The Chicago Commission on Landmarks approved the Uptown Square District last December.
The area is centered Broadway between Wilson and Lawrence and had already been designated an historic district on the National Register of Historic Places, but a local landmark district actually protects buildings from demolition and changes to their appearance.
M1 Properties, owned by George Markopoulos, proposed a residential building last year at 4601 N Broadway, diagonally across from the McJunkin building, a “contributing” building in the district.
The proposed hasn't gone to Plan Commission or the zoning committee for approvals, yet, but 46th Ward Alder James Cappleman supports it. The building would have 197 residences and 44 parking spaces due to its location across the street from the rebuilt Wilson Red Line station.
In an email newsletter yesterday from Cappleman’s office it was mentioned that “the City’s Dept. of Planning & Development made additional requests for some architectural revisions to have it more in keeping with the other buildings”.
You can see the changes in the image below.
What do you think? Does the building designed by MX3 Architects look more like existing buildings, and should the city have made such a request?
