The meeting agenda for today has been published online and could be found at chicago.gov/content/dam/ci…

The meeting is held in the City Council Chambers, located on the second floor of Chicago City Hall at 121 N LaSalle St. Settling in now.

The meeting was called to order at 12:48pm. Chair Ernest C. Wong, Vice Chair Gabriel Ignacio Dziekiewicz and commission members Suellen Burns, Jonathan Fair, Alicia Ponce, Adam Rubin, and Richard Tolliver are in attendance.

The first item under consideration is the proposed landmark designation of Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago, located at 3993 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Drive. The motion is approved by the Commission.

The second item under consideration is the proposed landmark designation of the WAX TRAX! building, located at 2449 N Lincoln Ave. Commissioner Rubin reported on the public hearing on this and mentioned that members of the public overwhelmingly supported the proposed designation.

The current owner of the WAX TRAX! record label is speaking in support of the proposal and highlights the tourism benefits that the landmark designation would have and the cultural significance of the record store to the music scene in Chicago.

Another member of the public who grew up in the area spoke critically of the recent architectural transformation of the stretch of Lincoln Avenue close to the WAX TRAX! as a result of new developments: "We're stripping things of their character and charm."

A representative of Preservation Chicago just spoke in support of the proposed landmark designation.

The motion to approve the proposed landmark designation of WAX TRAX! (2449 N Lincoln Ave) has been adopted unanimously.

The next item under consideration is the recommendation to the Illinois National Registry Advisory Council to nominate Our Lady of Lourdes / Pentecostal Church of Holiness located at 4208 W 15th St to the National Register of Historical Places.

The Commission just voted to support the nomination.

Now the Annual Report for 2024 is being presented to the Commission.

Now the Permit Review Committee Report is briefly presented to the Commission.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:41 pm. The Commission's next meeting is scheduled for April 3, 2024. This concludes my live-tweeting for today's regular meeting of The Commission on Chicago Landmarks (CCL) for #CHIdocumenters @CHIdocumenters