOU SEE TALL BUILDINGS GOING

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UP AND THE WONDERFUL LITTLE ROW

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HOUSES THAT HAVE THESE CHARMING

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BUSINESSES IN THEM, THE HUMAN

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SCALE OF THESE STRUCTURES THIS

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GIVES A SENSE OF PLACE, A SENSE

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OF HISTORY.

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>> AND THEY REPRESENT A FRESH

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START.

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BUILT IN THE YEARS AFTER OF

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DEVASTATING FIRE HALF THE

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BUILDINGS ARE BRICK AND

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LIMESTONE, CARVINGS.

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AND THE OTHERS ARE A MIX.

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QUEEN ANN WITH FORM VARIED

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COLORS.

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SECOND EMPIRE WITH A FRENCH

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INFLUENCE.

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SOME HAVE A MEDIEVAL FLAIR FROM

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ROMANNESQUE DETAILS AND SOME OF

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THE ARCHITECTS WERE RESPONSIBLE

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FOR REMARKABLE BUILDINGS LIKE

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THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY AND THE

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CHICAGO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.

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LISA DICHIERA FROM LANDMARKS

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ILLINOIS SAYS THE 15 ARE

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SURVIVORS.

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>> THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT

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THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE

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NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICULARLY OVER

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THE LAST 30 YEARS HAS REALLY

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WIPED OUT A LOT OF THE REMNANTS

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OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY

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DEVELOPMENT.

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>> DESPITE THEIR HISTORIC VALUE

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SOME PROPERTY OWNERS ARE WORRIED

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THAT PRESERVATION EFFORTS WILL

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TIE THEIR HANDS AND MAKE IT

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DIFFICULT IF THEY WANT TO SELL.

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IF THE LANDMARK DESIGNATION GOES

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THROUGH, OWNERS CANNOT TEAR DOWN

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THE BUILDINGS OR MAKE ANY

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CHANGES TO THE HISTORIC FACADES.

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JOHN CONNELLAN DOESN'T THINK

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TEAR DOWNS ARE IN THE OFFING.

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HE HAS SPOKEN OUT AT PUBLIC

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HEARINGS.

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ONE VOICED FEARS FOR HIS FUTURE

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IF HE CANNOT FIND A BUYER.

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>> HE SAID THIS IS MY

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RETIREMENT.

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BUT IF I CANNOT GET THE MONEY

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OUT OF THE BUILDING, I DON'T

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HAVE A RETIREMENT.

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TO ME, THEY ARE NOT SELLING THIS

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CONCEPT.

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>> PRESERVATION ADVOCATES SAY

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THEY UNDERSTAND OWNERS' CONCERNS

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BUT THEY HAVE WATCHED THE FABRIC

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OF THE CITY CHANGE.

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>> WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IN THIS

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NEIGHBORHOOD A LITTLE TOO TO THE

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NORTH THERE ARE ROW HOUSES

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CONVERTED INTO RESTAURANTS AND

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BUSINESSES AND A LOT OF THOSE

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HAVE GONE AND REPLACED BY TALL

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BUILDINGS.

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>> AN APPLICATION TO DEMOLISH

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TWO OF THE BUILDINGS PROMPTED

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THE CITY TO MOVE TO PRESERVE THE

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STRUCTURES.

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>> WITHOUT THE BUILDINGS WE

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WOULD HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF

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WHAT THE CITY LOOKED LIKE IN

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THAT EARLY DEVELOPMENT PERIOD.

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IF THEY ARE GONE THEY ARE GONE

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FOREVER.

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>> OWNERS CAN MAKE CHANGES TO

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THE INTERIORS OF THE BUILDINGS

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EVEN WITH THE LANDMARK

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DESIGNATION.

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WHILE IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL YET,

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JOHN CONNELLAN SAYS...

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>> YOU CAN'T BEAT CITY HALL.

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SORRY ABOUT THAT, MAYOR.

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>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M

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NICK BLUMBERG.

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>> THIS AFTERNOON'S HEARING

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STAFF NOTED THAT OWNERS ARE

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ALLOWED TO BUILD ADDITIONS AT

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THE REAR OF THE BUILDINGS IF

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THEY ARE SETBACK FROM THE

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STREET.