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KENNEDY KING COLLEGE Construction Cost: $250M Project Completed: September 2007 Owner: Chicago Public
Building Commission Richard Daley Center Suite 200 Chicago, IL 60602 A new community college situated at the intersection of 63rd and
Halsted Street in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. The project included extensive programming with the City Colleges
of Chicago and the Chicago Public Building
Commission. There were numerous presentations to the surround ing community for design feedback. The firm is responsible for all aspects
of the project. The New Kennedy King College has six buildings, with several of them framing a
traditional collegiate quadrangle on Halsted Street.
The college includes a new culinary school, a theater, WYCC television, WKKC
Radio, HVAC laboratories, automotive shops, classrooms, library
building, athletic facilities and a day care building. The college has both student support services and community
services. The student-run book
store, graphic services, restaurant
and day care serve the general public. In addition to 800 parking spaces the campus is accessible by two
public transportation surface lines as well as the green line elevated rapid
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1 East 8th Street, Suite 200, Chicago, Illinois 60605
T. 312.663.0225 F. 312.663.4491 jlarch@jlarch.net _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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