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WIN: The Iowa Building Restoration Underway
"The building that sits in Jackson Park at 56th Street and South Shore Drive is known as the Iowa Building, but this small shelter...
WIN: Austin’s Pink House Saved But Some Character Lost in Gut Renovation
"The iconic pink house in Austin is being renovated — and the color it became famous for is now gone."The Victorian at 556 N....
IN MEMORIAM: Arthur Takeuchi, Chicago Architect
"Arthur Shigeo Takeuchi (June 16, 1931 - October 28, 2022), architect, pupil of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and former faculty member of the...
90-Day Demolition Delay: Harold Meitus House, 6740 S. South Shore Dr., South Shore
#101010607
Date Received: 03/29/2023
Ward: 5th Ald. Leslie Hairston.
Applicant: Precision Excavation, LLC C/O Estefania Enriquez
Owner: South Shore & 67, LLC C/O Naser Odeh, Manager
Permit Description: Wreck...
90-Day Demolition Delay: 3524 N. Fremont St., Northalsted
#101011966
Date Received: 04/11/2023
Ward: 44th Ald. Thomas Tunney
Applicant: Castleview Holdings, LLC C/O William Broderick, Manager
Owner: Castleview Holdings, LLC C/O William Broderick, Manager
Permit Description: Demolition of...
90-Day Demolition Delay: 2240 N. Burling Street, Lincoln Park
#100994354
Date Received: 11/18/2022
Ward: 43rd Ald. Timmy Knudsen
Applicant: Evergreen Solutions, LLC C/O Ewelina Chojniak
Owner: 2224 N Burling, LLC C/O Thaddeus Wong, Manager
Permit Description: Demolition of...
90-Day Demolition Delay: Burnham Designed Pavilion in Jackson Park, 2241 E. Marquette Drive (A Chicago 7 Most Endangered in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 &...
#100995228
Date Received: December 5, 2022
Ward: 4th Ald. Sophia King
Applicant: Bauer Latoza C/O Ed Torrez
Owner: Chicago Park District C/O Heather Gleason, Director of Planning and Construction
Permit...
Chicago Reader: Best person to tell you everything you wanted to hear and more about why that neglected building that’s attracted a developer’s eye...
"Looking for a short answer to the question of why Chicago needs to save, say, the shuttered, circa 1920 Continental Can Company building at...
MAS CONTEXT: From Resources to Rubble: Evaluating Chicago’s Demolition Delay Ordinance in its Twentieth YearChi
"Two blocks west of City Hall sits Chicago’s most infamous empty lot. From 1927 to 2002, this was the site of the Old Mercantile...

