There are things to be seen from the L. But the Brown Line train never seems to slow down at opportune times. So I slowed it down for you.
Granted, it will take you about 3 days to get to the Howard station at this pace, but at least you can get a good look at the demolition Taylor Excavating is doing at 2518-36 North Lincoln, to clear the way for ELEVATE Lincoln Park.
For more about ELEVATE Lincoln Park, see this post from last week.
I don’t know how much it costs per day to have one of those pretty yellow Hayward Baker machines in your lot, in this case the lot being 171 North Aberdeen Street, but I’m guessing Novak Construction would like to put it to good use sooner rather than later.
The latest project from MCZ Development and designed by Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, 171 Aberdeen promises 75 luxury apartments, 15,000 square feet of retail space, 40,000 square feet of office space, and up to 140 parking spots at the corner of Lake and Aberdeen Streets in the molten-lava-hot Fulton Market neighborhood.
Curiously, there’s a permit on file with the City of Chicago. But it’s a foundation permit for a tower crane. That seems a tad cart-before-horse-ish to me, but it’s happened before. Novak Construction, the general contractor on 171 Aberdeen, will get to work as soon as the city says “go.”
Here’s the tower crane permit, displayed at the 171 Aberdeen work site.
And here’s a rendering from MCZ Development of the finished 171 Aberdeen.
All that prime tagging canvas will be gone once 171 Aberdeen construction gets rolling.
The 14-story tower that makes up about 78% of Kenect’s floorage. If floorage was a word.
At 500 North Milwaukee Avenue in the West Town neighborhood, Akara Partners is developing Kenect, a two-building apartment complex designed by Pappageorge Haymes Partners.
When complete, Kenect will have a 14-story tower on the west side of North Green Street with 179 apartments, and a 4-story structure on the east side of Green Street with 48 units. The two will share 122 car parking spaces and 50 bike parking spaces, while the entire complex will include some 14,000 square feet of retail space.
Sorry, no more service here, Ace.
Tennis, anyone? Well, you’re a little too late. Those elevated tennis courts you saw on your Brown Line ride between the Fullerton and Diversey stops are no more. Game, set, match.
Taylor on the tear down; McHugh on the new construction.
In its place will soon be ELEVATE Lincoln Park, a mixed use project from Baker Development Company.
Approved by the Chicago Plan Commission back in July 2015, permits were filed for five addresses spanning North Lincoln Avenue from 2518 to 2534 between May 3 and May 5. Your plan commission says to expect a 10-story, 200-unit complex designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz that will also include 16,300 square feet of retail space.
The original schedule for ELEVATE Lincoln Park had designs on beginning caisson work by the first of this month, so progress is a tad behind schedule. But not to worry. Demolition is a pretty good sign things are well underway.
The taggers got to Lincoln Centre before Taylor demo crews did.
A commuter’s view, from a CTA Brown Line train.
Somebody feed that excavator, stat!
Soil sampling rigs showed up on site back in September. A good sign it’s time to sell your condo.
Another angle of the carnage.
A rendering of Elevate Lincoln Park from Baker Development Company.
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