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WAX TRAX! - 2449 Lincoln Ave. Landmark Status

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Bill Naylor
4 years ago

Legendary independent record store!

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Adrienne Skandera
4 years ago

Please give this shop the landmark status it deserves.

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Chris Gordon
4 years ago

The 1980s were a magical time to grow up. The WaxTrax record store on Lincoln Ave. was the place to be when it came to amazing 80s dance music. Please help preserve this iconic building to protect it from being torn down for a high rise condo. Thank you!

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Jeffrey Brooks
4 years ago

This label and shop changed my life!

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Doug Boyer
4 years ago

Do it!

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Dan
4 years ago

Long time fan of the label and artists associated with it. Hope this helps to preserve the site.

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Anonymous
4 years ago

Wax Trax is the best!

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winston wither
4 years ago

changed my life...

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Loreen Malinski
4 years ago

More than a building, an institution, a huge part of many people's lives!

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Adam Scheidt
4 years ago

Wax Trax forever! Pure culture!

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Enrique Vega Pineda
4 years ago

I absolutely love WAX TRAX, it was a relevant part of my teen years, and obviously, I adore that moment in time, but beyond that, THE INDUSTRIAL SOUND is one of the greatest achievements in music history and its Cathedral, this humble building in 2449 Lincoln Ave deserve to be preserved in its entirety for all the generations to come maintaining this way the link with Chicago's most glorious musical past.

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Danny Montgomery
4 years ago

Here’s to culture!

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Thomas Rodriguez
4 years ago

WAXTRAX is absolutely an institution representing not only Chicago music history but Music specifically. When I think of WAXTRAX I think of musical and artistic integrity focusing on talent and distribution for the sake of The Listener!!

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John Erickson
4 years ago

History is more than just a painting or a monument it is also a building and a store the fed a movement. Please consider preserving Wax Trax!

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Brian
4 years ago

I met Limp Bizkit there.

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Elizabeth Pineda
4 years ago

When I was 16 I traveled across the city to buy my first records there. It was a whole new world and opened my eye s to all kinds of amazing artists. So many things are so easily destroyed and forgotten it would be nice to preserve this piece of alternative culture history

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Daniel Sweigart
4 years ago

Please preserve this historic building and facade. It is a historical location in the city that cultivated and promoted industrial music. Just the the music alone should warrant its landmark status.

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Samantha Lucky
4 years ago

WAX TRAX! FOREVER

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Kenneth Berg
4 years ago

A very important place in my teen and adult years. Well worth preserving for future generations.

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Lisa Baker
4 years ago

Keep it alive!