HOW TO PARTICIPATE
2FM Notification of Section 106 Review
Kevin Laberge of the Department of Fleet and Facility Management sent a letter stating that a Section 106 review to be conducted in accordance with the 1966 National Historic Preservation Act had been initiated for the Pullman Artspace Lofts.
The letter dated November 9, 2017, provides information about the Pullman Artspace Lofts "undertaking" and solicits information from the public for the initial "scoping process" of the Section 106 review.
You can participate in the Section 106 review of the Pullman Artspace Lofts in three ways:
- Request to serve as a "consulting party" by sending an email or letter to Mr. Laberge that explains your interest in the "undertaking."
- Send an email or letter with comments about the APE, historic resources, and potential effects during the "scoping stage" of the review.
- Attend public meetings throughout the process.
View the "Updates" section on the Pullman106.com homepage to find out the current status of the review.
Contact:
Kevin M. Laberge
City of Chicago – 2FM
30 N. LaSalle St., Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: (312} 742-0463
Email: 2FM_NEPA@cityofchicago.org
ASSESSING EFFECTS
The Secretary of The Interior’s Standards for The Treatment of Historic Properties
The Pullman Artspace Lofts undertaking is to be evaluated using the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. The Rehabilitation Standard is the only one of the four standards that allows new additions and/or new constructions involving historic properties.
Because Pullman has long been recognized as a National Historic Landmark District, it is also a "cultural landscape." As such, we argue that any work undertaken within the District should be evaluated first using the Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes.
National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation recommends reading this National Register Bulletin to learn how to apply the "criteria of adverse effect." The seven aspects of integrity are:
- Location
- Design
- Setting
- Materials
- Workmanship
- Feeling
- Association
If the proposed Pullman Artspace Lofts will "alter characteristics that qualify a specific property for inclusion in the National Register in a manner that would diminish the integrity" of the adjacent historic properties or the Pullman National Historic Landmark District itself, the project is deemed to have an "adverse effect" that must be resolved during the Section 106 process.
Adverse effects can be direct or indirect and
include the following:
- physical destruction or damage
- alteration inconsistent with the Secretary of the
Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties - relocation of the property
- change in the character of the property’s use or
setting - introduction of incompatible visual, atmospheric,
or audible elements - neglect and deterioration
- transfer, lease, or sale of a historic property out of federal control without adequate preservation restrictions
VIII. How to Evaluate the Integrity of a Property
This excerpt from National Register Bulletin: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation provides information about the seven "National Register criteria" that are used to evaluate a the integrity of a "historic property."
