West Town NIMBYs Get a New Target To Sink Their Teeth Into
There’s something about a West Loop NIMBY. They’re not like the ones in other parts of the city. They lack the sophistication of a Gold Coast NIMBY, the experience of a Streeterville NIMBY, and the...
View ArticleA Closer Look at the Uptown TOD Coming to the Wilson Avenue Theater
Wilson Avenue Theater (Courtesy of Building Up Chicago) Late last month the Chicago Plan Commission approved the redevelopment of the old Wilson Avenue Theater (1050 West Wilson Avenue), a vaudeville...
View ArticleHistoric Near West Dairy Building To Get Condo Tower Addition
Rendering of the proposal for 1938 West Augusta For months we’ve watched the East Village Association, the city, MCZ Development, and Second Ward Alderman Brian Hopkins square dancing over the building...
View ArticleHistoric Uptown Synagogue Going Residential
Diagram of Agudas Achim Synagogue renovation Just one week ago, we mentioned in the article about Saint Boniface Church being turned into residences that the conversion of holy places into housing is...
View ArticleSaint Boniface Church About to be Transubstantiated Into Condos
It’s with no small tug of sadness that we watch so many of Chicago’s historic churches shut down, their buildings transformed from cornerstones of the community into abandoned objects of fascination....
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