In Lincoln Park, tensions flare over plan to tear down a nearly 150-year-old home

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The home is one of the few remaining wood-frame homes built in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

Judy Colohan Blatheriwck, right, and her sister Kathy Colohan Novy stand in the 1870s home they live in on North Burling Street in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood on Jan. 17, 2023.

“It’s a unique building, finely crafted and detailed,” said Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation Chicago. “It represents what the city looked like before and just after the Chicago Fire.” Wong did not return calls seeking comment. But in December, he stated in an email to Fox 32 Chicago that he was “sensitive to the desire to save old buildings. I live in a 100-year-old home, and I have restored historic properties including the landmark Uptown Broadway Building. However, this particular structure is not a viable candidate for preservation, and I believe the city’s Demolition Delay process, which I fully support, will confirm this.

Chicago planning officials color-coded thousands of historic properties in the 1990s and following an outcry over the 2003 demolition of the Old Chicago Mercantile Exchange at 130 N. Franklin St., now an empty lot, the City Council instituted the 90-day delay for properties given the top ratings of either red or orange.

“In the past, people moved in because they loved the built environment,” Miller said. “Well, now we’re seeing a new type of buyer, one who wants a bigger yard.”

 

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