Saturday, July 11, 2009

Developing the property at 78th & Cottage Grove

Well first let's look at Bren Sheriff's column from the Citizen. I scanned it from an actual hard copy. No one mentioned at the meeting Thursday evening or maybe it was mentioned and I didn't receive the information, that it once housed the Congressional offices of Harold Washington. Anyway she discusses the proposal by Leak & Sons Funeral Home to tear this building down and build in its place a dining room, Sheriff seeks to keep the building as it is.
Now this scan is pictures of the eventual redesign of this building vs. the current condition of the building which is boarded up and very much run down. The next scan after this one is more pictures of the current building in addition to its location on Google Maps and a satellite image of the site.


BTW, this was handed out at the Aldermanic meeting on Thursday. You know if the Leaks don't win out on this property would they consider working with Sheriff in getting a dining room across the street from their funeral home? Just a thought, although keeping this building may not help their parking issues.

Personally while I like the idea of a dining room in the community especially if won't be used only for funeral repasses, I really recoil at the idea of tearing down buildings just because. Especially if a building is salvageable, although I do understand that this building is considered by many a disgrace to the neighborhood.

Here is a copy of the fact sheet for Sheriff's proposal on this property.

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