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Inconsistently posting Chicago construction photos since 2016 at buildingupchicago.com. Consistently posting them at chicagoyimby.com.
Next week on the podcast I don't have, join my guests and me as we discuss demolitions in Chicago, including this one, permitted yesterday at 2219 North Fremont Street. (Google image is better than what I took today)
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Next week on the podcast I don't have, join my guests and me as we discuss demolitions in Chicago, including this one, permitted yesterday at 2219 North Fremont Street. (Google image is better than what I took today)
And in taller Plan Commission news, The Skyscraper Guy won approval to turn empty office space in the Pittsfield Building into more than 200 apartments
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September 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
And in taller Plan Commission news, The Skyscraper Guy won approval to turn empty office space in the Pittsfield Building into more than 200 apartments
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August 12 progress report from 4907 North Paulina in Uptown, and a photo update from this weekend chicagoyimby.com/2025/08/prog...
September 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
August 12 progress report from 4907 North Paulina in Uptown, and a photo update from this weekend chicagoyimby.com/2025/08/prog...
Parking garage work from the parking garage, May 2025
August 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Parking garage work from the parking garage, May 2025
FIve demolition permits issued today for the Damen Silos:
1. 1-story concrete silos
2. 10-story building/silos
3. 2-story masonry building
4. 1-story metal building
5. 1-story masonry building
1. 1-story concrete silos
2. 10-story building/silos
3. 2-story masonry building
4. 1-story metal building
5. 1-story masonry building
July 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM
FIve demolition permits issued today for the Damen Silos:
1. 1-story concrete silos
2. 10-story building/silos
3. 2-story masonry building
4. 1-story metal building
5. 1-story masonry building
1. 1-story concrete silos
2. 10-story building/silos
3. 2-story masonry building
4. 1-story metal building
5. 1-story masonry building
Just checking to see if we took the exact same shots.....we did not
March 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Just checking to see if we took the exact same shots.....we did not
St. Ignatius is tearing down an 1880s residential building on Taylor Street, next to their athletic field chicagoyimby.com/2025/02/demo...
February 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
St. Ignatius is tearing down an 1880s residential building on Taylor Street, next to their athletic field chicagoyimby.com/2025/02/demo...
Update on construction progress at 400 Lake Shore. But if you've been on The Drive, you already know
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February 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Update on construction progress at 400 Lake Shore. But if you've been on The Drive, you already know
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Just got word that this portion is gone, and now the entire Chicago Tribune Freedom Center has been leveled. Eradicated. Erased from existence.
February 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Just got word that this portion is gone, and now the entire Chicago Tribune Freedom Center has been leveled. Eradicated. Erased from existence.
1235 and 1257 North Ashland have received their respective building permits. 1235 yesterday, and 1257 today
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February 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
1235 and 1257 North Ashland have received their respective building permits. 1235 yesterday, and 1257 today
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Fast Track was permitted for demolition in August.
It's finally gone, and now work can start on 49 new residential units in the West Loop chicagoyimby.com/2025/02/fast...
It's finally gone, and now work can start on 49 new residential units in the West Loop chicagoyimby.com/2025/02/fast...
February 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Fast Track was permitted for demolition in August.
It's finally gone, and now work can start on 49 new residential units in the West Loop chicagoyimby.com/2025/02/fast...
It's finally gone, and now work can start on 49 new residential units in the West Loop chicagoyimby.com/2025/02/fast...
One of two sets of buildings in the 1200 block of North Ashland being demolished for redevelopment, 1235 got its building permit today
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February 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
One of two sets of buildings in the 1200 block of North Ashland being demolished for redevelopment, 1235 got its building permit today
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Monday, from an unmistakably green Metra window. The Tribune Freedom Center, if not completely gone by now, probably will be by the end of the week.
February 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Monday, from an unmistakably green Metra window. The Tribune Freedom Center, if not completely gone by now, probably will be by the end of the week.
220 North Ada, Fulton Market's next apartment tower, topped out last week. 308 rental units on the way
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November 18, 2024 at 5:50 PM
220 North Ada, Fulton Market's next apartment tower, topped out last week. 308 rental units on the way
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November 15, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Geez 🤦🏻♂️
Thanks.
Thanks.
November 15, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Geez 🤦🏻♂️
Thanks.
Thanks.
Save a façade? How about we save three of 'em
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November 15, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Save a façade? How about we save three of 'em
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Still a lot of interior work to do, with a Fall 2025 opening in sight chicagoyimby.com/2024/11/nort...
November 14, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Still a lot of interior work to do, with a Fall 2025 opening in sight chicagoyimby.com/2024/11/nort...
Remember 720 North Wells? Its replacement got a foundation permit earlier today.
November 13, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Remember 720 North Wells? Its replacement got a foundation permit earlier today.
Not much left to see of Ryan Field buildingupchicago.com/2024/04/22/l...
April 23, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Not much left to see of Ryan Field buildingupchicago.com/2024/04/22/l...
Lots of photos of lots of concrete last week at the Obama Center Museum Tower. buildingupchicago.com/2024/02/27/f...
March 3, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Lots of photos of lots of concrete last week at the Obama Center Museum Tower. buildingupchicago.com/2024/02/27/f...
Dead construction site no more.....400 Lake Shore has come to life at the old Chicago Spire location buildingupchicago.com/2024/02/23/i...
February 23, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Dead construction site no more.....400 Lake Shore has come to life at the old Chicago Spire location buildingupchicago.com/2024/02/23/i...
Found new glass at 1114 West Carroll a couple weeks ago. Here are a couple late photos to prove it.
September 28, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Found new glass at 1114 West Carroll a couple weeks ago. Here are a couple late photos to prove it.
More of that thing where I take a ton of construction photos and put them into a blog post. Cassidy on Canal has been fun to watch. buildingupchicago.com/2023/08/21/a...
August 22, 2023 at 1:19 AM
More of that thing where I take a ton of construction photos and put them into a blog post. Cassidy on Canal has been fun to watch. buildingupchicago.com/2023/08/21/a...