A single-family residence on West Lyndale Street in Palmer Square that was permitted for demolition in April will be replaced by a three-story with basement, two-unit building thanks to a fresh May permit. A developer named as 3122 Lyndale LLC received permission to erect the two-flat on May 1 at 3122 West Lyndale. The permit has an application start date of February 16, and it comes through with a reported cost of $1.1 million.
Site context of 3122 West Lyndale Street, via Google Maps
Details for construction include a detached two-car garage, plus rear decks on the residential building. Rooftop decks are not mentioned for either structure. The property will be enclosed by six-foot privacy fencing on the sides and a five-foot iron fence in front. Michael Cox & Associates is the architect of record, with LD2 Development listed as the general contractor. It is unclear if the units will be for rent or for sale, but two units across four levels would indicate they could consist of one duplex-down condo and one duplex-up.
Real estate sites show the property was purchased by the developer in March for $417,500. A demolition permit for the masonry SFR, built in 1890, and its detached frame garage was permitted on April 9, with Brophy Excavation handling the teardown at a reported cost of just under $12,000.
This garage will be replaced with a new two-car garage. Image via Google Street View
Nearby transit options, via Google Maps
Residents of 3122 West Lyndale will live within two blocks of CTA bus service via Route 74 to the north at West Fullerton Avenue. North-south buses are available four blocks east on #94 buses at North California Avenue. Route 56 Milwaukee Avenue buses and the California Blue Line elevated platform are also located here.
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Excellent. Keep the density increases coming!
Wow again tearing down another awesome older building for a piece of crap.
I’m sure the new building will look nice too. Maybe it won’t have the charm of the little cottage, but this is a 100% density increase, which is a big win.
I wish there were a way to easily move these little cottages somewhere else. There’s a market for these small homes, but the land underneath them makes them too expensive for the size.
Seriously density at the cost of beauty, charm and heritage. Is the plan to make all neighborhood so ugly no one wants to live in them? is that the plan to fix the housing issues?
“Is the plan to make all neighborhood so ugly no one wants to live in them?”
I don’t understand this comment. Most of the new three story + basement two-flats being built in Chicago look nice.
These cottages are below grade because Chicago raised the street level when it installed a sewer system and the homeowners couldn’t afford to have their houses raised in turn.
RIP to a piece of Chicago history