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Hotel LaSalle Garage
215 W. Washington, Chicago
Built 1918
The Commission on Chicago
Landmarks voted in November 2004 not to recommend landmark designation of
this 87-year-old parking garage, which was one of the oldest buildings of
its kind in the U.S. The city’s planning department had opposed the
designation, agreeing with the owner’s contention that repair and
continued use—or reuse—of the building was not economically feasible. |
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Older garages in other cities
(i.e., Boston, Los Angeles) have been adapted or converted to other uses.
LPCI had contended that the “economic hardship” argument should be a
separate process from designation, as provided for in the city’s landmarks
ordinance. The terra cotta-clad garage, which was designed by Holabird &
Roche, was demolished July 2005 for a new condominium development.
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