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90-Day Demolition Delay: 3815 N. Seeley Avenue, North Center
#101079476
Date Received: 02/11/2026
Ward: 47th Ward Ald. Matt Martin
Applicant: Brophy Evacuation C/O Anne Quinn
Owner: John Folan
Permit Description: Wreck and remove a 2-story single-family home and...
90-Day Demolition Delay: 2316 N. Sheffield Avenue, Lincoln Park
#101080935
Date Received: 03/17/2026
Ward: 43rd Ward Ald. Timmy Knudsen
Applicant: Heneghan Wrecking & Excavating Co., Inc.
Owner: DePaul University
Permit Description: Wreck and remove a three-story masonry multi-family...
90-Day Demolition Delay: 2310 N. Sheffield Avenue, Lincoln Park
#101080939
Date Received: 03/17/2026
Ward: 43rd Ward Ald. Timmy Knudsen
Applicant: Heneghan Wrecking & Excavating Co., Inc.
Owner: DePaul University
Permit Description: Wreck and remove a three-story masonry multi-family...
90-Day Demolition Delay: 2965 N. Lincoln Ave., Lake View
#101082112
Date Received: 04/20/2026
Ward: 32nd Ward Ald. Scott Waguespack
Applicant: RUUK Inc. DBA Maxym Demolition
Owner: Chicago Holdings LLC
Permit Description: Wreck and remove a three-story mixed-use building.
Status:...
IN MEMORIAM: Allan Mellis, Dedicated Preservationist and ‘Mayor Of Lincoln Park’
"Mellis — affectionately nicknamed the “mayor of Lincoln Park” — spent more than 50 years shaping the neighborhood, pushing for development that balanced growth...
Excellent Conversation at the Driehaus Museum “Shaping the City: Civic Leadership in Gilded Age Chicago” Panel Discussion on June 6, 2026
Driehaus Museum presents
“Shaping the City: Civic Leadership in Gilded Age Chicago”
Saturday, June 6
3 PM - 4 PM"In participation with the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, this panel of museum leaders will highlight the civic-minded men and women who, in the years after the Great Fire...