WASHINGTON PARK — U. of C. will build a new art center across the street from the potential site for Barack Obama's presidential library in Washington Park. The Green Line Arts Center will expand arts programming in the neighborhood with additional space for music, theater, film and dance. Located at 317 E. Garfield Blvd., the center will join the University’s Art Block, which includes the Arts Incubator, Place Lab, and BING Art Books. “To transform a neighborhood, we have to help people believe that beautiful things can happen there. Arts and culture are some of the ways we can do that,” says artist and U. of C. professor Theaster Gates, who has led the University’s projects on the Art Block....
HYDE PARK — In a vital boost to healthcare access for South Side residents, U. of C. announced in April its proposed trauma center will serve more than 2,700 patients. The $269 million revitalization of Mitchell Hospital will be spent on an adult trauma center, cancer and specialty care hospital and additional medical-surgical beds. U. of C. originally planned to open a center at Holy Cross Hospital with Mount Sinai, but agreed to resident’s demands for greater health care access when it announced in December the trauma center would be built on the Hyde Park campus. According to DNA info, the medical center transferred patients to other hospitals more than 10 percent of the time on average. In February, U....
[caption id="attachment_24213" align="alignright" width="450"] Artist's rendering of 'Woodlawn Station', which will include 70 low-income apartment units and ground floor retail (Source: POAH)[/caption] WOODLAWN- A vacant lot next to the Green Line is one step closer to becoming a development for low-income residents thanks to an updated city ordinance, according to Chicago Curbed. Located at the intersection of Cottage Grove and 63rd Street, Woodlawn Station will include 70 low-income apartment units and 15,000 square feet of ground floor retail. The project benefited from last year’s overhaul of the city’s Transit Oriented Development ordinance, which eased parking lot requirements for properties nearby public transportation. Check out some of our listings near the planned development: Home 6409 S Kenwood Ave. (UNDER CONTRACT) Land 209 E....
WOODLAWN- Crews are racing to restore Shrine of Christ the King before winter after a fire gutted the church last October according to Curbed Chicago. The Archdiocese of Chicago announced the church, 6401 South Woodlawn, would be restored after Woodlawn residents rallied behind the historic building. The neighborhood group Coalition to Save the Shrine has raised $1 million for the first part of the restoration, and hopes to have a new roof and windows up before the winter. Cleanup begins at Shrine of Christ the King in #woodlawn. See what the church needs to rebuild at 5pm pic.twitter.com/w1cQ5pIxwj — CharlieWojciechowski (@Charlienews) April 26, 2016 Here are some fast facts on this South Side architectural gem and community cornerstone. • Designed by church...
Chicago’s most iconic skyscrapers will find company in sleek 21st century towers as developers rush to join the apartment building boom. Here are five proposed development that would transform Chicago’s skyline, as reported by Curbed Chicago. [caption id="attachment_24040" align="alignright" width="323"] The Skyscraper Center[/caption] 1. Vista Tower This 1,100 supertall tower would become Chicago’s third tallest tower, and includes a mix of hotel rooms and high-end condos overlooking the Lakeshore East neighborhood. Design: Studio Gang Architects Address: 375 East Wacker Dr. Height: 1,100 feet Completion: 2020 [caption id="attachment_24099" align="alignright" width="702"] The Skyscraper Center[/caption] 2. 1000 S Michigan Ave. This 832 foot tower would add to southern end of the Grant Park curtain wall. [caption id="attachment_24041" align="alignright" width="375"] The...
BRONZEVILLE- Rosenwald Courts, once home to Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington and Jesse Owens, will reopen as affordable and senior housing later this year. Originally known as the Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments, the apartment complex at 47th Street and Michigan Avenue was built in 1929 as a gift from Sears Roebuck magnate Julius Rosenwald to address overcrowding, according to Curbed Chicago. Rosenwald Courts was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1981, but saw its last occupant leave in 2000. Despite the severe deterioration since then, developers are restoring the property’s eight buildings. The finished building will have 239 units, 50,000 square feet of retail space and a professionally landscaped two-acre courtyard. (Jay Koziarz/ Curbed Chicago) Several Steele Consulting Group properties...
HUMBOLDT PARK- Humboldt Park Beach will return in July after the community oasis vanished last year. When the Chicago Park District closed the beach in May of 2015 for the first time in 40 years due to financial reasons, residents protested through petitions and a sit-in. Now DNAinfo reports officials have revealed plans for a revamped lagoon restoring Humboldt Park Beach’s claim to, “everything Lake Michigan has – plus cleaner water.” The beach includes a 10 foot deep cold water hole to decrease water temperature and a bubbler to improve oxygen circulation. The upgraded inland beach includes a walkway separating the natural lagoon from the beach.(Source: DNAinfo) The inland beach was the first of its kind in Chicago and maybe even the nation...
[gallery ids="23895,24842"] WOODLAWN- A charter school on the South Side known for its excellent academic performance is about to get bigger. U. of C.’s Woodlawn charter school will seat 100 more students by the 2017 school year at its new location between 63rd Street and University Avenue. After finalizing the land purchase in February, U. of C. revealed new plans for the expanded 29,000 square-foot school, which will enroll 750 students. The additional space will be used for new facilities including: A college counseling center Football field and track Gym and locker room Larger cafeteria Science and technology labs More space for arts programs The Woodlawn Charter is one of four U. of C. Charter School campuses, and prepares students grade 6 to...
HYDE PARK — Target announced Tuesday it will open a new store in the Vue53 development in Hyde Park. The retailer will open in late fall 2016 or early spring of 2017 with a 21,000-square-foot store, nearly all of the retail space in the project currently under construction at 1330 E. 53rd St. The store wil be one of Target’s flexible-store designs, which are considerably smaller than the 170,000-square-foot stores Target has built in the past and will offer items tailored to the community. The store is expected to include a pharmacy and will offer beauty products, clothing for men and women, home products, electronics, children and baby items, and some groceries and cleaning products. The developer said the investment by the University...
