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2251 S. Wentworth Avenue. Demolished June 2020. Photo Credit: Serhii Chrucky
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4432 N. Hermitage Avenue. Demolished December 2020. Photo credit: Chicago Home Photos
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20 & 16 W. Erie St. River North. Demolished December 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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Former Sears Store, 6153 S. Western Avenue. Chicago 7 2016. Demolished June 2020. Photo Credit: Artistmac / Flickr
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Sears Store, 1601 N. Harlem Avenue, Austin. Demolished Oct 2020. Photo Credit: GoogleMaps
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624 W. Willow Street, Old Town. Demolished September 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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1118 W. Patterson Avenue, Wrigleyville. Demolished Oct 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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Jefferson Park Hospital, 1414 W Monroe. Demolished March 2020. Photo Credit: Gabriel X. Michael
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3726 N. Lake Shore Drive. Demolished March 2020. Photo Credit: Ward Miller
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Pieter Boone House, 10057 S. Michigan Avenue, c. 1870. Demolished July 2020. Photo Credit: Serhii Chrucky
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1511 W. Irving Park Rd. Lake View. Demolished November 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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3347 N. Southport Ave., Lakeview. Demolished September 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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4500 N. Spaulding Ave. Demolished September 2020. Photo Credit: GoogleMaps
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1436 W. Randolph St. West Loop. Demolished November 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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3714 N. Southport Ave. Orange-Rated. Demo May 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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2204 N Orchard Street, Lincoln Park. Demolished September 2020. Photo Credit: Redfin
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2816 N. Ashland Ave. Lake View. Demolished November 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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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
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4242 N. Kedvale Avenue. Demolished July 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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5859 S. Halsted Street. Demolished June 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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11314 S. Michigan Avenue. Demolished February 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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1520 W. Thomas St, Noble Square. Demolished August 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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3742 N. Clifton Avenue. Demolished March 2020. Photo Credit: Coldwell Banker
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5959 S. Morgan Street. Demolished April 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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5616 S. Maryland, Hyde Park. Demolished August 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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1733 N. Mohawk St, Old Town. Demolished August 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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3941 W. Monroe Street. Demolished April 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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600 N. Pine Avenue, photo from 2015. Demoed February 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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2137 N. Clifton Avenue. Demolished March 2020. Photo Credit: VHT
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2341 W. Shakespeare Avenue. Demolished April 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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2811 S. Homan Avenue. Demolished June 2020. Photo Credit: Google Maps
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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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