The single-story commercial building has been razed from the lot at 701 South Western Avenue in Tri-Taylor, allowing excavation work to begin on a pair of residential buildings set to take its place. B & K Concrete 1 has removed the structure from existence, and is now working on digging out the basement for one of the two new structures.
701 South Western Avenue, permitted for demolition on New Year’s Eve, is now gone. Via Google Street View
Site map of Western Avenue and Flournoy Street, via Google Maps
Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking east across Western Avenue. Photo by Daniel Schell
2355 West Flournoy, the more western of the two new properties, will stand directly on the demolition site, but its permit hasn’t been issued yet. The surface lot next to, or behind the demolition site, will be home to 2351 West Flournoy, and it has already been approved by the City of Chicago. Both addresses will be identical, with four-story buildings and eight units, four indoor parking spaces, rooftop decks, and balconies for each unit.
Looking west from the alley, across the lot for 2351, to 2355 West Flournoy. Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking southwest from Flournoy Street, with the north-south-running alley to the left. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
We haven’t had a look yet at how the two buildings will be oriented on the site, but it is anticipated that 2351 will have balconies facing east, toward the back of the site, while 2355’s balconies will front Western Avenue. The residential parking spaces could then be accessed from a curb cut off Flournoy, a one-way street going eastbound from Western, between the two buildings.
A pallet of salvaged bricks and the empty foundation from 701 South Western Avenue. Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking southeast from Flournoy Street. Photo by Daniel Schell
2351 West Flournoy lies within a three-block walk of the Western Blue Line platform at the Eisenhower Expressway. Just a block north of home, at Western Avenue and Harrison Street, are stops for the CTA’s Route 7, 49, and X49 buses. Straight south on Western Avenue about a mile is the Western Avenue Metra station and its BNSF trains.
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My understanding is that both buildings will actually face north, with balconies facing toward the park on Flournoy.
That makes sense. Thank you.