September 2023 Newsletter

90-Day Demolition Delay: 1406 N. North Park Ave., Old Town

#101018345 Date Received: 07/13/2023 Ward: 2nd Ald. Brian Hopkins Applicant: National Wrecking Company C/O Ana L. Montanez Owner: Catherine Cook School C/O David Murphy, Dir. of Facilities Permit Description:...

90-Day Demolition Delay: 1851 N. Leavitt St., Bucktown

Date Received: 07/10/2023 Address: 1851 N. Leavitt St. Ward: 32nd Ald. Scott Waguespack Applicant: Ruuk, Inc. DBA Maxym Demolition C/O Dmytro Trotsenko Owner: 1851 N. Leavitt, LLC C/O...

90-Day Demolition Delay: St. Matthias Church Complex, 2310 W. Ainslie St., Lincoln Square

#101016367 Date Received: 06/06/2023 Ward: 40th Applicant: Windy City Consulting C/O Joe Glorioso Owner: CKG Realty Group, LLC C/O Scott Young Schiller, Manager Permit Description: ​Partial demolition of the...

90-Day Demolition Delay: Florence Crittenton Anchorage / The Wolfson Building, 2678 W. Washington Blvd., East Garfield Park

#101013739 Date Received: 05/19/2023 Ward: 27th Ald. Walter Burnett, Jr. Applicant: Maria V Contracting, Inc. C/O Magaly Villegas Owner: Landmark Living 2678, LLC C/O Guillermo Meza Ortega Permit Description:...

90-Day Demolition Delay: 6233 N. Winthrop Avenue, Edgewater

#101018169 Date Received: 05/25/2023 Ward: 48th Ward Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth Applicant: Lagos General Contractors, Inc. C/O Lisette Favela Owner: Waltor Boitchouk Permit Description: Demolition of a two-story, frame and...

90-Day Demolition Delay: 207 W. Superior Street, River North

#101014618 Date Received: 05/17/2023 Ward: 42nd Ald. Brendan Reilly Applicant: Burnham Nationwide, Inc. C/O Mary Thies Owner: The Lake Property Owner, LLC C/O William V. Krehbiel Permit Description: Demolition...

Chicago Sun-Times: As migrant crisis grows will faith groups step up and offer unused buildings?

"As migrant crisis grows will faith groups step up and offer unused buildings?"What are the churches doing? That shorthand covers synagogues and mosques too....

CityLab: After School Closings, a Renovation Challenge

"Dwight Perkins isn’t among the most familiar names associated with Chicago architecture. But unlike Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe,...

Landmarks: A Schlitz-built tied house being reborn as East Side Tap, saving a structure and over a century of neighborhood stories

"The giant terra cotta globe on the second story of a tavern at 94th Street and Ewing Avenue is probably its most notable feature,...