Talk:List of Chicago Landmarks

Are the colors in the list really necessary? In most cases, readers can infer that a landmark is a church, school, etc. I just think the colors are a distraction, and they make the list difficult to read. Zagalejo 21:36, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Some of the colors are too intense, especially the red. Aren't there more pastels available? Why don't theaters get a color? Speciate 00:39, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Lose the colors. Why do some rows have multiple colors? The red squares are completely illegible. If you need the information the colors include, whatever is, add another column.Shsilver 23:11, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Red removed and replaced with aqua. It should be clear from the legend that a building might be both a Skyscraper and an Apartment Building for example. Thus, it gets two colors. In almost every other table where colors help to quickly identify similar table elements it is considered a good thing. I hope you guys are just against the red. I have moved the legend for explanatory purposes.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 20:47, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

If it would be more useful, we could switch to something more subtle like List of British Columbia general elections. --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 20:51, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

I think that might be a little bit better. Zagalejo 02:24, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

I think something like the BC election example would be excellent. Speciate 22:34, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Those colors look pretty bad. It's like a flashback or something. IvoShandor 00:50, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Agree with IvoShandor. I still think adding an additional column with the information and getting rid of all the colors works better. For instance:

Shsilver 11:17, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

(unindent) I am not sure what you are suggesting because your example did not seem to work. I am guessing you are saying also make the chart subtle by just having a sample column of the color. I think we are pretty well pressed up against the 100kb suggested page size capacity. I believe adding another column would increase KB usage significantly. Anyone is free to attempt to make changes however. --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 20:34, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Unless the City of Chicago denotes official categories for these landmarks, I think we should drop the classification scheme altogether. If users want to learn more about a particular structure, they can click on the link. Zagalejo 21:29, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

The colors should definitely go. On top of being aesthetically unpleasing to the eye, it looks like a disco club on acid, it is useless. No one is going to remember the ten colors and what classification (which is seemingly just some made up scheme-read OR) they represent half way down the page. Thus they will have to scroll back up. It's utterly useless. IvoShandor 21:36, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

I see three voices opposing these colors. They should be removed. IvoShandor 21:40, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Make that 4. Besides being too garish, there are too many colors to keep track of, the list is too long for easy scrolling to look back at the key to the colors, and the use of two colors for some (high-rise apartments, for example) is not easy for a reader to understand. -- DS1953 ^talk 21:48, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

I am certainly willing to nix the colors if it is the right thing to do. I have put in a call to the godfather of lists User:Circeus on what the proper thing to do is. I am hoping he will post an opinion here or on my talk page and if he wants to keep them, I would fight to keep them and suggest you consider his opinion. If he thinks they should go since he is the expert on list I will promptly remove them. --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 00:58, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

undent
"Godfather of lists"? LOL Ahem. There are several valid points here, and I'm throwing in a personal thought:

• It's generally viewed badly on Internet to convey information by colors only. This alone would justify the addition of a column. (see also Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles#Use_color_sparingly)
• However, if the classification scheme is not actually used by the Chicago landmark commission (?), there's no real point in using it in the first place
• Additionally, adding a columns would be squeezing too much information in the space we have (at least on 1024x800 displays, not to mention smaller resolutions), and would probably require the images to be dropped
• I too agree the colors could use some toning down (although that can be taken care of with a search/replace).

So, in the end, it comes down to: "Is the 'type' classification official and is it necessary to reflect it in the list?" Circeus 01:17, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

It is unofficial. I will remove colors tomorrow.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 20:28, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I don't really want to remove the colors, but will not contest those who want to remove them. Any of you above are free to remove them. I am essentially saying I hope not to have to spend my time undoing something I don't want to see undone. I will not be reverting it tomorrow. Anyone who thinks it is important to undo is free to undo the colors, however. --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/tcfkaWCDbwincowtchatlotpsoplrttaDCLaM) 20:49, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Why are the refs in a scrolling box? Not only would they not print but it looks like we're trying to hide something. Anyone else? IvoShandor 02:15, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

I thought I had gotten rid of these! *goes to undo* Circeus 18:31, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

As of 2008-02-17 the landmark commission had not updated the city web page with new listings since Jewelers Row District was designated on 2003-07-09. Thus all promotions starting with Pulaski Park Fieldhouse which was promoted on 2003-07-29 are not included. However, upon request one can obtain a .pdf of the current list of Chicago Landmarks as of 2008-01-01. I have posted this .pdf on my personal webpage. It had been anticipated that the website would be updated in January 2008 according to a November phone call to the commission. However, since it is not clear when such an update will occur, I am going to begin updating our list without an official public release of the update based on documents that are available upon request by the public. At this time, four additional Landmarks have been designated in 2008 and will also be added. Over the next week, I will be adding these landmarks to this page.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 17:37, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I have also posted my excerpted list of New Landmarks, which is merely a Microsoft word documents of Landmarks I saw that were missing from the Wikipedia list. In addition the commission sent me a word document with 2008 landmark designations.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 17:51, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Please help us fill in the redlinks as they are added.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 04:55, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

We should start with the Marshall Field Bldg, it should be the easiest to research and photograph (or obtain photographs of). Many of the others are districts, which are more difficult. And all those fire stations? I dunno. Speciate (talk) 07:14, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

We don't seem to have an article on Humboldt Park, the park. Instead of writing separate articles on the Humboldt Park Boathouse Pavilion and the Humboldt Park Receptory Building and Stable, I think we should start with a general article about the park, and redirect the redlinks there. Thoughts? Zagalejo^^^ 03:42, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Is this advertising ? He is everywhere on this page (smile) Lars 18:27, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Does anyone know how to overhaul our page to make it look like List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 07:13, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I like that your page is differently formatted than that Los Angeles one, which i helped to develop recently. But, if you really wanted to make it look more the same you could merge in the new Chicago list-table that i have created within a temporary list-article List of Registered Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois/Temp. The Chicago list there was created the same way that the List of RHPs in Los Angeles table was created. It should cover all the NHLs and other NRHPs that are covered in the current List of Chicago Landmarks article, and would give u a good start. If you want to keep the scope of this List of Chicago Landmarks article to be just the Chicago-designated landmarks, then you will have to delete some rows out of that table, meaning the ones that are NRHPs in Chicago which are not also Chicago-designated landmarks. Or, perhaps you could set those aside in a new table, like you have a table for NHLs that are not also Chicago-designated landmarks.

My general intention for the List of Registered Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois/Temp article would be to spin off a separate list-article on RHPs in Chicago (unless you want to integrate it into this List of Chicago Landmarks), spin off a list-article on RHPs in Evanston, and use the remainder table to replace the current List of Registered Historic Places in Cook County, Illinois article. Before doing so, all the neighborhood info and other info in the current article would need to be translated over. Please discuss at the Talk page to the current RHPs in Cook County article. doncram (talk) 22:48, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

What I really want is to know if you can add all the coordinates to the Chicago Landmark list. Also one of your NRHP coordinates is off based on looking at the map of all coordinates.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 17:40, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for liking the coordinates map attached to the List of RHPs in Chicago. I actually didn't yet know the map was displaying at all, it must have just been processed and/or approved by Google Maps, after 4-5 days. I was concerned that it was over some unstated size limit, with having towards 300 locations mapped, more than any other Google map that i've worked with. Anyhow, i am thrilled it is now displaying!

Thanks also for the tip that some coordinates appear incorrect. The coordinates data for that map is from the National Register Information System (NRIS), which has some errors but is pretty good overall. I just deleted coordinates for three of the 290 or so: NRIS coordinates had placed Old Colony Buildings out in the lake, and had put Chicago Board of Trade and Mies van der Rohe's Buildings at 860-880 Lake Shore Drive far out in Illinois, perhaps a hundred miles off. It will take Google Maps a few days again, probably, to no longer show those.

It certainly would be possible to create a similar map for the Chicago Landmarks, since it seems to be established that Google Maps will accept this many locations. There seem to be 292 Chicago Landmarks, slightly fewer than 296 Chicago NRHPs. One difficulty, by the way, is choosing a single location to use to identify any large park or other Historic District.

There may be better ways to do this, but one way to proceed would be to cut-and-paste the coordinates from the List of RHPs in Chicago for the 100 or so sites that are both NRHPs and Chicago Landmarks, into this List of Chicago Landmarks. And then you could manually collect coordinates for the other Chicago Landmarks. You can get the precise latitude and longitude numbers needed from Google map looking at a specified address. Conversion to/from decimal format to days-minutes-seconds format of numbers may be needed, but there are converter tools available (including one that i linked from wp:NRHPMOS). With a list-article that includes coordinates in a table or anywhere else, the map is generated by simply adding {{GeoGroupTemplate}} to the list-article where you want "Map of all coordinates" link to appear. So it is very doable. You might want to check with the Chicago Landmarks Commission, if they have a spreadsheet or other file with the latitude and longitude info already. And you may want to post at WT:NRHP to reach others more focused on this stuff, about what tools to use to do this more efficiently.

However, perhaps you could start by helping to add coordinates for the relatively few sites that are missing them, in List of RHPs in Chicago? That might make more sense, to clean one list-article up with respect to this, first, and your help there would certainly be appreciated. Thanks again, and hope this helps, anyhow! doncram (talk) 18:43, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

We now have a nightmare. Instead of overhauling their old website, they have created a http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarks.jsp new website]. Now, we not only need to add dozens of website, but also redo all the old so that everything is referencing the new website. I am not a coordinates guy. Usually my co-authors get them for me. I will come spend some time with your page and see how I can help, though.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:11, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

As to "Google Earth/Maps processing", using template GeoGroupTemplate; When the user selects "Map of all coordinates", Wiki tools dynamically creates the KML/KMZ which is read by Google Maps or imported into Google Earth. So no batch processing is performed, and there is no "delay". This is different than template Coord | display=title or Location | display=title Google Earth/Maps processing where they (Google) "data mine" through Wiki articles to find those articles with a primary "title" coordinate defined for the page, which they do periodically, but I am not sure how often (I notice some "old" articles which I updated (months ago) now appearing on Google Earth/Maps, but not articles which I updated relatively recently (days/weeks). Some template InfoBox(es) automatically set the display=title parameter. Which column/field do you want coordinates in? the Location column or a new Coordinates column? LeheckaG (talk) 10:23, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

I was counting the number of Chicago landmarks to mention elsewhere, and notice an apparent discrepancy. From this listing at Chicago Landmarks Commission, i figure there are 292 city-designated landmarks: (My quick count, which should be checked, is tallied as: Numbered sites:4 (cumulative: 4) A:14 (cumulative: 18) B:13 (31) C:29 (60) D:9 E:20 (89) f:13 g:8 (110) h:15 i:6 (131) j:8 K:8 (147) L:11 (158) m:25 (183) n:8 (191) o:11 (202) p:15 q:1 (218) r:13 (231) S:27 (258) t:9 u:5 (272) v:2 w:16 (290) y:2 (cumulative total: 292) ). In this list-article, though, while there is pretty much one footnote per landmark, there are only 280 footnotes. So the list-article is missing some, n'est-ce pas? doncram (talk) 23:04, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

The list on this page was based on updated designations as of January 2008. See current ref #16. It seems that the city has added about 4 years of pages to their list to October or November 2007. At some point someone needs to change all the citations to the city pages like the rest of the listings.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 17:30, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

With the "GeoGroupTemplate" that displays "Map of all coordinates" in place, just added by LeheckaG, we could start adding latitude and longitude locations of all the Chicago landmarks listed here. Earlier, elsewhere, I commented to LeheckaG that we should practice on a separate copy of this article, but actually i see no problem with adding coordinate tags in here directly, right with the addresses. As was done with List of octagon houses, and List of RHPs in LA recently. I don't think it would cause any big problem with the current layout, so why not? doncram (talk) 01:41, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

In fact i just tried adding coordinates for a couple sites. It may take a day or two before the "Map of all coordinates" shows them, there seems to be some delay at Google, maybe there is a manual check that applies for some kinds of usage (while for other examples i have found the Google map to be created instantly). doncram (talk) 01:51, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Reposting (from section above): As to "Google Earth/Maps processing", using template GeoGroupTemplate; When the user selects "Map of all coordinates", Wiki tools dynamically creates the KML/KMZ which is read by Google Maps or imported into Google Earth. So no batch processing is performed, and there is no "delay". This is different than template Coord | display=title or Location | display=title Google Earth/Maps processing where they (Google) "data mine" through Wiki articles to find those articles with a primary "title" coordinate defined for the page, which they do periodically, but I am not sure how often (I notice some "old" articles which I updated (months ago) now appearing on Google Earth/Maps, but not articles which I updated relatively recently (days/weeks). Some template InfoBox(es) automatically set the display=title parameter. Which column/field do you want coordinates in? the Location column or a new Coordinates column?

I think it might be useful to add a column to the table which lists the neighborhood the Landmark is found in, I know I personally use the neighborhood designations to hunt down and visit properties on the National Register. Those lists include the neighborhood, such as: National Register of Historic Places listings in North Side Chicago. Thoughts? IvoShandor (talk) 15:20, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Right now there are several Chicago Landmark templates that link to other templates in the last row of links. This doesn't seem like the best way of doing things. The long list of landmarks on this page is broken apart alphabetically, which also seems a little unwieldy. One could kill two birds with one stone by reorganizing this list by type of landmark (Apartments, Culture, Education, Districts, Houses, Memorials and monuments, Municipal buildings, Skyscrapers, Transportation, Worship). Then the templates could link to the appropriate sub section of this list. Thoughts? Fitnr (talk) 21:19, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

There are several Schlitz Brewery buildings which need to be added to the list. Anyone up to the task, we appreciate your help! Funandtrvl (talk) 18:31, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Added them! Just 10 years late on your request. Of course, we still need to turn those red links to blue but I will get to that later. IntegrityPen (talk) 00:54, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 60 external links on List of Chicago Landmarks. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/landmarksweb/web/ordinance.htm
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.hydeparkhistory.org/cornellaward.html
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20121009042000/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=915&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=915&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080103060222/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-684823132&ResourceType=District to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-684823132&ResourceType=District
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080305023711/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=916&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=916&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20071207154927/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1796&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1796&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110605215530/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1989164123&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1989164123&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080103060556/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=917&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=917&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080103060417/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1818611782&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1818611782&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080103060344/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1615&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1615&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080303145201/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1752&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1752&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20150405180502/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=204&ResourceType=Site to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=204&ResourceType=Site
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1393
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=12151
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1397
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1398
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1527
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1399
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1401
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/districtDetail.do?disID=26
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=11383
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1406
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1407
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1408
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1410
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1413
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20121010025846/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=206&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=206&ResourceType=Building
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=11391
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1415
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110605225900/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=919&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=919&ResourceType=Building
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1362
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1419
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1420
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1421
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1525
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/zlup/provdrs/hist/news/2010/jul/landmark_commissionrecommendsshorelandhotelfor.html
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1524
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1526
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1429
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1526
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1431
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110606203421/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=207&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=207&ResourceType=Building
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1434
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1435
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1436
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1437
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1438
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1438
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1444
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1448
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=11394
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1449
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1453
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1522
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/districtDetail.do?disID=36
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1458
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1460
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080103060434/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1983&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1983&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120212012307/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1613&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1613&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080103060349/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1616&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1616&ResourceType=Building

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 13:26, 17 May 2017 (UTC)

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 13 external links on List of Chicago Landmarks. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.nps.gov/history/nhl/designations/Lists/IL01.pdf
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080103060233/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-814529574&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-814529574&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20121010085453/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1618&ResourceType=District to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1618&ResourceType=District
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110606051600/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1755&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1755&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080528154217/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=1223&resourceType=Structure to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=1223&resourceType=Structure
• Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/zlup/Historic_Preservation/Minutes/CCLSep2013Minutes.pdf
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110605223418/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1434&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1434&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080103060458/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=209115252&ResourceType=District to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=209115252&ResourceType=District
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20071123084531/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1614&ResourceType=Site to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1614&ResourceType=Site
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110605215321/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1754&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1754&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20090628070526/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1984&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1984&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120212012351/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2065&ResourceType=Structure to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2065&ResourceType=Structure
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110605224427/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1537&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1537&ResourceType=Building

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 11:16, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on List of Chicago Landmarks. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080303145121/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1536&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1536&ResourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080303145151/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1617&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1617&ResourceType=Building

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 10:49, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 5 external links on List of Chicago Landmarks. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20071114222659/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=205&resourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=205&resourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080103060309/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1328&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=1328&resourceType=Building
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080103060409/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1753&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1753&ResourceType=Building
• Added {{dead link}} tag to http://egov.cityofchicago.org/webportal/COCWebPortal/COC_ATTACH/084_June_2009_LM_Agenda,pdf.pdf
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110605223556/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=817&ResourceType=District to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=817&ResourceType=District
• Added {{dead link}} tag to http://egov.cityofchicago.org/Landmarks/pdf/LandmarksBooklet,pdf.pdf
• Added {{dead link}} tag to http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/U/UnityHall.htmlhttp%3A//webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1442
• Added {{dead link}} tag to http://egov.cityofchicago.org/Landmarks/pdf/2009_Annual_Report.pdf
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080103060329/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1612&ResourceType=Building to http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1612&ResourceType=Building

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 10:49, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

• Buckingham Fountain in Chicago, USA.jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 19:22, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

I'm in the process of cleaning up this page, and you can see my to-do list on my user page. Already, I've found many Chicago landmarks that were not on the list. I'm adding them, but as I get deep into this and am thinking ahead, I have a couple of suggestions that I'm going to implement unless somebody objects:

1. Landmark districts are different from landmarks. Having them in the same table makes it harder to see them, and, from an end-user experience, I believe the commingling works against the page's usefulness, rather than for it. So I intend to create a separate section for landmark districts, explain what they are, and then put the districts in their own table.

2. Related to the above, it's not widely understood but a notable building that is in a landmark district is not necessarily itself a Chicago landmark. For example, consider the Chicago Bee Building. It is called out as notable in the Black Metropolis District landmark district documentation and it gets protection from being in the district. But it's not actually a Chicago landmark, and yet it is listed on this page as if it were. There are several others that are, to my mind, incorrectly listed here as landmarks, and yet at the same time there are many buildings called out in the districts' documentation that are not in this page's list of landmarks. Again, I would propose pulling out the non-landmark buildings into a new section with a new table; maybe the section is "Noteworthy landmark district buildings" or something like that.

I realize some people, mostly years ago, have spent a ton of time on this page. Thank you for all that work. If you are still around and interested in this page, pleaes let me know what you think of the above. I think both of these steps, 1 and 2, will make the page stronger. But I don't want to mess with your masterpiece too much without your blessing. If I don't hear from anyone, I'll make the changes above although it could be a couple weeks before I get it done. IntegrityPen (talk) 11:36, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

• I look forward to your improvements.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 04:19, 28 April 2023 (UTC)