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Chicago Patterns Staff
January 2, 2019
1501 W 18th St. Part of Preliminary Recommendation for Pilsen District [John Morris/Chicago Patterns]
In years past, our yearly retrospective of architectural preservation in Chicago consisted of mostly losses with a few small wins. In 2018, however, a few significant victories changed the tone of how the city’s historic resources are maintained and preserved.
Some of same trends from years past continued in 2018: the loss of late 19th century Italianate homes and flats in near-NW side neighborhoods and Victorian cottages in places like Lakeview and Lincoln Park. Some of these erasures are stories of displacement, as long-term residents in older buildings are pushed out as developers erect expensive single-family homes and 2/3 flats in the place of existing buildings.
But on the plus side, two themes emerged in 2018: new landmarks and community action.
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John Morris
May 23, 2018
2420 W. Iowa has a pending demo permit [John Morris/Chicago Patterns]
As Spring is in full bloom, so too is the traditional hot season for real estate. Unfortunately this also means some of Chicago’s historic housing stock gives way to new construction, much of it concentrated in near North and Northwest Side neighborhoods that developed in the 1870s and 1880s.
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John Morris
January 28, 2016
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Golden hour on a golden turret at Iowa and Fairfield
