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Demolition of the former United Christian Church in Lincoln Park will clear space for The Base

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Demolition of the former United Christian Church is ongoing.

It’s all about The Base, ’bout The Base, no rubble, on the corner of Diversey and Seminary in Lincoln Park. That’s where the former United Christian Church is being razed for a new residential development called “The Base” from Contemporary Concepts. And, obviously, there’s lots of rubble.

The five-story building, designed by Studio Dwell, will contain 24 apartments with a roof deck atop them. There will be one off-street parking space, with access to the Diversey Brow/Purple line elevated platform just three blocks to the east.

A demolition for the church, at 2761 North Seminary, was issued on September 25, with Brophy Excavation handled demo work. The new construction permit, issued to 2763 North Seminary, was issued on September 4, with developer Contemporary Concepts also fulfilling general contractor duties for their own project.

The following gallery shows demolition progress as of October 20, with a few earlier images of demo work and some of the church before razing began:

Photo taken 10/20/2024
October 7 demo progress.
Studio Dwell rendering at the demo site.
October 7 demo progress.
Pre-demolition.
Pre-demolition.
Demolition prep on September 5.
New construction permit, via Chicago Data Portal.
Demolition permit, via Chicago Data Portal.

Just because: Pre-demolition photos at 3415-3425 North Ashland. A bunch of them.

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There’s a four-story, 48-unit residential building coming to the 3400-block of North Ashland Avenue in the Lake View neighborhood. That means it’s demolition time for the three low-slung brick buildings right smack-dab next to the L tracks just north of Roscoe Street, but south of Loyola Press.

You used to be able to sit down to read the information posted at 3415 N Ashland, but sadly, it’s now inside the demo fence.

Brophy Excavation is doing the demolition work.

Check out this link from the 44th Ward for more info on 3415 North Ashland. Then see the gallery with the ridiculous number of pictures I took before this all comes down.

  • Rendering from the 44th Ward info.
3415-3425 North Ashland. The murals were cool.

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