Preservation Chicago announced 2025’s most endangered list earlier this week. The yearly list highlights buildings across the city which are architecturally and culturally significant, however due to various reasons, they have fallen into disrepair and face potential demolition in the near future. Additional information can be found on Preservation Chicago’s website here.
A new substation is being built over the right-of-way at Morgan Street in the West Loop, part of the CTA’s Forest Park Branch Rebuild project along the Blue Line. A new construction permit was issued on August 1, 2023 to begin work. F.H. Paschen took over as the general contractor with the issuance of a revision on November 24 that same year.
The City of Chicago has issued two permits to erect three-story, three-unit residential buildings at 4147 and 4153 South Calumet Avenue in Bronzeville. The permits are identical, and issued on the same day, February 27, though one application was filed on October 29 of last year and the other on October 31. The estimated cost for each building is $450,000.
Updated details have been revealed for the residential development at 3819 N Kedzie Avenue in Irving Park. Located near the intersection with W Byron Street, the project was initially revealed earlier this year with a different exterior design. Local developer Base 3 Real Estate is leading the project with Red Architects as the designer, the same team behind 750 W North Avenue.
The Chicago Tribune Freedom Center has been scraped from the earth, but activity continues on the River West site of Bally’s Chicago Casino. As we keep an eye out for the first construction permit to be issued by the city, rebar is already being bent and curled into cages to be lowered into caissons to support the building.
