Phelps v. Board of Appeals

On May 8, 1924, an application was made to the commissioner of buildings of the city of Chicago, on behalf of the Catholic Bishop of Chicago, for a permit to build a church and school on a parcel of land located at the northwest corner of Longwood drive and West ioist place, in that city. A protest, signed by substantially all of the residents and owners of property in the block which included the parcel of land in question, that the zoning ordinance of the city excluded buildings of the character proposed from that location was filed with the commissioner. Notwithstanding this protest the…