The Landmark Option

Landmark designation is a proven, effective and constitutionally tested method of protecting buildings from legally being torn down or externally disfigured. It is the best tool wherever it is available.

• Proposed City of Chicago Landmark District for Northeast Edgewater
   
• Questions and Answers about the Chicago Landmark Ordinance
   
• Arguments against Landmark Designation and the EHS response to them
   
• Process of Landmark designation
   
• Criteria for Landmark designation
   
• Maps of Chicago Landmarks and Landmark districts (PDF)
   
  • North Side (Page 1)
     
  • South Side (Page 2)
     
  • Greater downtown – North (Page 3)
     
  • Greater downtown – South (Page 4)
     
• What the EHS pledges to do for non-institutional owners in an East Edgewater Landmark District