Plans have been revealed for a residential development at 1845 West 19th Street in Pilsen‘. Located just east of the intersection with South Wolcott Avenue and across the street from the National Museum of Mexican Art, the new structure will replace an abandoned one-story house and an adjacent vacant lot.
Site context map of Quarry House 1845 via Google Maps
Site plan of Quarry House 1845 by Krueck Sexton Partners
Rendering of Quarry House 1845 by Krueck Sexton Partners
Led by Ellaree Development Corp, the project offers a unique take on the six-flat style building, designed by local firm Krueck Sexton Partners. Filling the double-wide lot will be two five-story structures connected by a covered rear courtyard. This courtyard will provide residents with a garden and proper ventilation, while also containing rear exit stairwells.
Floor plan of Quarry House 1845 by Krueck Sexton Partners
Roof plan of Quarry House 1845 by Krueck Sexton Partners
Known as Quarry House 1845, the development will feature 16 residential units, comprising two one-bedroom, ten two-bedroom, and four three-bedroom layouts—targeted toward growing families. Of these, three units will be designated as affordable housing. Additionally, there will be four parking spaces at the rear for residents and shared rooftop gardens.
Rendering of Quarry House 1845 by Krueck Sexton Partners
Rendering of Quarry House 1845 by Krueck Sexton Partners
Rendering of Quarry House 1845 by Krueck Sexton Partners
The building will be clad in a mix of brick and paneling, with inset balconies. It aims to address the city’s “missing middle” housing needs while drawing inspiration from the neighborhood’s character. The development team will now seek city approval ahead of an anticipated groundbreaking in fall 2025. If all goes according to plan, completion is expected by summer 2026.
A website for the project can be found here.
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Like this a lot. Great use of the lot while giving residents some greenery and complying with fire code.
Very unique! Seems like something they’d try in Mexico City. Happy it’s happening uere.
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Don’t you mean “covered central courtyard” and not “covered rear courtyard”?
Woah! This came out of nowhere. I feel like this could get tidied up and should be approved by the City as a standard design to implement on other 50′ wide lots!
I know we’re trying to not be car centric, but 4 parking spots for 16 units?? Seems a little crazy to keep forcing a no car infrastructure while not improving the public transit, especially outside of downtown and the immediate northside.
Other than the massive increase in population concentrated downtown, Chicago supported almost a million more people at its peak, with roughly the same amount of transit services. The streetcar networks were vast, but our faster buses and probably later schedules make up for that loss of an option. As for the L, only a handful of stations have been lost in areas with a fraction of today’s population.
The CTA requires more attention and expansion, rather than merely catching up with the modern age and filling its vacancies. But every empty lot was at least a singular household. Assuming in the less-dense chunks of Chicago on the South and West Sides, that’s at least one car to account for that’s not on the streets today. We are talking about THOUSANDS of vehicles not competing in everyday traffic.
To say the city can’t handle more traffic is certainly ludicrous, but we also shouldn’t plan to return to a failed system of getting around. If you want more congestion, then yes, up the parking minimums, but then don’t you ever for a second come whining about the costs of new construction. That increase then snowballs into the world of population loss, loss of services like schools and park maintenance, and a continued degradation into blight. Pilsen can’t even keep its famed Cathedral from meeting its end. We need more resources. Car-less households can help. Remaining with the status quo is certainly not helping the community.
The only way to improve public transit at this point is by getting more people to ride it. But to get more people on it, people are demanding improvements. As we struggle to secure stable funding for a critical system to keep the lines running, the highways receive blank checks; it seems there’s no possible solution. There is an opening in the market for those who would rather not pay $12k+ for personal vehicle ownership. So, we might as well embrace them as we fix our budget woes.