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Landmark Status Recommended for Historic Buildings Near North Block

CHICAGO-The recommendation from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks would affect a $60-million renovation of Medinah Temple and Tree Studios, which also would bring a Bloomingdale's Home Store.

By Mark Ruda | Updated on June 11, 2001

CHICAGO-The Medinah Temple and Tree Studios, which are undergoing a $60-million renovation, have been recommended for Chicago landmark status. The Commission on Chicago Landmarks, which recommends the designation to the city council, also wants to preserve the Bush Temple of Music and the LaSalle Street Cable Car Powerhouse buildings in the River North neighborhood.

“With landmarks designation, the city will have preserved some of the River North neighborhood’s most historic and distinctive buildings,” says Commission Chairman David Mosena.

Tax increment financing is providing $12.5 million for the Medinah Temple/Tree Studios project. Historic Preservation Associates, with help from preservationist Albert Friedman, and Bloomingdale’s is working on a project that will open the entire 600 block of N. State Street to the public for the first time. Bloomingdale’s plans to open its first-ever 130,000-sf Home Store in four stories of Medinah Temple. Restoration of the Temple’s distinctive architectural features and redevelopment of the building’s interior features would begin this fall, with the store’s opening scheduled for spring 2002.

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