A demolition permit was issued last week for a one-story masonry building located at 3501 S Union Avenue in the Bridgeport neighborhood. The building was formerly home of Morrie O’Malley’s Hot Dogs.
Two demolition permits were filed last week for neighboring two-story frame residences along with detached frame garages located at 4306 and 4308 N Greenview Avenue in Lake View. The permit’s owner is listed as Charles Murphy for both demolitions. The properties were recently put up for sale as a combined lot. The listing is currently active with an asking price of $1.45 million.
Demolition permits were issued this week for a two-story residential building located at 1543 N Artesian Avenue in the West Town neighborhood.
A permit was approved earlier this week for a new three-story residential building to be located at 4433 S Prairie Avenue in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood. The owner is listed as James Nahon and plans indicate this project will yield three total units, each with a rear open porch. Additionally, the permits include a detached three-car garage. The development will replace a vacant lot. Nahon has been issued several permits for this area some of which we have previously reported upon.
This month a special exhibit will be available in Lincoln Park to curious Chicagoans. The Wrightwood 659 is presenting Romanticism to Ruin: Two Lost Works of Sullivan & Wright. This is a unique opportunity to view a dual exhibition that highlights two long-gone masterpieces: Louis H. Sullivan’s innovative Garrick Theatre in Chicago and Frank Lloyd Wright’s unprecedented Larkin Building, in Buffalo, New York.
