You Can Live The “Good Life” In The Old Sears On Lawrence
If you spent the last few nights watching Chicago police squadrolls crawling around your downtown neighborhood with lights, sirens, and megaphones blaring, you might be thinking it’s time to move to a neighborhood that’s a little less top-of-mind with the crowbar discount set. How about sunny Ravenswood? That’s where Ravenswood Spy Joel shot these photographs of the repurposing of the deceased Sears store at 1900...
Ravenswood Hospital Rebirth Begins Today
What remains of the shuttered Ravenswood Hospital is about to be transformed into affordable housing. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held today to mark the start of construction on two facilities inside what was the hospital’s Adler Pavilion. The main hospital building was demolished several years ago, after closing at the end of 2002. The renovation of the Adler portion from Evergreen Real Estate Group will transform it into...
The Parts Have Arrived to Finish a North Side Recreation Trail
Gaps may work for David Letterman’s teeth or buying blue jeans, but they are terrible for bicycle paths. That’s why people from Ravenswood to Evanston are excited about the giant hulks of steel sitting on the east bank of the Chicago River’s north branch. Lincoln Village Pedestrian Bridge under construction in October 2019 (Courtesy of West Rogers Park Spy Joel) West Rogers Park Spy Joel spotted the two halves of the...
