Month-in-Review Newsletter
Chicago Tribune: Chicago built back from the Great Fire in just two years. Now, 150 years later, the city finds itself at another crossroads.
"On a hot and dry October night in 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern in Mrs. O’Leary’s barn, starting a blaze that rose...
WBEZ Chicago Curious City: These Buildings Made It Through The Fire But Didn’t Survive Chicago’s Development
"The Great Chicago Fire, which lasted from October 8-10, 1871, destroyed most of Chicago from what is today Roosevelt Road to Fullerton Avenue and...
2622 N. Dayton St., Lincoln Park – 90-Day Demolition Delay
Address: 2622 N. Dayton St., Lincoln Park
#100943432
Date Received: 10/08/2021
Ward: 43rd Ward Ald. Michele Smith
Applicant: Tir Conaill Concrete, Inc. C/O Charlotte McVeigh
Owner: David Hansen
Permit Description: Wreck...
Chicago Sun-Times: How the Great Fire Changed Chicago Architecture
"It’s been 150 years since the last embers from the Great Fire flickered out, leaving behind a smoldering city with the will and the...
4323 N. Paulina St., Ravenswood – 90-Day Demolition Delay
Address: 4323 N. Paulina St., Ravenswood
#100941425
Date Received: 09/29/2021
Ward: 47th Ward Ald. Matt Martin
Applicant: American Demolition Corporation
Owner: GXSR, LLC C/O Josephine Cronnolly and Thomas Taylor, Managers
Permit...
Commonwealth Edison Substation, by Hermann von Holst, 747-751 W. 82nd St., Auburn Gresham – 90-Day Demolition Delay
Address: Commonwealth Edison Substation, by Hermann von Holst, 747-751 W. 82nd St., Auburn Gresham
#100937610
Date Received: 08/31/2021
Ward: 21st Ward Ald. Howard B. Brookins Jr.
Applicant: Alpine Demolition...
1851 and 1853 N. Leavitt Street, Bucktown – 90-Day Demolition Delay
Address: 1851 and 1853 N. Leavitt Street, Bucktown
#100913335 and #100929919
Date Received: 07/13/2021
Ward: 32nd Ward Ald. Scott Waguespack
Applicant: Evergreen Solution USA Inc.
Owner: 1853-51 N. Leavitt LLC
Permit...
LOSS: Fire Destroys Historic Pilsen Building at 1125 W. 18th St.
"An extra-alarm fire broke out late Monday in a historic building in Pilsen. The fire was raging at 5:40 p.m. at 1125 W. 18th...
THREATENED: Couple Seeks Funding Support to Create Art Center in Endangered Englewood Church
"Plamen Yordanov stands in the center of an abandoned church, surrounded by wooden debris and broken pews."This dilapidated church, 6950 S. Stewart Ave., is...