Photos show the roof replacement for the prominent shed portion of Chicago’s Morton Salt Warehouse Complex in West Town. This replacement is one of the first key steps in a major adaptive re-use project that will transform the complex at 1357 N Elston Avenue into an office and entertainment venue.
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks has approved the submission of the Ramova Theater located at 3518 S Halsted Street in Bridgeport to the National Historic Register. Designed by Chicago architect Meyer O. Nathan, the neighborhood theater opened simultaneously with its sister theater, the Music Box, in Lake View in 1929.
A construction permit has been approved for the site of 5523 S Indiana Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood, where owner BGI LLC has planned a four-story, three-unit residential building. The new structure is set to include a rooftop deck and stair enclosure, as well as a front deck, a rear full-height porch, and a detached three-car garage with a rooftop deck.
Invest South/West has revealed the development schemes for its South Shore RFP site located at 2908 E 79th Street in South Shore. The two part 1.7-acre site includes vintage, low-rise buildings along with vacant land and direct access to the Metra Cheltenham station on the Electric Main Line.
Remaining facade work is nearing the finish line for Howard Brown Health‘s new Broadway Youth Center at 1023 W Irving Park Road in Lake View.
