The new Foster Date Architects-designed residential building at 4907 North Paulina Street in Uptown continues to dazzle with its brickwork as it nears exterior completion. The four-story structure has long been topped out, and now the majority of the windows are in place, allowing work on the interiors to ramp up.
Photo by Daniel Schell
The south tier. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Balconies on the east tier facing the courtyard. Photo by Daniel Schell
The north tier. Photo by Daniel Schell
Hayes Properties is the project developer, with Moments Notice Services on board as the general contractor. They’re erecting a 32-unit rental building containing a mix of one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom apartments situated mid-block between Ainslie Street and Winnemac Avenue.
Balconies on the north tier facing into the courtyard. Photo by Daniel Schell
South-tier balconies. Photo by Daniel Schell
Detailed brickwork. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
A 27-space surface parking lot will be included at the rear of the building, accessed from the right-angled alley that connects Ainslie Street to Paulina. A message left with Hayes Properties regarding leasing rates and the building’s opening to tenants has not yet been answered.
Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking southeast from the west side of Paulina Street. Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking north up Paulina Street. Photo by Daniel Schell
Construction was approved by way of a new permit issued on August 27, 2024, with a reported cost of $3 million. Besides the four demolition permits that came through early last year to clear the site for redevelopment, no additional permissions have been granted.
Night-time snow-globe view. Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking into the courtyard from Paulina Street. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
From the alley. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
4907 North Paulina Street by Foster Dale Architects
4907 North Paulina Street by Foster Dale Architects
Floor plan of 4907 North Paulina Street by Foster Dale Architects
Site context, via Google Maps
For public transportation options, one block south at Lawrence Avenue are stops for CTA Route 81 buses, as well as the newly-rerouted southbound Route 9 Ashland bus. Route 22 buses stop two blocks east at Clark Street. The Ravenswood Metra station and its UP-N trains is about three blocks southwest at Ravenswood Avenue, and three blocks beyond that is the Damen Brown Line elevated platform. The Argyle Red Line platform is a slightly shorter walk, about .7 miles east using Winnemac Avenue.
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Really like this one.
Great job on the brick work and architecture – looks like a vintager courtyard building. If the address is the 4700 block of North Paulina, the neighborhood is Ravenswood, as Uptown begins East of Clark St.
Exactly – the classic Chicago courtyard building..
Ravenswood is not one of the official 77 Chicago neighborhoods. Between Montrose and Foster, Ravenswood is the western boundary of Uptown.
I really hope the building itself is the start of a new trend in more humane architecture and in the use of better quality building materials.
A small building is going up way up north near Fargo and western with a bay window that mimics the vintage buildings that surround it.
You can call this Ravenswood if you want to. Heck, the architect calls it Andersonville. But it’s in the Uptown Community Area.
Honestly I’d love an article on this developer/development. Talking about how they decided to build in this style and the challenges faced in doing so. It shows it can be done!
From Foster Dale’s website: “Our client has acquired several adjacent properties in the Andersonville neighborhood and was interested in reviving this typology for the modern era. FDA researched existing courtyard buildings throughout the city and the way in which they interact with their surrounding neighborhoods. The resulting design takes inspiration from the beautifully detailed exteriors of the typical courtyard buildings of old, while providing spacious, light-filled interiors for modern families today.”
Rubber stamp approval for this!
Give the architects 100 more contracts immediately, the best new medium density building built in Chicago in the last 30 years
The next version of this that they build can probably include a dozen or more additional apartments since they would not be required to provide any parking, but likely would still include a single row of 15 spaces accessed off the alley.
100% YES 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Well conceived and executed – new construction retro. I hope we could find developers to build like this on all sides of the city. Well done!
Man this is really cool. I’d love to see the interior of the units once the construction is done.
Absolutely beautiful project – instant classic! More of this please!
What the hell. How is someone building such a nice building these days? Can we please copy/paste on this
Of course wanna add to the pile and say this looks great, but there’s a few other things.
1. These photos went semi-viral on Twitter (not sure about link policy so I will say to go to @the_transit_guy)
2. Floorplates are unfortunately hamstrung a bit by the double loaded corridors, and the parking situation is a bit unfortunate.
3. I hope they be installing those green copper-style bay window roofs. I notice they are in the plans but appear to be missing in the photos.
Or…@BuildingChi (hint hint wink wink)
Beautiful! Need more like this.
Finally an neighborhood project to be proud of. The building looks like it has been there for decade and blends well into the neighborhood. More of these, please!