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WAX TRAX! - 2449 Lincoln Ave. Landmark Status

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Donna Roberts-Luttrell
4 years ago

Please preserve this important landmark of Chicago's modern cultural history!

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Leslie Smyth-Ayen
4 years ago

Loved that store -you could get records there that no one anywhere else had!

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Heidi Galati
4 years ago

Wax Trax is part of the musical history of Chicago. And there for building should be given Landmark status.

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Simon Stevens
4 years ago

I am British but visited Chicago just to see the place where Wax Trax!! started. When I visited I must have spent nearly $1000 while in the area.

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Wes Slaughter
4 years ago

This building housed an iconic piece of American music history and deserves historic landmark recognition.

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elaine walker
4 years ago

It's a cool building and it has a lot of history. It should stay

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Charles Biller
4 years ago

Chicago Landmark!

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David Miller
4 years ago

The Wax Trax store and record company were fundemental to my career in music with the band FiniTribe and my on going career as a music manager in the Uk

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Eric H Klaver
4 years ago

This is a landmark that embodies so much of 20th Century music history

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Andrew Matsui
4 years ago

Wax Trax forever!

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Chris
4 years ago

Wax Trax forever !

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Jim Dinou
4 years ago

We don't need more development in this city, we need more meaningful preservation. Leave Wax Trax alone.

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John Morrison
4 years ago

Wax Trax is a legendary force in the music biz, renowned far beyond Chicago and remembered by record store owners/staff I have visited in New York, Denver and California where I now live. A weekly visit during the 70’s and 80’s to Wax Trax was an essential event. This would be a wonderful designation. Thanks!

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Mark Cerny
4 years ago

I owned a record store in Dekalb and considered Wax Trax an essential stop every time I came into the city for a show,

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Markus Geiger
4 years ago

This is an important piece of music history!

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Kat McCullough
4 years ago

Absolutely landmark worthy- Wax Trax contribution to music cannot be overstated.

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Louis Antonelli
4 years ago

A lanndmark sunce day #1

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James Cowdrey
4 years ago

Not just a place, it's been a life changer for many.

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Tom Sinclair
4 years ago

A gem. A truly historic spot in music history.

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Paul Zee Szymkowiak
4 years ago

I'm one of the many "countless others" from around the world. Originally from New Zealand, Wax Trax! was my gateway to independent music via mail order. However, I've also made the pilgrimage from New Zealand to visit the Chicago store.