WIN: 127-year-old Vautravers Building Moved 35 Feet Out of Path of New ‘L’ Tracks

By Preservation Chicago

December 31, 2021

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1782 — WATCH! Time lapse video of the Vautravers Building relocation on August 2 and 3, 2021. The historic three-story Lakeview apartment building was moved about 26 feet to the west and 9 feet to the south to avoid the new elevated rail line. Vautravers Building, 1894, Frommann & Jebsen, Original address 947-949 W. Newport Ave. Video Credit: Chicago Transit Authority

Historic Lake View building moving westward — literally — so Red Line tracks can be straightened; The entire Vautravers Building will be moved about about 30 feet west and four feet south by the end of Tuesday, Nina Molina, Chicago Sun-Times, 8/2/21

WATCH CTA moving historic Lakeview building for work on Red and Purple Modernization Project, Jessica D’Onofrio, ABC News 7, Monday, 8/2/21

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