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WAX TRAX! - 2449 Lincoln Ave. Landmark Status

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Shawn Bernardi
4 years ago

Yes!!

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Romas Pencyla
4 years ago

A huge part of my formative years!

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Edmund C Pawelko
4 years ago

The original Wax Trax is most certainly a culturally significant Chicago landmark.

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Karen Krolak
4 years ago

I still visit Wax Trax in my mind. The plaque is the least we could do for the memory of that music haven of my youth.

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Earl Temp
4 years ago

I spent a lot of time here when I was young, not realizing the Chicago history that was being made; that would eventually change music globally.

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Andres Ricardo Casanova Rodriguez
4 years ago

Larga vida a la nueva carne

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Scott Mackenzie
4 years ago

Soundz from the Scene and DJ Sniper Wells.

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Carolyn cudick
4 years ago

Please consider making this Chicago establish a landmark

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Jason Dove
4 years ago

Wax Trax! has been a vital part of my life. It wasn't just a brand or a store, it was a way of life!! They gave us a voice that was never heard before and were such a vital part of the Chicago music scene in the 80's and 90's!!! Wax Trax! also impacted lives around the world, they were/are a major cultural and historic presence which deserves to be recognized. I ask that you make 2449 N. Lincoln Ave. a historic landmark!! Please and thank you!

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Lora Delestowicz-Wierzbowski
4 years ago

That store saved my life.

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Michelle Hester
4 years ago

Wax Traxx! saved my life.

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Vtek Jemiolo
4 years ago

Always ahead

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Richard Crain
4 years ago

History right here!

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Amy Ramos
4 years ago

Wax trax, Medusa’s, Occult book store, miss those times!

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Dan Bonfield
4 years ago

Please preserve this piece of Chicago's musical and cultural history.

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Steven Leitner
4 years ago

Wax Trax! Records is as culturally significant to Chicago as Chess Records. Let’s give it the proper respect it deserves.

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Anonymous
4 years ago

Wax Trax showed me the world of industrial/electronic music, and inspired me to become an electronic musician myself. I'm just one of thousands of people across America and the world that where inspired by the cutting edge stuff Wax Trax had their hand in making back in the day. I still listen to alot of their bands frequently. Please preserve the building, its a piece of American Cultural history

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Anonymous
4 years ago

Best record shop ever

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Corey Gilbert
4 years ago

As a lonely new waver in downstate IL in the 80s, making the 2-hour drive to this record store was invaluable.

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Therese Angarone
4 years ago

Late 80's was one of my favorite memories there. Those record stores were my church, and this one was one of my favs.