Mixed-Use, Landmark Status For Chicago's Union Station

The Chicago Landmarks Commission will recommend to the City Council that Union Station be named a city landmark. The commission also gave its blessing to a plan to add 18 stories to the existing 8-story structure.

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February 8, 2002, 12:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The Chicago Landmarks Commission on Thursday is expected to consider an ambitious proposal for a mixed-use redevelopment of Union Station that would include construction of a multistory addition on top of the historic but underused railroad station." Additional floors were foreseen by the original plans, but never built.

Thanks to Jason Liechty

FULL STORY: Mixed-use proposal for rail station

Thursday, February 7, 2002 in The Chicago Tribune

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