A demolition permit issued by the City of Chicago will allow a new seven-unit residential project to proceed at 1504 North Hudson Avenue in Old Town. The permit, which came through on October 6th, clears the lot at 1506 North Hudson, assigning Builder Luxury to do the teardown at a reported cost of $20,000.
Site context, via Google Maps
A pending permit in the Chicago Data Portal applied for on April 2 of this year for 1504 North Hudson calls for a three-story plus basement, seven-unit building designed by Purohit Architects of Hoffman Estates. Details include decks for all three floors at the front of the building, and rear balconies on the two upper floors. Outdoor specs include three parking spaces and a trash enclosure. Treewright Construction Services LLC of Aurora, IL is named as the general contractor.
The existing structure appears to contain two residential units. Real estate records indicate it was erected in 1886 and sold to developer 1506 N Hudson Ave LLC, registered to an address in New York City, in April for $1.025 million. The garage on the alley will also be demolished, to be replaced with surface parking.
The garage will be replaced with surface parking. Image via Google Street View
1504 North Hudson is located four blocks west of Old Town’s Wells Street dining corridor. For transit options, the Sedgwick Brown Line elevated train platform is just one block away, as are stops for CTA Route 37 and 72 buses at Sedgwick Street and North Avenue, respectively.
Nearby transit options, via Google Maps
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Stop tearing down historic homes in Chicago.
Totally agree so dumb and pure laziness.
It will never stop. Stop destroying Chicago history
It is a lovely old building, but replacing two units with seven is a good thing. I hope the new building has a good design.
Those older buildings stand the test of time beautifully designed and quality material , new buildings will be up in months not the same charm of the area
This one is cute. Sad to lose it, but very happy there will be 5 more homes there. Net gain.
Overall net gain. There’s something to be said for preservation, but not at the cost of inhibiting growth and more housing.
In response to Brandon, tearing down the city’s naturally occurring affordable housing with more espensive units doesn’t help with Chicago’s affordable housing problem nor matter how many more units are created. You YIMBY folks don’t get it.
You are trying to argue that supply and demand aren’t directly linked? I’m excited to hear this response…