Steel is being erected for the four-story Tiny Giants Early Learning Center mixed-use project on the southwest corner of California and Montrose Avenues in the Horner Park neighborhood. Concrete cores are also popping up toward the north end of the construction site as work goes three-dimensional.
Steel on the rise at the north end of the Tiny Giants construction site. Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking south from Montrose Avenue. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
This is the northeast corner of the building. Photo by Daniel Schell
SEEK Design + Architecture has drawn up plans for a four-story building that will incorporate Tiny Giants on the first and second levels, with 24 residential units occupying the two upper floors. There will be a 23-space surface parking lot on the south end of the site. The permit to start building was issued on February 22 of this year with LG Commercial on board as the general contractor.
Looking across California Avenue from Horner Park. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Three commercial buildings, including Ruby cleaners on the corner, were demolished over the winter to clear the site for redevelopment. The new building is addressed in the construction permits as 4340 North California Avenue.
Ruby cleaners, 2801 West Montrose Avenue. Photo by Daniel Schell
2801 West Montrose. Photo by Daniel Schell
4336 and 4346 North California Avenue. Photo by Daniel Schell
For school staff, parents, and residents, the Route 78 CTA bus has stops on the intersection of Montrose and California. Four blocks south at the south end of the park are stops for the Route 80 bus at Irving Park Road. For north/south travel, just over half a mile east are stops for Route 49 and X49 buses at Western Avenue. The Francisco Brown Line elevated train station is just under half a mile northwest.
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Cool. Not the most exciting design, but it’s a great location right next to the park and the bus stop.