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City of Chicago
Mayor Richard M. Daley
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has earned a national reputation for his innovative, community-based programs to address education, public safety, neighborhood development and other challenges facing American cities. Time magazine, in its April 25, 2005 issue, said Daley “is widely viewed as the nation’s top urban executive.”
A former state senator and county prosecutor, Daley was elected Mayor on April 4, 1989, to complete the term of the late Harold Washington, and was re-elected in 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003 by overwhelming margins.
Frustrated with the performance of Chicago’s schools, Daley assumed responsibility for the Chicago Public Schools in 1995. His new management team closed a $1.8 billion deficit; made homework mandatory; ended social promotion of under performing students; improved school safety; greatly expanded summer school, after-school and early childhood education programs; and invested more then $4 billion in capital improvements. Recently, Daley has pushed especially hard to improve the teaching of reading, increase parental involvement in education and expand after-school and summer programs, as well as early childhood education. Student scores on standardized tests have risen consistently since 1995 and have surpassed national norms in some areas.
Under Daley’s leadership, Chicago’s community policing program also became a national model, with beat officers working with City agencies and residents to solve problems that foster crime. The police department added 1,500 officers, launched an aggressive anti-gang program and seized and destroyed 10,000 to 15,000 illegal weapons each year, more than any other city. Chicago’s crime rate has dropped every year since 1992.
Daley’s focus on quality-of-life concerns has led to greater emphasis on the delivery of basic services, from removing graffiti and deteriorating buildings to creating more green space and a citywide recycling plan. Since he became mayor, the City has planted more than 400,000 trees, created 100 school campus parks, built 68 miles of landscaped street medians and spurred the construction of rooftop gardens on major buildings, including City Hall. Daley has organized U.S. and Canadian mayors to protect the Great Lakes.
In 2004, Daley opened Millennium Park, the most ambitious public-private undertaking in Chicago’s history. Constructed over railroad tracks and parking lots in downtown Chicago, the widely acclaimed showplace of architecture and the arts features a spectacular band shell designed by Frank Gerry; a popular reflecting sculpture designed by Amish Kapok; an interactive fountain designed by Jaime Plans; a garden designed by Kathryn Gustafson; a theater for music and dance; restaurant and ice rink.
Under Daley’s leadership, Navy Pier has been renovated and turned into Chicago’s most popular tourist attraction. McCormick Place has been expanded and Soldier Field has been rehabilitated as part of a plan that added 17 acres of park land.
The City and its sister agencies have invested more than $11 billion in capital improvements since Daley became mayor. This includes 45 new and replacement schools and 66 additions an annexes, adding capacity for 42,600 students; street, sidewalk, bridge, sewer and other infrastructure improvements; more than 120 new acres of parkland; new ice rinks, recreation centers and swimming pool upgrades; and 51 new or fully renovated branch libraries
Mayor and Mrs. Daley
Since Daley took office, the City has invested more than $3 billion toward more than 125,000 affordable housing units and has established aggressive plans to rebuild public housing, extend housing affordability, and end homelessness in Chicago. The City has tripled the number of available beds for the homeless and established the largest locally funded rental subsidy program in the nation. Under Mayor Daley, Chicago was the first city in the country to enact legislation to combat predatory lending. Nationally, Mayor Daley has been a strong voice for the preservation of affordable housing, and he has led efforts to obtain more resources for housing at state and federal levels.
To improve the business climate, Daley trimmed business taxes; streamlined licensing processes for small businesses; created a business assistance program to support local companies and spur neighborhood development; and offered financial incentives to attract and retain employers.
A landmark ordinance Daley introduced in 1990 guarantees 25% of all City contracts to minority-owned businesses (MBE) and 5% to women-owned businesses (WBE). The City has surpassed those percentages every year since. Daley also has increased the number and percentage of minorities in the City’s workforce, created an Office of Sexual Harassment to investigate complaints and stiffened penalties for hate crimes.
By turning over some 40 City functions to private contractors and holding City employees more accountable, he has saved taxpayers more than $50 million a year and held City-levied property tax increases to slightly over 1% a year, far below the rate of inflation.
In 1996 Daley headed the U.S. Conference of Mayors. He has been named Municipal Leader of the Year by American City and County magazine; a Public Official of the Year by Governing magazine; and Politician of the Year by Library Journal. He has received the Education Excellence Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice; the Public Service Leadership Award from the National Council for Urban Economic Development; the J. Sterling Morton Award from the National Arbor Day Foundation; the Keystone Award from the American Architectural Foundation; the Martin Luther King/Robert F. Kennedy Award from the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence/Education Fund To End Handgun Violence; the Kevin Lynch Award from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; a Lifetime Achievement Award for support of the arts from Americans for the Arts and the U.S. Conference of Mayors; the Catalyst Award for Urban Park Leadership from the Urban Parks Institute; the Education Excellence Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice
Richard Michael Daley was born in Chicago April 24, 1942, the fourth of seven children and the eldest son of the late Mayor Richard J. Daley and his wife Eleanor. He graduated from De La Salle Academy, earned undergraduate and law degrees from DePaul University and began his public service career in 1969 when he was elected to the Illinois Constitutional Convention. From 1972 to 1980 he served in the Illinois Senate, where he led the fight to remove the sales tax on food and medicine, sponsored landmark mental health legislation and established rights for nursing home residents.
Daley was elected State’s Attorney of Cook County in 1980 and re-elected in 1984 and 1988. He pushed successfully for tougher state narcotics laws and raised the conviction rate dramatically. He helped overhaul Illinois’ antiquated rape laws to obtain more convictions and developed programs to combat drunk driving, domestic violence and child support delinquencies. Daley and his wife Maggie are the parents of three children, Nora Daley Conroy, Patrick Daley and Elizabeth Daley. A son Kevin died in 1981 at the age of three.
Role of the Mayor
The Mayor of Chicago, the city's chief executive officer, directs city departments and appoints department heads, with the advice and consent of the City Council.
The Mayor is elected for a four-year term in the year preceding each Presidential election year. The election is held on the last Tuesday in February. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election is held on the first Tuesday in April.
The Mayor submits a budget to the City Council, which must be approved by the end of each calendar year. The Mayor presides at City Council meetings and can vote in the event of a tie. The Mayor must approve or veto all ordinances passed by the City Council and has the power to veto whole ordinances or parts of appropriations bills.
The Mayor also appoints members of city boards and commissions and of the boards of "sister agencies" including the Board of Education, City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago Park District, Chicago Public Library, four members of the Chicago Transit Authority, six members of the Chicago Public Building Commission, four members of the International Port District and seven members of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority board.
Mayor Richard M. Daley was first elected April 4, 1989.
Awards and Distinctions
City of Chicago
* Named "U.S. City of the Future" for 2005-2006 by FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) Magazine
* Most Internet-accessible city in the United States, according to Ohio State University study
* Named "Top Metro" for business investment by Site Selection magazine four out of past five years.
* One of the 10 Best Places to Live, Money Magazine, 2002
* A Top-10 bicycling city, Bicycling Magazine
* "One of the best walking cities" AOL Travel/Travel & Leisure
* Top Honors in City Livability Award from U.S. Conference of Mayors and Waste Management, Inc., 2002
* Extreme City 'Digie' (Digital Innovation) Award, 2002
* National Trust for Historic Preservation National Preservation Award, 2000, 2002
* Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) Human Dignity Award, 2001
* Openlands Project Conservation Leadership Award, 2000
* National Trust's Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Policy, 2000
Mayor Richard M. Daley
* Elected Official of the Year Award from the Alliance for the Great Lakes 2006
* “One of the five best big-city mayors." Time Magazine 2005
* Kevin Lynch Award from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology "to an individual or organization whose work has improved our understanding of the built environment” 2005
* Lifetime Achievement Award for support of the arts from Americans for the Arts and the U.S. Conference of Mayors 2005
* Catalyst Award for Urban Park Leadership from the Urban Parks Institute 2001
* Education Excellence Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice 1999
* Public Service Leadership Award from the National Council for Urban Economic Development 1999
* J. Sterling Morton Award from the National Arbor Day Foundation 1999
* Keystone Award from the American Architectural Foundation 1999
* Martin Luther King/Robert F. Kennedy Award from the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence/Education Fund To End Handgun Violence 1999
* Garden Club of America Award 1999
* National Association of Industrial and Office Properties Award of Excellence for commercial and industrial development efforts 1999
* Trade Show Exhibitors Association Distinguished Service Award (1999)
* Governing Magazine’s Public Official of the Year 1997
* American City and County magazine’s Municipal Leader of the Year 1997
* Library Journal’s Politician of the Year 1997
* President, U.S. Conference of Mayors 1996
Press Reviews of Chicago and Mayor Daley
“No American city has progressed as much in the past two decades as Chicago. It’s richer, cleaner, more livable, more honest, though less colorful than it was.” David Brooks, New York Times, July 6, 2006.
“You can’t open a travel publication these days without hearing raves about Chicago. New hotels. Chic restaurants. Vibrant neighborhoods. Fantastic culture. We’re not here to argue. It’s all true. ... There’s no city in America quite as fresh and interesting right now as Chicago.” David LANDesk, New York Post, April 11, 2006.
“Since 1989 ... relative harmony has reigned under a second Mayor Richard Daley, who has skillfully modernized his father's approach to government, embracing rather than suppressing opponents and working with prominent businessmen to improve life in the city ... Many of [his] decisions, especially those concerning housing, education and the environment, have been bold, earning the mayor plenty of criticism but probably more approval.” -- John Grimond, The Economist, March 16, 2006
“Daley has become our 21st century Daniel Burnham.” Architect Stanley Tigerman, Chicago Sun-Times, August 29, 2005
“During 16 years as mayor, [Daley] has presided over the transformation of a grimy Rust Belt city into a sparkling jewel on the lake.” Syndicated columnist Robert Novak, June 30, 2005.
“If you took a poll of [urban experts], they would say Daley is the best American mayor of the last 25 years.” Alan Ehrenhalt, executive editor of Governing magazine, quoted in Chicago Tribune, May 28, 2005
“Chicago has stability and continuity. That’s what international, Capital and local businesses want.” Joel Kotkin, author of The City, quoted in Chicago Tribune, May 28, 2005.
Daley “is widely viewed as the nation’s top urban executive.” Time magazine, April 25, 2005.
Daley “has earned his ranking as one of America’s best mayors not because his city looks pretty or because the night life charms conventioneers. He has taken risks -- on dismal public schools, on high-rise ghettos -- that his father dared not touch. More than any other achievement, Richard M. Daley has succeeded as mayor by bridging many chasms that, in painfully recent times, divided an angry Chicago.” Chicago Tribune editorial, April 19, 2005
“Rich Daley has irrefutably made Chicago a better city to live in the 16 years since he has taken office. The streets are safer, there is robust cultural activity, the city has become beautified and construction is booming. Daley has also undertaken the Herculean task of fixing our school system, and he has made a difference.” Chicago Sun-Times editorial, April 19, 2005
“Cliché though it sounds, [Daley] really does seem to want to be the mayor of all Chicagoans.... He is a fix-it, a problem-solving, man, treating the city of Chicago as if it were an unending episode of ‘This Old House’ -- and he seems to be turning the old heap into a damn stately mansion.” Joseph Epstein, Wall Street Journal, February 24, 2005
“Daley has been a mightily effective chief executive, with a stick-to-itiveness that is rare in normally controversy-shy politics.” Steve Forbes, Forbes Magazine, November 29, 2004.
“Daley ... is serious about recycling, protecting the Great Lakes, and turning his hometown into an environment-friendly city, with the new 24.5-acre Millennium Park and a burgeoning number of rooftop gardens adding to the green.” Organic Style Magazine, November, 2004.
“No other great urban center in the United States equals Chicago's consistently high average of civic design.” Martin Filler, House and Garden, October, 2004.
“That mix of raw energy and refined aestheticism makes Chicago one of the world's great cities - and the current theatre capital of America.” Michael Billington, The Guardian, Manchester, England, June 23, 2004.
“Considered America’s most American city, this inviting metropolis blends Midwest manners with a world-class cultural and culinary scene.” National Geographic Traveler, April, 2004.
“Chicago perhaps has the handsomest downtown in the United States. None other attends to its public and commercial spaces with such civic pride.” Richard B. Woodward, New York Times, November 2, 2003.
“I can't think of another American city that spends so much money, time and energy on public places. There’s always some sort of construction in Chicago that is aimed at improving places where people go during their free time -- to the parks and lakefront, walkways and bikeways, museums and ball fields.” David Molyneaux, Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 2, 2002.
“Mayor Daley has made an incredible commitment to improving all sorts of parks and open spaces throughout Chicago in a way that no other mayor has.” -- Urban Parks Institute, August, 2001.
“A city that really works.... Chicago has the feel of a place that’s figured out something critical about the way cities move ahead.” John Lorinc, Toronto Life magazine, September, 2000.
“Chicago is surely the most underrated city in the United States, especially among foreigners. It truly is one of the great cities of the world. Its setting by the lake is extraordinary -- like a seaside city in the middle of the continent! -- its architecture is spectacular, and its people, one and all, are delightful.” Jan Morris, American Heritage, May/June, 2000
“It is the quintessential American city ... Chicago enters the 21st century as a prosperous, well-governed model for the rest of the country.” R.W. Apple Jr., New York Times, March 31, 2000.
“Across the nation, mayors look to Daley’s reform initiatives as a model for what they might do to revive their own public schools.” Time magazine, April 12, 1999
“[Daley] may just be the best mayor in the country, the prime representative of the new bred of local leaders who are competently doing things while the ethereal globalizers see their unreal worlds crashing down around them. And Chicago might just be our most stunning city....” Syndicated columnist Georgie Anne Geyer, November 24, 1998
“CHICAGO -- This is America’s urban paradise.” -- Jeff Bailey and Calmetta Y. Coleman, Wall Street Journal, August 21, 1996.
City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower
City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower, one of Chicago's most popular landmarks, presents exhibitions of Chicago-themed photographs by Chicago photographers.
Millennium Park Self-guided Audio Tours
The self-guided Millennium Park audio tour is available for download. You can explore the Park with its creators as your guide, including Frank Gehry, Anish Kapoor and Jaume Plensa.
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago's Architectural Showplace for the Lively and Visual Arts and home of the city's official Visitor Center
Chicago Cultural Center Tours
Gaze at the world’s largest Tiffany stained-glass dome, as well as beautifully ornate, multi-colored mosaics, marble and molding during guided architectural tours of the Chicago Cultural Center.
Chicago Landmarks
Information on landmarks status, Chicago commission on Landmarks, Links, and site notes.
Chicago Neighborhood Tour: Little Italy
Visit The Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, and continue on a guided walking tour of the Taylor Street, the main thoroughfare. This tour concludes with a private tour and discussion at the national historic landmark Jane Addams Hull-House Museum.
Chicago Neighborhood Tour: Pullman Historic District
Explore the site of George M. Pullman’s South Side “model town,” built to house his Pullman Palace Car Company workers in the late 1800s.
Chicago Neighborhood Tour: Ukrainian Village
Designated an official neighborhood in 1983, Ukrainian Village is a charming, Old World-influenced neighborhood filled with beautiful churches, interesting museums, and shops. Learn of the influx of Ukrainians to Chicago at The Ukrainian National Museum.
Chicago Tribute: Markers of Distinction
More than 90 distinguished Chicagoans are immortalized through the installation of Chicago Tribute: Markers of Distinction. The seven-foot tall porcelain-enameled signs feature photographs and biographical highlights of notable Chicagoans.
Chicago War Memorials and Military Monuments
Visit the Chicago War Memorials and Monuments website. Honoring those who served, fought and died in defense of America's freedom
Clarke House Museum Provides Glimpse of Life in Early Chicago
Chicago's oldest house, located at 1827 S. Indiana Ave., provides a glimpse at life in early Chicago.
Famous Films Made in Chicago
List of famous films and television shows shot in Chicago from 1959 through today.
Friends of Downtown: The Palmer House Renovation
This historic Chicago property located on Monroe between State Street and Wabash will undergo a major renovation.
Made in Chicago
Made in Chicago is a City of Chicago program designed to recognize the hundreds of companies that comprise the city’s exceptional industrial base.
Maxim's: The Nancy Goldberg International Center
Maxim's is an international meeting and hospitality center, administered by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. Public programs include cabaret, opera and book signings. The facility is also available for private events.
Preservation Snapshots - “got mesker?”
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's historic preservation program has been working with the historic Southern Silk Road town of Weishan as it seeks to preserve a rich collection of historic architecture.
Riverwalk Gateway: A Public Art Installation by Ellen Lanyon
Chicago's largest work of public art to date, Riverwalk Gateway by Ellen Lanyon tells the history of Chicago and its river. The magnificent 336-foot long wall installation consists of sixteen narrative panels and twelve decorative panels.
Special Interest Tour: Chicago’s Magnificent Churches
Gain insight into the city’s past and present at the historic Second Presbyterian Church. Observe its elaborate Victorian architecture and examples of sacred artworks, including Tiffany stained glass windows and Arts and Crafts interiors.
Leonardo Nierman: Flame of the Millennium
Motorists passing the Ohio Interchange on the Kennedy Expressway are now treated to a magnificent artwork titled, "Flame of the Millennium," a 25-foot tall, stainless steel sculpture by Leonardo Nierman.
Summertime Sampler Tour: Uptown, Andersonville & Lincoln Square
These far north neighborhoods are among Chicago’s more recently established. Uncover their multicultural legacies and intriguing histories. Time is allotted to explore Clark Street in Andersonville and the shops along Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Square.
The Chicago Film Archives presents Out Of The Vault
The Chicago Film Archives is pleased to announce its annual extravaganza, OUT OF THE VAULT, which provides a delightful glimpse into the local archive’s holdings of unique and often overlooked films.
Chicago River Virtual Tour
Take the Chicago River Virtual Tour. Sit back and relax as the canoe gently flows and meanders down the river.
Domestic Violence Online Resources & Research
This page connects the user to a wide array of resources and research materials covering domestic violence topics such as: victim services, public policy, civil litigation for victims of crime, stalking resources and general info from virtual libraries.
City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower
806 N. Michigan Ave. at Chicago
312-742-0808
City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower, 806 N. Michigan, presents exhibitions of Chicago-themed photographs by Chicago photographers. Located in one of Chicago's most popular landmarks, City Gallery is staffed by visitor representatives of the Chicago Office of Tourism and curated by the Chicago Public Art Program. Links to current exhibitions may be found under See Also in the left column.
Historic Water Tower
The Historic Water Tower has been the city's most cherished landmark for over a century. This structure was designed in 1867 by architect William W. Boyington. It stands today as a memorial to the victims of the Great Chicago Fire.
The structure was erected in 1869 to house a 138-foot-tall standpipe, three feet in diameter. This standpipe served to equalize pressure and to minimize the pulsations of the water flowing in the mains. The tower was constructed of Joliet limestone blocks quarried in Illinois, a foresight which proved invaluable two years after the completion of construction when, on the morning of October 9, 1871, flames engulfed Chicago and leveled nearly every building except for the Water Tower.
On the day following the fire, the Water Tower served as a guidepost by which citizens hunted through the ruins for what had once been their homes. It became a monument to the efforts of Chicago's water works engineers; it became and has remained a symbol of Chicago's indomitable "I Will" spirit.
Water Tower and Pumping Station
The tower is constructed in the castellated gothic style. Its saw-toothed towers were designed by Boyington to recapture the romance of a medieval castle, the kind from which archers and crossbow men defended themselves. While its octagonal form incorporates Gothic architectural elements, its slender tower, crowned by wide windows and a balcony, has a minaret quality.
The foundation of the Water Tower consists of 168 piles filled with concrete and capped with 12-inch oak timbers. Massive stones laid in cement complete the base up to six feet below the grade. The tower rises in five sections from the square ground-level base with battlement pillars at each of its four corners. Each of the 40-foot-wide sides has a stately doorway and two grand windows. The second and third sections are similar in design as they rise in diminishing size. The octagonal tower is centered and set back from the top of the third section. It rises 154 feet above the ground level.
The standpipe was removed in 1911 when it was no longer needed. The spiral staircase which encircled the standpipe, however, is still intact and is used to reach the tower cupola.
Pumping Station 2000
Across the street, on the east side of Michigan Avenue, the municipally owned Water Works was built and placed in operation in 1854. When the water tower was completed in 1869, it was supplied with water by a tunnel system which extended two miles out into Lake Michigan. The first of the Chicago water tunnels, which was completed in 1867, attracted world-wide interest as an engineering feat.
In 1969, the year of its centennial anniversary, the water tower was nationally recognized as the First American Water Landmark, and in 1972, the Chicago Landmarks commission designated the Historic Water Tower and the Chicago Avenue Pumping Station as city landmarks.
Today, the Historic Water Tower is the home of City Gallery, the city's official photography gallery and the Pumping Station serves as the Chicago Water Works, a Visitor Welcome Center where the public can not only gather literature about the city's myriad of attractions, but also observe the Chicago Water Works at work. As of June 2003, the Chicago Avenue Pumping Station became the home to the Lookingglass Theater.
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago, Illinois
Exhibition Schedule
The landmark building known as the Chicago Cultural Center serves as the city's official reception venue where the Mayor has welcomed Presidents and royalty, diplomats and community leaders. This is the "People's Palace," where Chicago's diverse communities gather. This remarkable structure was completed in 1897 as the city's main library. Constructed to be "an enduring monument worthy of a great and public spirited city" -- in the words of the founding library board -- the "People's Palace" is a testament to the foresight of Chicago's turn of the 20th century cultural leadership.
The nation's first free municipal cultural center, the Chicago Cultural Center is one of the city's ten most popular attractions and is considered one of the most comprehensive arts showcases in the United States. Each year, the Chicago Cultural Center features more than 1,000 programs and exhibitions covering a wide range of the performing, visual and literary arts. Programming is aimed at increasing public awareness of the arts, and school tours and learning guides are provided to enhance the public's appreciation of the landmark building and enjoyment of its diverse programs and exhibitions.
Programs feature classical, jazz, world, folk, pop, and vocal music concerts, new and classic plays and readings, modern dance performances, art discussions, film screenings, lectures, cultural celebrations, and participatory events for all ages. Regularly scheduled programs include weekday “LunchBreak” concerts and gallery talks, and weekly “Sunday Salon Series” afternoon concerts, among others. Regular building tours are scheduled at 1:15 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Groups are scheduled at other times by arrangement.
Exhibitions present a wide range of traditional and new media: painting, sculpture, photography, graphics, crafts, architecture, and design. A variety of contemporary, historical, and cultural offerings include international traveling exhibitions as well as one-person shows by local artists. Several major exhibitions are organized annually by staff of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs or guest curators. Related lectures, panel discussions, films, symposia, and gallery talks are frequently scheduled. Special programs and tours for students are presented.
The Chicago Cultural Center houses eight exhibition spaces, two concert halls, two theaters, a cabaret performing space, a dance studio, a senior center, a café, a shop, and a visitor information center.
Designed by the Boston firm of Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, the building was dedicated in 1897 as the first permanent home of the Chicago Public Library. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 31, 1972, and was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 15, 1976. Its beaux-arts style was influenced by the buildings of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and its architecture features both Greek and Roman styles. The building's interior features rooms modeled on the Doge's Palace in Venice, the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, and the Acropolis in Athens. The building is most notable for two spectacular stained-glass domes as well as lush ornamentation that includes rare marbles inlaid with sparkling mosaics and intricate, coffered ceilings.
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks, whose nine members are appointed by the Mayor and City Council, was established in 1968 by City Ordinance. It is responsible for recommending to the City Council that individual buildings, sites, objects, or entire districts be designated as Chicago Landmarks, thereby providing legal protection.
To be recommended for landmark status by the Commission, a building or district must meet at least two of the following criteria: critical part of Chicago's heritage, site of a significant event, association with a significant person, important architecture, important architect, distinctive theme as a district, or unique visual feature. It must also retain a high degree of architectural integrity.
As of Jan. 1, 2005, 259 Chicago Landmarks have been designated by the City Council, including 217 individual designations, 38 landmark districts, and four district extensions, totaling 6,500 properties.
The Commission is also responsible for reviewing any proposed alteration, demolition, or new construction affecting individual landmarks or properties in landmark districts as part of the permit review process.
Commission Members
David Mosena, Chairman
John W. Baird, Secretary
Lori T. Healey
Lisa Willis
Phyllis Ellin
Christopher R. Reed
Edward I. Torrez
Ernest C. Wong
Ben Weese
The Commission is staffed by the Landmarks Division of the Chicago Department of Planning and Development. Commission meetings are open to the public.
Chicago Tribute: Markers of Distinction
More than 90 distinguished Chicagoans are immortalized through the installation of Chicago Tribute: Markers of Distinction. The seven-foot tall porcelain-enameled signs feature photographs and biographical highlights of notable Chicagoans. The markers, which are placed in the parkway in front of the locations where they lived or worked, celebrate Chicago's history by commemorating great Chicagoans where they lived or worked.
Funded by the Chicago Tribune Foundation, the markers articulate the connection between the city of today and the historic individuals and events that shape our world.
Since its inception in 1997, Chicago Tributes Markers of Distinction have honored the following distinguished Chicagoans with the installation of markers at the following addresses:
* Bessie Abramowitz and Sidney Hillman, labor activists, 1922 S. Halsted St.
* Robert S. Abbott, newspaper publisher, 4742 S. King Dr.
* Nelson Algren, writer, 1958 W. Evergreen
* John Peter Altgeld, lawyer and Governor of Illinois, 504 W. Diversey
* Saul Alinsky, community organizer, 4430 S. Marshfield
* Margaret Anderson, editor and writer, 837 W. Ainslie
* Louis Armstrong, bandleader, 421 E. 44th St.
* L. Frank Baum, writer, 1667 N. Humboldt
* Jesse Binga, businessman, 5922 S. King Dr.
* Louise DeKoven Bowen, social reformer, 1430 N. Astor
* Myra Bradwell, legal reformer, 1428 S. Michigan
* Daniel H. Burnham, architect and planner, 4300 S. Michigan
* Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini, Catholic nun, 2520 N. Lakeview
* Octave Chanute, aeronaut and civil engineer, 224 E. Huron
* Ellis Chesbrough, engineer, 933 N. LaSalle
* Nat King Cole, musician, 4023 S. Vincennes
* Bessie Coleman, aviatrix, 4101 S. King Dr.
* Clarence Darrow, lawyer, 1537 E. 60th St.
* John Dewey, educator, 1554 E. 61st St.>
* Oscar DePriest, politician, 4536 S. King Dr.
* Thomas A. Dorsey, father of gospel music, 7921 S. Indiana
* Paul Douglas, United States Senator, 5650 S. Blackstone
* Stephen Douglas, United States Senator, 35th and Cottage Grove
* St. Clair Drake, sociologist, 510 W. Chesnut
* Finley Peter Dunne, journalist, 3109 W. Warren
* Catherine and Jean-Baptiste Point du Sable, fur traders and farmers, 401 N. Michigan
* James T. Farrell, novelist, 2023 E. 72nd St.
* Edna Ferber, novelist, 1642 E. 56th St.
* Enrico and Laura Fermi, physicists and peace activists, 5337 S. Woodlawn
* Marshall Field, merchant, 1905 S. Prairie
* Lucy Louisa Flower, juvenile court advocate, 1920 W. Wellington
* Andrew Rube Foster, baseball player and manager, 39th and Wentworth
* R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor, 426 W. Belmont
* Mary Garden, opera singer, 636 S. Michigan
* Benny Goodman, musician, 1125 S. Francisco
* George Halas, owner coach, Chicago Bears, 4356 W. Washington
* Lorraine Hansberry, playwright, 5936 S. King Dr.
* Vivian Harsh, librarian, 4801 S. Michigan
* Pearl M. Hart, lawyer, 2821 N. Pine Grove
* Ben Hecht, writer, 5210 S. Kenwood
* Women of Hull-House, pioneers of social work, 800 S. Halsted
* Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer, 8358 S. Indiana
* Jens Jensen, landscape architect, 1141 N. Sacramento
* John Jones, abolitionist, 119 S. Dearborn St.
* Rudy Lozano, community organizer, 4030 W. 25th St.
* Marx Brothers, comedians, 4512 S. King Dr.
* Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor, 675 N. Rush
* Robert McCormick, newspaper editor and publisher, 1519 N. Astor
* Mary McDowell, social reformer, 4655 McDowell
* Joseph Medill, journalist and mayor of Chicago, 639 N. Wabash
* Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect, 200 E. Pearson
* László Moholy-Nagy, artist and educator, 2622 N. Lakeview
* Harriet Monroe, poet and publisher, 543 N. Wabash
* McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters), blues musician, 4339 S. Lake Park
* Archibald Motley, Sr., artist, 350 W. 60th St.
* Paul Muni, actor, 714-16 W. Roosevelt Rd.
* William Butler Ogden, politician, 50 E. Ontario St.
* Ruth Page, dancer and choreographer, 540 N. Michigan
* Bertha and Potter Palmer, philanthropists and entrepreneurs, 1350 N. Lake Shore
* Albert and Lucy Parsons, labor activists, 1908 N. Mohawk
* Irna Philips, writer, 1335 N. Astor
* George Pullman, industrialist, 1729 S. Prairiez.
* John W. Root, architect, 1310 N. Astor St.
* Julius Rosenwald, businessman and philanthropist, 4901 S. Ellis Ave.
* Carl Sandburg, writer and poet, 4646 N. Hermitage
* Abe Saperstein, basketball empresario, founder of the Harlem Globetrotters, 5551 W. Van Buren
* Hannah Greenbaum Solomon, social reformer, 4060 S. Lake Park
* Louis Sullivan, architect, 4575 S. Lake Park
* Lorado Taft, artist, 60th St. and Ellis
* Burr Tillstrom, puppeteer, 1407 W. Sherwin Ave.
* Theodore Thomas, symphony conductor, 52 E. Bellevue
* John Mills Van Osdel, Chicago's first architect, 2310 S. Indiana Ave.
* Bill Veeck, baseball club owner, 1380 E. Madison Park
* A. Montgomery Ward, businessman and preservationist, 6 N. Michigan
* Harold Washington, Mayor of Chicago, 5300 S. South Shore Dr.
* Ida B. Wells-Barnett, social reformer, 3624 S. King
* Daniel Hale Williams, surgeon, 445 E. 42nd
* Elizabeth Wood, housing reformer, 3145 N. Cambridge Ave.
* Frank Lloyd Wright, architect, 25 E. Cedar
* Richard Wright, novelist, playwright, 3743 S. Indiana
Special Interest Tour: Chicago’s Magnificent Churches
Gain insight into the city’s past and present at the historic Second Presbyterian Church. Observe its elaborate Victorian architecture and examples of sacred artworks, including Tiffany stained glass windows and Arts and Crafts interiors. Stops at other churches as available complete this fascinating tour, led by architectural expert Thomas O’Gorman.
Chicago Neighborhood Tours
Travel the world with the Chicago Neighborhood Tours, which depart from the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph St. entrance, and offer a unique perspective on Chicago’s multicultural communities. In addition to regularly scheduled Neighborhood Tours of ten community areas, themed Special Interest Tours are offered. Reservations are recommended. PLEASE NOTE: There is a fee of $25 per tour for adults, and $20 for children, students and senior citizens on the Neighborhood Tours. Neighborhood Tours are approximately four hours. Special Interest Tour prices are $50 for adults and $45 for seniors over 65, children 8-18 and full-time students. Special Interest Tour prices include lunch. These tours can also be tailored for groups. For information, call 312-742-1190 or visit www.chicagoneighborhoodtours.com
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