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Initial Designs for Lathrop Homes Redevelopment To Be Revealed in September
The Chicago Housing Authority’s plan to redevelop the Julia C. Lathrop Homes public housing complex at Diversey and Clybourn continues to inch forward. Three proposed designs will be presented to the public in late September, offering a range of options for the site’s future, according to Craig Sieben, a member of the Lathrop Homes Working Read the Rest…
Affordable Housing Proposal Stirs Up Tempest at 47th Ward Council Meeting
We don’t know who Scott Borstein is, but he’s not a popular man in Northcenter these days. Nearly a year ago, Borstein filled out a form proposing an affordable housing development at 2437-53 W. Irving Park Rd., site of the abandoned home of Illinois Battery. Neighbors just now got wind of the paperwork and after Read the Rest…
Developer Proposes Turning Laundromat Into Apartments
For the second time in as many months, a developer is proposing the construction of apartments, not condos. First the Ravenswood Terrace project on Lawrence Avenue was announced as rentals, and now Earthwood Development is presenting revised plans for 4232-38 N. Western Ave., currently the site of a vacated laundromat. We smell a trend. In Read the Rest…
