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Landmark status proposed for Hyde Park Union Church
Hyde Park Union Church would be designated as an official Chicago landmark under a recommendation made to City Council today by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks. Designed by prominent architect James Gamble Rogers and located at 5600 S. Woodlawn Ave., the two-story, Richardsonian Romanesque-style church was completed in 1906, with an education wing added 20 years later.
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Mayor proposes tax incentive for Diaz Group's renovated office building
Diaz Group LLC’s recent $512,000 renovation of a former New City bank into company offices would receive a Class 7a property tax incentive proposed to City Council today by Mayor Brandon Johnson. The project at 5100 S. Damen Ave. was completed in 2023, providing a headquarters for more than 500 landscape industry employees. The one-story building had been vacant since 2015.
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Near West Side bank restoration receives landmark grant, tax incentive
The $53.1 million rehabilitation of the Near West Side’s former Mid-City Trust and Savings Bank into a hotel will receive support through a $1.3 million Adopt-A-Landmark grant and tax incentive approved by City Council today.
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John B. Murphy Memorial designated as official Chicago landmark
The John B. Murphy Memorial on the Near North Side was designated by City Council as an official Chicago Landmark today. Located at 50 E. Erie St., the memorial was built in 1926 for the American College of Surgeons (ACS) to honor one of its founders, John B. Murphy, who was a leading practitioner committed to improving the surgical profession and teaching standards.
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CITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT: Mayor Emanuel Announces Next Small Business “On The Road” Expo
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) today announced that its second Small Business Center “On the Road” Expo of 2018 will take place Saturday, May 12, 2018, at Arturo Velasquez Institute.
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Audit finds faults throughout Chicago's affordable housing program
Chicago has failed to develop a strategy regarding affordable housing development, required no land for such housing in ideal areas in the last decade, and can't explain what happened to $4.5 million earmarked for construction of affordable housing units, an audit revealed recently.