The Votes Are In

The voting for the 25 Chicagoland preservation sites is over, having ended October 10th. I know I voted early and often in true Chicago style, even if many of my first ones went for the Viking Ship and GAR Hall. That was before I knew you could only vote once a day and just for one place. After that, all my votes went to our local Spring Grove Fish Hatchery.

It ended up in 10th place with 4 % of the vote, after a climb from #19 and 2%. That was not bad for a small community of about 4,000 considered all the people living in Chicago. The winner was the On Leong Merchant Association/ Pui Tak Center in Chicago's China Town.

Of the sites I supported: #3 was the Viking ship in Geneva with 11%, #9 the GAR Hall in Aurora, and #22 the Petersen Historic Farmstead in McHenry.

The On Leong Building will get the full amount of their request. The rest of the $1 million will be awarded on November 13th. So here's hoping for the Viking Ship and fish hatchery.

A big thanks to American Express for putting up the money. It is definitely important to save as much of our heritage as possible and whenever possible.

Save Those Old Places!! --RoadDog