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On Jan. 31, when we heard that the city’s landmarks ordinance was in peril, we started digging into the 300-plus-page filing. Turns out that while developer and city residents Albert Hanna and Carol Mrowka may have a point about the constitutionality of the ordinance, their actions might be undoing much more than they ever expected. Citywide, more than 9,000 property owners are affected by some part of the ordinance as it stands. Some see it as a burden, and fight the districting of their properties. Others use the ordinance to their advantage, and put the various tax breaks to good use.

Landmarks Illinois, "the state’s leading voice for historic preservation," released the 2008 edition of their Endangered Landmarks list today and, keeping with the same counting rules as the Big 10, the Top 10 list actually features 11 buildings. The last-second, list-expanding addition? Wrigley Field. The addition was made in response to the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority's interest in purchasing, and subsequently renovating, the stadium. In total, the city of Chicago has four buildings on the list: the Chicago Daily News Building (400-442 W. Madison St.), the Germania Club & Village Theatre (1536-1550 N. Clark St.), the Michigan Avenue Streetwall (Michigan Avenue, from Randolph St. to 11th St.), and the aforementioned Home of the Cubs (1060 W. Addison St.). In case you're counting, that's two buildings on the list owned by the omnipresent Sam Zell: the Chicago Daily News Building and Wrigley.