09/03/2023
Thanks Tracy Brown for the info
'The Warehouse' was bought in December and the owners want to tear the building down. I thought that the Chicago House Music Community should know about this. This building is a part of music history and should be a protected landmark.
Interested folks in the House Music community should definitely get in touch with Preservation Chicago to have this building spared from being torn down.
Preservation Chicago
205 W. Monroe
Chicago, Illinois 60606
312-443-1000
THE WAREHOUSE
A commercial warehouse at 206 S. Jefferson St. was renovated into a three-level nightclub, which was widely popular when it opened in the late ’70s.
A membership-only venue, the Warehouse was well known and patronized by the Black LBGTQ+ community and others, and it was a place of “dance floor liberation,” according to Preservation Chicago.
“The Warehouse became known in Chicago as one of the best places to hear this developing sound which later took its name from the nightclub itself, and ultimately become known as ‘house music,'” Preservation Chicago officials said.
The building was sold in December with a note marking its history and the apparent opportunity to “clear the site” for development, according to Preservation Chicago. The organization is urging the city to initiate landmark designation to the building to “fully recognize and protect this highly significant site of Chicago music history.”
https://5mag.net/news/the-warehouse-original-site-chicago-house-music/
