For immediate release: (8/8/98)
UIC has reneged on their commitment to historic preservation in the old Maxwell Street area. UIC refuses to comply to the adaptive reuse plan to save 36 vintage buildings - - a plan created by a special City of Chicago Ad-Hoc Committee.
UIC has a reputation for making agreements and then braking them. The last chance to stop UIC is to stop UIC's creation of the Roosevelt-Union Tax Increment Financing District (TIF) for the area.
Saturday, August 29,
Blues Jam and demonstration. Noon, corner of Maxwell and Halsted Streets.
Come demonstrate in favor of Maxwell Street restoration, and against The Roosevelt-Union TIF and UIC's pointless destruction of precious urban heritage.
Blues great Jimmie Lee Robinson will perform his "Maxwell Street Teardown Blues" and Blues star Ellis Kell will sing his "Muddy's Tears On Maxwell Street". And there will be a big jam session.
Wednesday, Sept. 2, 8:00 AM,
Prayer vigil before the UI Board of Trustees Meeting, Chicago Illini Union 828 South Wolcott St.
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1:30 PM,
TIF Hearing, Community Development Commission, 2nd Floor, City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St.
Saturday, Sept. 19, Noon,
Maxwell Street Heritage Festival, Maxwell Street east of Halsted. Art, music, community pride.
Sponsored by the Maxwell Street Historic Preservation Coalition
For more information about our fight to preserve Maxwell Street and prevent its destruction by the University of Illinois at Chicago, contact Professor Steve Balkin at 312-341-3696 or visit us on the Web at www.openair.org/maxwell/preserve.html
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