Re: can you answer CHICAGO question?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 Dick Sidbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I hate to poke a pair of snakes with a stick when it appears that 
> they have come to a common agreement, but in my community and I'm 
> sure in many others, buildings can be designated as historical 
> landmarks. A neighbor's home was so designated and now he (the owner) 
> can't make any substantial changes to his house without approval of 
> the historical society.

In most cases that I've seen, the owner of the building applies for the 
historic landmark designation, and anyone who buys it knows in advance 
that it is so designated.

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