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Monday, October 14
Chicago Historic Resources Survey: Included - Orange Rating [?]
Ward: 43
Applicant: Savane Properties
Owner: BMO Harris Bank, N. A., Trust Department
Permit Description: Wreck and remove existing two-story masonry residence with detached garage.
Status: Withdrawn by applicant before sale. UPDATE: Application reinstated; hold released 10/3/12.
This multi-unit building on a CHRS significant street was sold for $1,400,000 in September. Additional interior photographs are available on the listing and a YouTube video.
Over the course of 2012 David Schalliol produced a photographic portrait of 100 of the hundreds of buildings threatened with demolition in the city of Chicago. Nearly all of the buildings have since been demolished. Visit the background information section for more information about the project, including definitions and links to other building resources.
The series is supported by a generous grant from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.