Bill you must have talked things up lol. This site had been silent for a few months, and yesterday after reading your blog the trucks came back. This morning I have seen more activity at this site than ever before. Pickup trucks, dump trucks, and tractors.Feb 26
We need to know if they are digging or dumping dirt on the contaminated land. - Bill
Feb 25 RH - Well I really dont know any more than that lol. Thats what I was told by a few people including my landlord when I moved into the building. The only thing I have noticed is 2 or 3 dump trucks per day coming to dump dirt in the hole. They did it for a couple of months this past fall. Since the winter I have not seen the dump trucks, but this afternoon a flatbed cam and dropped off a bulldozer at the site. I can e-mail you a couple of pics I took today of the site if you want them. 3:47 pm
Does this seem like the devolopers are trying to cover up the contamination instead of removing it from the Lerner Hole?
Does the IEPA know about this?
Does the IEPA know about the possible land contamination of the Wisdom Bridge Theatre property directly next door?
Feb 18 RH - Thank you so much for this info. I live directly across the street from this hole. I was told that they would be building condos on this site.
Feb 25 Bill Morton - Tell me more! I am very interested in this.
Feb 25 RH - Well I really dont know any more than that lol. Thats what I was told by a few people including my landlord when I moved into the building. The only thing I have noticed is 2 or 3 dump trucks per day coming to dump dirt in the hole. They did it for a couple of months this past fall. Since the winter I have not seen the dump trucks, but this afternoon a flatbed cam and dropped off a bulldozer at the site. I can e-mail you a couple of pics I took today of the site if you want them. 3:47 pm
Bill Morton - I would love to check out your Lerner hole pics. 6:36 pm
Stephanie Fitzgerald - RH, it says the photo has been removed. 11:11 pm
RH - It should be fixed now. Sorry. 11:11 pm
Stephanie Fitzgerald - Yes they are working, thanks for the photos! I think I can see Bill in the second one!! You gotta zoom in! 11:16 pm
Bill Morton - Very Awesome! Hopefully the one where you can see me, It was not when I slipped on the ice! I was seriously laughing at myself in this moment. 11:20 pm
Chicago – March 15, 2010 - The Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society will host its Annual House Walk on Sunday, May 2, 2010 from 12 Noon to 5:00 p.m.
This year’s tour will highlight homes surrounding Indian Boundary Park, including the notable Park Castles and Park Gables apartment buildings.
Registration for the house walk is available at www.rpwrhs.org or by calling (773) 764-4078. Admission is $25 for society members and $30 for non-members.
A discounted rate of $20 for members and $25 for non-members will be offered through April 25. Day-of registration will be available at the Indian Boundary Park Cultural Center, 2500 West Lunt Ave. beginning at 12 Noon. The last tour will start at 3:30 p.m.
Several units of the Park Castles and Park Gables will be open for the tour as well as the buildings’ spectacular Art Deco swimming pools. The structures grace the eastern and northern boundary of the park – a magnificent group of Gothic and Tudor Revival style structures built in the late 1920s by developers Gubbins, O’Donnell & Blietz.
Indian Boundary Park was opened in 1922 as the centerpiece of the Ridge Avenue Park District. The 13-acre park was designed as a pastoral landscape with picturesque gardens, a lagoon with a small island, rolling lawns, and meandering paths. Its field house, now the Indian Boundary Park Cultural Center, was designed by prominent architect Clarence Hatzfeld, and is noted for its unusual combination of Tudor Revival design and Native American images and sculptures.
Several other homes near the park owned by notable 1920s personalities will be included in the tour. The Indian Boundary area is a hidden gem on the north side, with an abundance of historically and architecturally significant buildings and landscapes.
A new exhibit in the park’s cultural center, A Park is Your Front Yard: Indian Boundary Park and the Gubbins, McDonnell & Blietz Co-ops, 1915-1929 will be open to tour participants on May 2.
The Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society was formed in 1975 to preserve the history of Rogers Park and West Ridge as a vital part of the City of Chicago, and to provide interactive education about these communities to the public.
One more time for the recent Rogers Parkers on North Town News Magazine:
February 22, 2010 — Bill Morton of the newly formed Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce gives us a progress report on his group's efforts to boost the Rogers Park Business Community.
February 22, 2010 — Elizabeth Vitell, Executive Director of the Rogers Park Community Council fills us in on upcoming events.
I would like to advocate the historic preservation of the Wisdom Bridge Theatre, located at 1557-61 W. Howard Street Chicago, IL. 60626.
The community meeting will be held today at 7:00 p.m., at the Willye B. White Recreation Center, 1610 W. Howard Street. I encourage everyone who attends to oppose Alderman Joe Moore and developer Rich Aronson's plan to demolish one of the last of our historic theatres in Rogers Park.
Now, whose great idea is it to put a mixed-use building (another storefront), on empty-storefront Howard Street? Nearly every storefront in Rogers Park along Howard Street is completely empty.
You know, the condo skyscraper on Howard Street (nearly a block away), went into foreclosure shortly after it opened. What makes Rich Aronson's cookie cutter condos any better?
This is the Adelphi Theater, the North Shore School and Lerner building all over again. Another dangerous eyesore hole in the ground for years and years to come.
Joe Moore has a long history of supporting fraudulent and foreclosure developers.
Let's see the numbers. He never discloses the dollar amounts or investors involved. Joe also doesn't take the time to do the proper research on those he backs, picking loser after loser after loser.
Just look at Swanette Triem's rush demo of the North Shore School to avoid the IEPA busting her for exposing our community to Asbestos in the air we breathe.
Let us remember Chad "Cedomer" Zuric, and the now defunct Golden Hands Construction corporation that demolished the Adelphi Theater and left our neighborhood with that dangerous abandoned Hole of a Mess.
Rich Aronson is the Chad Zuric of 2010.
Wisdom Bridge Theatre 1557-61 W. Howard Street Chicago, IL. 60626
For more information about Joe's meeting, and where/when you should oppose this horrible, uninformed, pay-to-play backroom deal, please visit:
Another very important note is that, Joe Moore did not have an inspector check the land that the Wisdom Bridge Theatre stands upon.
The land directly beside it, the Lerner Hole, once was a laundry facility that contaminated the land. Because this land is contaminated, no one can build anything on it.
Ever wonder why the Lerner hole, located on Howard Street and Ashland Avenue (across from Willye B. White Park and directly next to the Wisdom Bridge Theatre), still has large equipment digging holes?
It is because no one knows how deep the contamination goes from the former laundry facility. Until the contamination is cleared, no buildings can legally be built on the property.
++Those of you at H.O.W. and Al Goldberg properties have seen this++
What are the chances that this is also true for the Wisdom Bridge property? Great.
Ask Joe and Rich Aronson about the land contamination and catch them in a jitter.
If the Wisdom Bridge Theatre is demolished, it is guaranteed to remain a dangerous hole in the ground for at least a decade. Just like the former Lerner Building Property.
Joe Moore is not looking out for the best interest of our community on this one. He has a financial stake in this deal.
Remember this plan for the Adelphi Theater property that Alderman Joe Moore presented years ago "complete with a clock tower"?
Either way, I would like to advocate the historic preservation of the Wisdom Bridge Theatre, located at 1557-61 W. Howard Street Chicago, IL. 60626.
The community meeting will be held on Monday, February 22nd, 7:00 p.m., at the Willye B. White Recreation Center, 1610 W. Howard Street. I encourage everyone who attends to oppose Alderman Joe Moore and developer Rich Aronson's plan to demolish one of the last of our historic theatres in Rogers Park.
These photos are of the IEPA (Illinois Evironmental Protection Agency), inspecting the North Shore School demolition site for contaminants that could poison residents of Rogers Park.
The demolition was ordered to stop, but Swanette Triem, had it continued over the evenings and weekends when the IEPA would not be watching. this poisoned the air of thousands of nearby residents with Asbestos and other hazardous substances. Alderman Joe Moore approved the rezoning, then demolition after accepting campaign contributions. You can read more about this here: http://rp1000.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-time-to-revisit.html.
Thank you for producing this video of the last days of the Adelphi Theater in Rogers Park. This video advocates the preservation of our history, not only in Rogers Park or Chicago, but everywhere. I know many who have watched this video agree that the demolition of the Adelphi Theater was a tragedy that should never be swept under the rug or forgotten. We should learn from this and hold those who disregard the importance of our history and culture responsible. Especially on election day.
Adelphi Theater
7070-78 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL. 60626
Every Monday night, from 10 pm til midnight at Zips Lounge in the basement of the Centennial Forum Student Union at Loyola. (That's the big gray box-type building on the southeast corner of Loyola and Sheridan for all you non-campus types.)
I just want to take this time to thank my readers for sticking with me throughout the years that I have been writing, photographing and recording our neighborhood of Rogers Park. I have traveled the World, but my life in Rogers Park is more fulfilling than I ever imagined.
I will continue to use a personal approach, and pay attention to even the smallest details while contributing Rogers Park in 1,000 Words.
Be a good person, be a good neighbor and contribute to your community.
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Rogers Park can be defined by it’s character. It is what we know and love about Rogers Park. It is the personality and spirit of where we live. Examples could be the residents, the beaches or even the cobblestone street on Glenwood Avenue.
I am a long-time resident and member of many community organizations in Rogers Park. I have dedicated ten years to improving our neighborhood in any way that I can.
I love living in Rogers Park and enjoy the business, culture and history of our neighborhood. Living along the lakefront with my neighbors and my dog, Rock N Roll has been a rewarding experience in itself.
Even though there is much room for improvement in Rogers Park and the 49th Ward of Chicago, I have never regretted my decision to live here. I am a registered voter who, in the best interest of our community will not be voting for the incumbent Alderman in upcoming elections.
Bishop James Alan Wilkowski with Rogers Park Musician Will Netherland at CANTV Studios.
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