WIN: Approximately 33k Petition Signatures and a Round-the-Clock Advocacy Effort Defeats Proposed House Museum Ban Ordinance

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Preservation Chicago Petition to Reject the Proposed House Museum Ban Ordinance with 32,677 signatures. Photo Credit: City of Chicago and Ward Miller

Alderman’s bid to restrict ‘house museums’ draws outrage from emerging tourism sector; An ordinance introduced by Ald. Sophia King (4th) to restrict “house museums” in residential neighborhoods has drawn outrage from a small but passionate community of existing or planned operators of such museums — including projects honoring Black history icons Emmett Till, Phyllis Wheatley, Lu Palmer and Muddy Waters, Maudlyne Ihejirika, Chicago Sun-Times, Mar 17, 2021

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