Getting around in the River West neighborhood is a chore these days. That’s all thanks to the ambitious project underway to rebuild the Halsted Street viaduct and replace the Chicago Avenue Bridge over the river.
Three permits issued on December 2 will allow construction on a vacant corner lot at South Prairie Avenue and East 46th Street in Grand Boulevard. 4603, 4605, and 4607 South Prairie will all be three-story, three-unit buildings. Permit applications were all filed on September 22, and all three were issued on December 2 with reported costs of $440,000 apiece.
Demolition of the Ravenswood Presbyterian Church at 4300 North Hermitage Avenue in Ravenswood is now underway. A pair of permits were issued on December 3rd, allowing contractor Dexco Corporation to get to work on the church and the caretaker’s home behind it.
When last we checked on 4317 North Paulina Street in Ravenswood in October, a 1905-built greystone on the site had been mostly reduced to rubble. A crew was on hand to sort and salvage pallet loads of bricks from the old building, while stone accoutrement from the façade and other items from the structure awaited removal. Demolition was permitted on October 7 and carried out by Builder Luxury of Willowbrook.
A vacant corner lot on the northeast corner of West Douglas Boulevard and South Spaulding Avenue will soon be improved with a pair of two-story plus basement, two-unit residential buildings. At 3254 West Douglas in North Lawndale, a permit was issued to developer and general contractor M Street Construction of Oak Park on November 25. A second permit remains pending in the Chicago Data Portal to build next door at 3256 West Douglas.
