It’s been exactly a month since the Obamas announced that Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects will lead the design for the library and now we have a site selection—the Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed Jackson Park.
The Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) has broke ground on the Trianon Lofts project, a development which will deliver 24 two-bedroom apartments and 7,000 square feet of ground floor retail space to the corner of 61st and Cottage Grove.
While the city's revamped Transit Oriented Development (TOD) ordinance has spurred numerous projects on the north side, a new low-income proposal is slated to move forward in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood.
Cleanup from the devastating fire that engulfed the historic church building last year has just begun and the first priority is sealing the church off from the elements by installing new windows and a new roof — a job that is expected to take months.