Demolition

Façade To Be Saved As Demolition Permit Is Issued For 3244 West Bryn Mawr Avenue In North Park

7:00 am on April 5, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A demolition permit has been issued for the single-story masonry building spanning 3244 to 3250 West Bryn Mawr Avenue in North Park. Designated a historic building by the city, the structure was released from the Demolition Delay Hold List on March 27. It appeared on the list two previous times, having been released in April 2020 and May 2023. The demolition permit stipulates that the entire front façade is to be saved.

Demolition Nearing Completion For 3631 North Sheffield, With Neighbors Soon To Follow

7:45 am on March 26, 2025 By Daniel Schell

The first of three adjacent buildings to be razed for a new residential development just beyond the right field wall at Wrigley Field is nearing completion. The building at 3631 North Sheffield Avenue in Wrigleyville has been reduced to a tiny portion of the north façade and the front stairs to the entryway. To its left and right, two more buildings will soon meet the same fate, as all three come down for a residential development on the site.

4313 North Lincoln Avenue demolition permitted

Retail Plaza Demolition In North Center Will Allow 12-Unit Construction On Lincoln Avenue

7:30 am on March 23, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A demolition permit was issued by the City of Chicago on March 18 to tear down a small retail plaza at 4313 North Lincoln Avenue in Lincoln Square to make room for a proposed residential development by Mangan Builders. They have a pending permit in the Chicago Data Portal for a four-story, 12-unit building on the site, addressed as 4309 North Lincoln.

Demolition Nearly Complete Of Former Cougle Building At 345 North Aberdeen In Fulton Market

7:45 am on March 20, 2025 By Daniel Schell

Demolition is almost complete on the former Cougle Commission Co. building at 345 North Aberdeen Street in Fulton Market. A permit to tear down the single-story structure was permitted on March 10; demo fencing had surrounded the site on a trip through the neighborhood back in late February, so the permit came as no surprise. Another visit Tuesday, March 18 turned up mostly rubble and scrap material.

1065 and 1073 West Polk Street demolitions permitted

Two Demolition Permits Will Bring Six New Residential Units To Polk Street In Little Italy

7:30 am on March 20, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A pair of demolition permits issued by the City of Chicago on March 17 will raze two 1888-built homes from Polk Street in Little Italy, ultimately to be replaced by three-unit developments. An LLC registered in Orland Park is named as the owner of the two buildings, at 1065 and 1073 West Polk Street. Real estate records show both properties were purchased in 2023 for $350,000 apiece.

Demolition Underway At 1344 West Wrightwood Avenue In Lincoln Park

7:30 am on March 16, 2025 By Daniel Schell

While a pending permit awaits for a new two-unit residential development, demolition has begun to remove the existing home at 1344 West Wrightwood Avenue in Lincoln Park. The demo permit was issued on February 21, with Tir Conaill Concrete named as the demolition contractor at an estimated cost of $28,000.

6254 North Western Avenue Dunkin demolition permitted

Dunkin Demo Permit Clears The Way For New Restaurant In West Ridge

7:00 am on March 16, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A demolition permit has been issued for the Dunkin at 6254 North Western Avenue in West Ridge. That permit will allow construction to begin for a new restaurant that was permitted back in October of last year.

Demolition Begins At 1445 North Ashland Avenue In Wicker Park

7:30 am on March 15, 2025 By Daniel Schell

Demolition has begun on what was little more than an eyesore of a building at 1445 North Ashland Avenue in the Wicker Park/Noble Square area. What looks like a two-story structure that was never finished, or perhaps a renovation that was never completed, has finally met the proverbial wrecking ball, giving way to a new residential development on the site. A demolition permit was issued on November 20 of last year, and thanks to a Twitter user, we know that demo work got started this week.

4846 North Hermitage Avenue demolition permitted

Demolition Permit Issued For 1890s Building In Uptown Ahead Of SFR Construction

7:00 am on March 13, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A pair of demolition permits were issued on March 7 for the property at 4846 North Hermitage Avenue in Uptown. The main permit will tear down a three-story brick residential building from the 1890s, while the second demo permit allows for the removal of a recently rebuilt four-vehicle detached garage. The buildings are being removed to make space of a single-family residence permitted for construction back in early February.

With Permit Corrected, 3739 North Clifton Avenue Demolished As Planned

7:30 am on March 9, 2025 By Daniel Schell

The demolition permit issued by the City of Chicago for the residential building at 3729 North Clifton Avenue in Wrigleyville has been ignored. In a way. What we thought might have been a typo somewhere along the chain of command does indeed appear to have been a simple slip of a digit, and the home that was supposed to be taken down, at 3939 North Clifton, has now been demolished.

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