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Concur with the Historic Preservation Commission and Adopt an Ordinance Designating 1144 Lake Street as an Oak Park Landmark
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The Historic Preservation Commission recommends that the Village Board Adopt an Ordinance authorizing amendment of Chapter 7, Article 9, Section 7 (F) of the Village Code and designate 1144 Lake Street as an Oak Park Landmark. This is a companion item with their Class L request and the redevelopment agreement.
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Recommended Action
Adopt the Ordinance.
Prior Board Action
There is no prior Board action associated with this item.
Background
The Historic Preservation Ordinance, adopted by the Village Board in 1994, enables the Historic Preservation Commission to recommend, and the Village Board to adopt by Ordinance, local landmarks within the Village. The property must meet one or more of the eight (8) criteria for designation as listed in the Ordinance. The Ordinance calls for the Commission to hold a public hearing and then forward a recommendation in the form of a Resolution to the Village Board. Upon receipt of the Resolution and nomination report, the Village Board has 30 days to designate or reject the nomination by simple majority. Upon approval, the Board shall enact an ordinance designating the landmark.
The Marshall Fields and Company Store is located at 1144 Lake Street at the northeast corner of Harlem Avenue and Lake Street, and at the western edge of Oak Park. The building sits a block north of the elevated Green Line CTA Harlem stop, which provides commuter access to downtown Chicago, along with the Metra Commuter stop in the same location. Designated by Graham, Anderson, Probst, and White, and constructed in 1929 as Marshall Fields and Company's first permanent suburban store at a total price of $207,000. The Oak Park department store expresses an Art Deco modernity tempered by a corporate sense of tradition. In 1988, the Marshall Field's Building was in...
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