CHICAGO-A North Michigan Avenue building designed by architect Philip B. Maher will receive landmark designation under a preliminary recommendation by a city commission. However, the owner of the 11-story building at 664 N. Michigan Ave. already is talking with city officials about a permit to fix a deteriorating façade on the upper floors.
“We're caught in a very perilous dilemma,” attorney Jack Guthman told the Commission on Chicago Landmarks recently. “We are on notice that we have an unsafe condition.”
Guthman represents the owner of the building, the not-for-profit Terra Foundation. He says the building's façade has prevented ownership from considering the merits of landmark designation.
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