When last we checked on 4317 North Paulina Street in Ravenswood in October, a 1905-built greystone on the site had been mostly reduced to rubble. A crew was on hand to sort and salvage pallet loads of bricks from the old building, while stone accoutrement from the façade and other items from the structure awaited removal. Demolition was permitted on October 7 and carried out by Builder Luxury of Willowbrook.
Chicago’s City Council has approved revised plans for a residential development at 5056 North Ashland Avenue in Ravenswood. Located at the corner of West Carmen Avenue near Andersonville, the proposal will replace a vacant lot as well as two single-family homes. The project was first revealed this summer and has since gone through community feedback.
More than 24 months after a new construction permit was issued to replace it, a 1905-built residence in Ravenswood has been reduced to rubble. Bricks to salvage and memories to cherish are all that remain at 4317 North Paulina Street ahead of redevelopment for eight new units on the site.
The pending doom of demolition fencing surrounds the Ravenswood Presbyterian Church at 4300 North Hermitage Avenue in the Ravenswood neighborhood. Sources confirm that a developer plans to tear down the 110-year-old church and replace it with a half-dozen or so single-family homes.
Excavation is underway for a five-story, ten-unit residential building at 2206 West Lawrence Avenue in the Ravenswood neighborhood. Piles of sand and soil have built up at the back of the construction site as Longford Construction gets set to begin the foundation.
