LOSS: “Spotlight on Demolition” June 2021

• St. Brendan Church Convent, 1223 W. Marquette Road, Englewood
• 4515 S. Wells Street, Fuller Park
• 7443 S. Kimbark Avenue, Grand Crossing
• 4607 N. Magnolia Avenue, Sheridan Park
• 4545 N. Clark Street, Ravenswood
• 4056 N. Pulaski Road, Irving Park
• 113 E. Oak Street, Near North Side
• 1846 N. Damen Avenue, Wicker Park
• 1723 N. Wolcott Avenue, Wicker Park
• 2820 N. Rockwell Street, Avondale
• 721 N. Elizabeth Street, West Town
• 2154 N. Stave Street, Logan Square
• 3726 N. Bell Avenue, North Center
• 3618 N. Leavitt Street, North Center
• 3243 N. Lakewood Avenue, Lake View
• 4139 N. Claremont Avenue, Horner Park
• 1833 W. Berenice Avenue, St. Ben’s
• 6644 S. Hermitage Avenue, Englewood

“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.

See all 83 Chicago demolitions during June 2021 at Chicago Cityscape’s Demolitions Tracker