City Colleges of Chicago

City Colleges of Chicago
Harold Washington College

City Colleges of Chicago serve students from all corners of the city with a competitive, quality education curriculum. Since 1972 - the year when City Colleges first asked the Public Building Commission to evaluate the condition of its facilities in order to determine infrastructure needs - the PBC has enjoyed a long-standing partnership with City Colleges of Chicago.

Once the need to build new facilities was established, City Colleges commissioned the PBC to provide construction services. By 1996, the PBC had built 12 City College facilities as part of its $44 million Capital Improvement Program, which is scheduled to be completed in 2000.

Today, the PBC still works closely with City Colleges to maintain and improve its facilities. Part of the Capital Improvement Program includes air conditioning replacements, roof renovations, Life Safety and Americans with Disabilities Act modifications, lab renovations and some new construction and exterior work.

The Public Building Commission also performs periodic upgrades and provides construction services for all City College facilities. In the spring of 1998, for example, the PBC completed a major rehabilitation of roofs for nine buildings, including the Central Administration Building, Daley College, Olive-Harvey College, Malcolm X College, Truman College, Lakeview Learning Center, Dawson Technical Institute, West Side Learning Center, and Harold Washington College.

Also in 1999, the Public Building Commission completed a new garage for students and faculty of Wright College. The parking garage eliminates the college's expenses for rented parking spaces and helps relieve congested parking in the surrounding neighborhood. The seven-story structure provides parking for 1,200 cars.

The range of capabilities involved in the successful Public Building Commission-City Colleges partnership also has included repairs to the pedestrian bridge that leads to Daley College's parking lot; construction of a new cadaver laboratory at Kennedy-King College; and updating the elevators and escalators at Harold Washington College.

PBC CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO PROJECTS
Richard J. Daley College
City Colleges of Chicago
Past Project
7500 South Pulaski Road
Chicago, IL 60652
Community: West Lawn
Ward: 13
Dawson Technical Institute
City Colleges of Chicago
Past Project
3901 South State Street
Chicago, IL 60609
Community: Grand Boulevard
Ward: 3
District Office
City Colleges of Chicago
Past Project
226 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60606
Community: Loop
Ward: 2
Humboldt Park Voc. Ed. Center
City Colleges of Chicago
Past Project
1645 North California Street
Chicago, IL 60647
Community: West Town
Ward: 1
New Kennedy-King College
City Colleges of Chicago
Past Project
63rd & Halsted
Chicago, IL 60621
Community: Englewood
Ward: 20
Lakeview Learning Center
City Colleges of Chicago
Past Project
3310 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657
Community: Lake View
Ward: 44
Malcolm X College
City Colleges of Chicago
Past Project
1900 West Van Buren Street
Chicago, IL 60612
Community: Near West Side
Ward: 2
Olive-Harvey College
City Colleges of Chicago
Past Project
10001 South Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60628
Community: Pullman
Ward: 8
South Chicago Learning Center
City Colleges of Chicago
Past Project
3055 East 92nd Street
Chicago, IL 60617
Community: South Chicago
Ward: 10
Harry S. Truman College
City Colleges of Chicago
Past Project
1145 West Wilson Avenue
Chicago, IL 60640
Community: Uptown
Ward: 46
Harold Washington College
City Colleges of Chicago
Past Project
30 East Lake Street
Chicago, IL 60601
Community: Loop
Ward: 42
Westside Learning Center
City Colleges of Chicago
Past Project
4624 West Madison Street
Chicago, IL 60644
Community: Austin
Ward: 28
Westside Technical Institute
City Colleges of Chicago
Past Project
2800 South Western Avenue
Chicago, IL 60608
Community: Lower West Side
Ward: 25
Wilbur Wright College
City Colleges of Chicago
Past Project
4300 North Narragansett Avenue
Chicago, IL 60634
Community: Portage Park
Ward: 38
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