The Greenview Collection, a row of three stand-alone, single-family homes spanning 4454-4458 North Greenview Avenue in Uptown, appears very close to being move-in ready. We’ve been following its progress since the former First Spanish Christian Church was demolished in January to clear the site for redevelopment. Longford Construction is both the developer and general contractor here. Stoneberg + Gross Architects designed the homes. 
4454 (left) and 4456 North Greenview Avenue. Photo by Daniel Schell
4454 (left) and 4456 North Greenview Avenue. Photo by Daniel Schell
4454 and 4456 North Greenview are two very similar homes. Each features three bedrooms and 3+ bathrooms, with attached two-car garages. The church occupied the entire footprint of this lot, so there is no alley running along the rear of the property. The garage entrances are located out front, off Greenview Avenue. As they are situated partially below grade, heated driveways are included to prevent mishaps in snowy, icy weather.
4458 North Greenview. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
4458 North Greenview and its detached garage. Photo by Daniel Schell
4458 North Greenview, the northernmost of the three and standing on the corner of Greenview and Sunnyside Avenues, features five bedrooms and three bathrooms. It also has a two-car garage, but this one is detached from the house, with the entrance off Sunnyside. Both the house and the garage will have rooftop decks. The residential deck will include a pergola; in the rear yard, a steel stairway will provide access to the garage deck.
The Greenview Collection, 4454-4458 North Greenview Avenue in Chicago.
The Greenview Collection is located within one-block walks to Route 22 buses to the east and the newly rerouted Route 9 bus to the west. The nearest elevated train is the Montrose Brown Line platform, about half a mile west, with the Wilson Red Line station just a bit longer of a walk east. There is a Divvy bike rack less than two blocks away at Clark Street and Montrose Avenue. The northbound 9 bus can be used to connect with the Ravenswood Metra station and its UP-N trains about half a mile away.
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Completely ridiculous that this couldn’t have been anything higher density
What do stories about luxury condos have to do with the mission of YIMBY? I’m reconsidering my donation. I keep seeing you publish stories about developments like this that could house hundreds that house very few. Why would I donate to you to promote, as you see in your photo, “luxury homes” ???!?
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Another developer tried to secure twice as many units on the property and the community turned it down. It was too dense for them.
Complaining about lack of density on a blog is all fine and good, but I have to say, as an architect, trying to get more density, affordable housing and housing options in the city, it would be great of those who want density would actually show up to community meetings and make themselves heard.
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My biggest issue with these are the atrocious curb cuts and front facing garages. I get that there is no alley access, but man they are ugly and make the sidewalk marginally, but objectively more dangerous.