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Article: Arts Club Loses Survival Bid // City Panel Refuses To Bar Demolition Of Historic Site
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- October 20, 1994
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The Landmarks Commission took a pass Wednesday on trying to save
the Arts Club from the wrecking ball, adding fuel to an international
outcry threatening to paint Chicago as a home of architectural
philistines.
Despite an impassioned meeting - that had to be moved from City
Hall to the Cultural Center because of an overflow crowd favoring
preservation of the site at 109 E. Ontario - the outcome seemed set
from the start.
A City Hall source had predicted confidently that a majority of
six on the panel would vote to deny landmark status to the club,
designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The prediction was off: The
final vote was 7-0, with two abstentions.
Developer John Buck seemed to ...