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College tuition, property-tax breaks and a reduction in crime make the city a draw, Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara writes.
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College tuition, property-tax breaks and a reduction in crime make the city a draw, Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara writes.
The Archdiocese of Chicago, which owns the shuttered Pilsen church, has resisted granting it landmark status, arguing the restrictions would burden the church financially and make it harder to find a buyer.
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks voted to recommend it get the protection, setting up a final decision next week by the City Council.
If the Landmarks Commission gives the thumbs-up, who will step up to to preserve and reuse this historic church, and other vacant churches that represent a special place in Chicago architecture?
A church that's been a fixture on the North Side for more than a century offered parishioners a farewell mass on Sunday.