LOSS: After Four-Year Advocacy Effort, Phyllis Wheatley Home at 5128 S. Michigan Avenue Lost Following Court Ordered Emergency Demolition (Chicago 7 2021)

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Phyllis Wheatley Home, 5128 S. Michigan Avenue, by Frederick B. Townsend, built in 1896. Photo Credit: Serhii Chrucky / Esto

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