Demolition

1445 North Ashland Avenue demolition

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.

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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.

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3739 North Clifton Avenue demolition

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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2224 West Grand Avenue demolition permit

Demolition Permit Issued For Rainbow Art Building At 2224 West Grand Avenue

7:00 am on March 3, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A demolition permit has been issued for a two-story industrial building and delivery bay at 2224 West Grand Avenue Chicago’s West Town Community Area. The permit came through on February 27, assigning B & K Concrete 1 of Blue Island as the deno contractor, at an estimated cost of $65,000. The building was the home of the Rainbow Art, Inc., and sold in fall of last year. But details about the selling price, as well as when Rainbow Art vacated the building, have proven difficult to find.

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1367 West Wilson Avenue demolition permitted

Laundromat Demo Permit Will Wash Site Clean For 28 Units In Uptown

7:00 am on March 2, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A demolition permit has been issued for a single-story commercial building at 1367 West Wilson Avenue in Uptown. Demo fencing was delivered to the site after the Happy Wash Laundromat closed, and sat in a stack until it was set up to close off the parking lot along Dover Street. It now appears a new residential development for the site is soon to get started.

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