Full Text of HR0387 97th General Assembly
HR0387 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On June 2, 1910, Mrs. V.H. Sweinnhart paid $16.90 | 3 | | for Chicago Building Permit #21227 to build at 714 W. Sheridan | 4 | | Road (formerly 714 and 716), a six-unit apartment building | 5 | | which was to cost $36,000; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The building was designed by architect Emery | 7 | | Stanford Hall and constructed by the firm of Marquardt and | 8 | | Brunke;
and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The building, which shows the influence of Prairie | 10 | | Style architecture created in the Chicago area and popular in | 11 | | the first decade of the last century, and boasts flamboyant | 12 | | corner balconies and a Japanese-style double-hipped green tile | 13 | | roof, was occupied by 1911; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The general partners of 714 Sheridan Venture, an | 15 | | Illinois general partnership and the Developer of Vermillion | 16 | | Condominium, intending to submit the property to the provisions | 17 | | of the Illinois Condominium Property Act, executed that certain | 18 | | Declaration of Condominium Pursuant to the Condominium | 19 | | Property Act on July 24, 1980, which Declaration was duly | 20 | | acknowledged and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of | 21 | | Deeds of Cook County, Illinois, on July 29, 1980, as Document | 22 | | No. 25529858;
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Prior to the first annual meeting of Unit Owners | 2 | | in 1986, the Developer caused the formation of the Vermillion | 3 | | Condominium Association as an Illinois not-for-profit | 4 | | corporation on June 5, 1986;
and | 5 | | WHEREAS, The Vermillion Condominium Building has now | 6 | | provided comfortable residences for Chicagoans for a century; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The building has undergone important renovation | 9 | | and beautification projects in the past 2 years in preparation | 10 | | for its centenary, including extensive landscaping, the | 11 | | addition of period-appropriate lampposts, and the restoration | 12 | | of the terra-cotta arch above the front door, all of which also | 13 | | serve to beautify the street and East Lakeview; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The residents of the Vermillion Condominium | 15 | | Building, known as "Vermillionaires," have happily maintained | 16 | | a warm sense of community and cooperation among themselves and | 17 | | with their neighbors in East Lakeview; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The current Vermillionaires, keeping that spirit | 19 | | of community alive, have invited past residents to return to | 20 | | their former building to join the celebration of the centenary | 21 | | of 714 W. Sheridan Road on July 24, 2011, the 31st anniversary |
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| 1 | | of the declaration of the building as a condominium; therefore, | 2 | | be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we congratulate the Vermillion Condominium Building and its | 6 | | residents, past and present, for their enrichment of the | 7 | | community and aesthetic life of East Lakeview, Chicago, and we | 8 | | encourage them to continue to do so as this historical building | 9 | | enters its second century; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the residents of the Vermillion Condominium | 12 | | Building as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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