A busy South Side development team has landed permission for another multi-unit residential building in the Woodlawn neighborhood. A permit came through from the City of Chicago on December 9 allowing the entity of Bronzeville 777 LLC to construct a two-story plus basement, three-unit development at 6340 South Ingleside Avenue. They filed their application on July 22, with the permit citing a reported cost of $722,400.
Site context, via Google Maps
The permit details include rear porches at both levels connected by a stairway, and three surface parking spaces on a concrete slab. Hanna Architects is named as the architect of record, and 5 Seasons Development Company of Wilmette is the general contractor.
From the alley, via Google Street View. Three parking spaces will be added here.
That same trio also teamed up for a handful of six-unit buildings in the 3900 block of South Indiana Avenue in Bronzeville. All five buildings were permitted for construction between December 2024 and January of this year. Street View images from June show them all topped out at three stories. Some have units currently listed for rent on various real estate sites.
Six-flats under construction on South Indiana Avenue in Bronzeville, via Google Street View
Local transit options, via Google Maps
6340 South Ingleside lies within a three-block walk of the south terminus of the Green Line elevated train at South Cottage Grove Avenue and East 63rd Street. The CTA’s Route 63 bus is runs less than a block north, and for north-south travel, the Route 4 bus makes stops three blocks west along Cottage Grove.
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Why do we have to settle for these nameless, soulless gray boxes? Let’s bring back good taste, and quirky buildings with funny names, like “The Caroline,” or “The Amelia,” or whatever!
You are welcome to fund every and all of them. Just make sure to bring about modern stone masons on a budget fitting of their skills… And include room for actual masonry… And don’t forget you’re investing in an area in one of Chicago’s roughest neighborhoods.
Woodlawn is on the up, but so much work needs to be done to achieve upper middle class level design, as which were in-par with many greystones and other stone favs.
Believe me, Drew, if I could, I would. I understand that it will be more expensive (potentially prohibitively so), but unless we choose to start, nothing will change. Also, these gray boxes objectively suck and could use a little more care in design, especially if they’re to be a lasting part of the streetscape. Just a few simple changes, maybe a fabricated pediment or cornice here or there (and red/varied brick), and it would look a lot better (and suggest the Woodlawn that once was, else it becomes just another sea of gray boxes). Until there’s sufficient demand, it won’t happen cheaply, but hopefully at some point economies of scale will allow for greater replication of ornament. Just my two cents.
Believe me, Drew, if I could, I would. I understand that it will be more expensive (potentially prohibitively so), but unless we choose to start, nothing will change. Also, these gray boxes objectively suck and could use a little more care in design, especially if they’re to be a lasting part of the streetscape. Just a few simple changes, maybe a fabricated pediment or cornice here or there (and red/varied brick), and it would look a lot better (and suggest the Woodlawn that once was, else it becomes just another sea of gray boxes). Until there’s sufficient demand, it won’t happen cheaply, but hopefully at some point economies of scale will allow for greater replication of ornament. Just my two cents.