2251 S. Wentworth Avenue. Demolished June 2020. Photo Credit: Serhii Chrucky
4432 N. Hermitage Avenue. Demolished December 2020. Photo credit: Chicago Home Photos
20 & 16 W. Erie St. River North. Demolished December 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
Former Sears Store, 6153 S. Western Avenue. Chicago 7 2016. Demolished June 2020. Photo Credit: Artistmac / Flickr
Sears Store, 1601 N. Harlem Avenue, Austin. Demolished Oct 2020. Photo Credit: GoogleMaps
624 W. Willow Street, Old Town. Demolished September 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
1118 W. Patterson Avenue, Wrigleyville. Demolished Oct 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
Jefferson Park Hospital, 1414 W Monroe. Demolished March 2020. Photo Credit: Gabriel X. Michael
3726 N. Lake Shore Drive. Demolished March 2020. Photo Credit: Ward Miller
Pieter Boone House, 10057 S. Michigan Avenue, c. 1870. Demolished July 2020. Photo Credit: Serhii Chrucky
1511 W. Irving Park Rd. Lake View. Demolished November 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
3347 N. Southport Ave., Lakeview. Demolished September 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
4500 N. Spaulding Ave. Demolished September 2020. Photo Credit: GoogleMaps
1436 W. Randolph St. West Loop. Demolished November 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
3714 N. Southport Ave. Orange-Rated. Demo May 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
2204 N Orchard Street, Lincoln Park. Demolished September 2020. Photo Credit: Redfin
2816 N. Ashland Ave. Lake View. Demolished November 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
438 W. St. James Place. Demolished May 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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1500 N. Wieland Street. Demolished September 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
4242 N. Kedvale Avenue. Demolished July 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
5859 S. Halsted Street. Demolished June 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
11314 S. Michigan Avenue. Demolished February 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
1520 W. Thomas St, Noble Square. Demolished August 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
3742 N. Clifton Avenue. Demolished March 2020. Photo Credit: Coldwell Banker
5959 S. Morgan Street. Demolished April 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
5616 S. Maryland, Hyde Park. Demolished August 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
1733 N. Mohawk St, Old Town. Demolished August 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
3941 W. Monroe Street. Demolished April 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
600 N. Pine Avenue, photo from 2015. Demoed February 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
2137 N. Clifton Avenue. Demolished March 2020. Photo Credit: VHT
2341 W. Shakespeare Avenue. Demolished April 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
2811 S. Homan Avenue. Demolished June 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
1831 N. Hermitage Avenue. Demolished June 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
“It’s an old, common cry in a city where demolition and development are often spoken in the same breath, and where trying to save historic homes from the wrecking ball can feel as futile as trying to stop the snow. My Twitter feed teems with beautiful houses doomed to vanish in the time it takes to say ‘bulldozed.’ Bungalows, two-flats, three-flats, greystones, workers’ cottages. The photos, posted by people who lament the death of Chicago’s tangible past, flit through my social media feed like a parade of the condemned en route to the guillotine,”
mused Mary Schmich in her Chicago Tribune column on July 12, 2018.
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