Demolition has rendered mostly unrecognizable the shops and apartments that used to occupy 917 through 925 West Belmont Avenue in Lake View. Permission to tear down the building came in on July 18, with the rear lot having been fenced off well before the demo permit came through. As of July 29, progress had reached the facades along the street front.
After decades of sitting idle amid hopes for adaptive reuse, the Damen Silos are being torn down at Damen Avenue and 29th Street in McKinley Park. Long a favorite for urban explorers and rave parties, the silos had become a popular landmark along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Stevenson Expressway.
Permission has been granted for a developer to demolish a home at 1300 West Newport Avenue and replace it with a new two-unit residential building. Located in the Southport Corridor of Lake View, the two-story greystone was built in 1910 and according to real estate records, was purchased by an LLC in May of this year for $1.15 million.
A demolition permit issued by the city on July 10 will clear the second parcel for a new residential building named 2237 Roscoe in Roscoe Village. Located on the southwest corner of Roscoe and Bell Avenue, 2233 West Roscoe Street will meet the same fate as next-door neighbor 2239, which was demolished in 2021. Brophy Excavation is names as the demo contractor, with this permit carrying a reported cost of $19,450.
A demolition permit was issued on July 10 for a two-story commercial building at 1501 North Ashland Avenue in West Town. Situated on the northeast corner of Ashland and Le Moyne Street, that’s been the home for decades of Arandas Tire & Rims. And according to a community review update from 1st Ward Alderman Daniel La Spata, it will be again. But first, a new five-story residential building will be erected on the site.
