Construction has been approved to replace an 1890-built single-family residence at 1945 West Potomac Avenue in Wicker Park that was permitted for demolition back in May. The permit came through the Chicago Data Portal on July 7, one month after its application start date of June 8, and it comes with a reported cost of $567,468.
Site context of 1945 West Potomac Avenue, via Google Maps
The building is to include three stories above grade plus a basement level, and it will contain two dwelling units, likely to be one duplex-down and one duplex-up for-sale condos. There will be rear terraces at the rear of the first two stories with a rear stair to the third level. The rooftop will include an occupiable deck, stair enclosure, and a pergola. A detached two-car garage on rear alley will be topped by a roof deck of its won. Hanna Architects is named as the architect of record.
Developer EZMB LLC purchased the property in January for $755,000 and submitted an application to tear down the home and detached garage on January 23. That permit came through 110 days later on May 13, with Builder Luxury of Willowbrook named as the demo contractor at a reported cost of $20,000. EZMB is their own general contractor for the two new homes.
Rear of the home from the side alley, via Google Street View
This garage is included in the demo permit. Image via Google Street View
Local transit options, via Google Maps
1945 West Potomac lies on a corner lot formed by West Potomac Street and a north-south side alley. There are stops for the CTA’s Route 50 bus half a block west at North Damen Avenue. Two blocks south are stops in both directions for the east-west Route 70 bus at West Division Street. That bus can be used to connect with the Division Blue Line subway station approximately half a mile east, while the Damen Blue Line is a slightly shorter distance to the north. Route 56 buses are within convenient walking distance along Milwaukee Avenue.
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Another overpriced trendy building that does nothing to retain the history of the city. It is all about homogenization & making the rich suburban brats feel at home in the big city. Strip malls & chain retail stores to be announced soon.
Your post has you as the one sounding like a brat. And from prior posts you’re not that informed either.
You manage to sound like a brat and have everything backwards, nice job!
Jane, how could you forget about the rich transplant brats?
Chicago has been losing population for decades. It’s who we are, damnit!
The last thing this town needs is more people who might actually wanna live here.
100% agree. This is so annoying that we are losing the character.
I hope those beautiful window topper stones are saved among the bricks..
What an ugly house, goes to show that not everything from 1890 is beautiful architecture
Built 138 years ago and still standing!
How many of these cookie cutters will stand half as long?
If this exact same house was built in 2005 you would call it cookie cutter
Make that 136 years ago.
Would have loved to see it being replaced by something more dense but two families where there was only one before is an improvement.