A demolition permit was issued on August 21 to tear down a frame single-family residence at 4239 North Western Avenue in North Center. Brophy Excavation is the designated demo contractor, at a reported cost of $13,620. The site lies mid-block between Cullom and Berteau Avenues.
Demolition is underway on a large single-family home at 2642 North Lakewood Avenue in the Wrightwood Neighbors area of Lincoln Park. Tir Conaill Concrete received a permit on July 2 to begin work, at a reported cost of $45,000, and they are now in the process of bringing the building down.
A demolition permit has been issued by the City of Chicago to remove a former Brown’s Chicken restaurant at 6909 West Archer Avenue in Garfield Ridge. Permission came through on August 21, with Master Guys Demolition assigned to teardown duties at a reported cost of $15,000. The restaurant closed in 2018 and was listed for sale by the owner. It has been vacant since.
Demolition is nearly complete on the former Lawrence Canvas business at 3664 North Lincoln Avenue in North Center. That clears the way for construction of a new five-story, 16-unit residential project from Centrum Realty & Development.
A last-ditch effort by neighbors to save the vintage façade at 1300 West Newport Avenue in the Southport Corridor has fallen short, as demolition has been carried out on the 1910-built greystone.
