Physical Research of the Area

Feb 18 Bill Morton - Picasa - Public - Muted
http://picasaweb.google.com/BillMorton.RogersPark/RogersParkIn1000Words12
Rogers Park - Show map Lerner Hole.jpg

Bill Morton - This is a photo of the contaminated Lerner Hole in Rogers Park at Howard Street and Ashland. I wrote a story about it here: http://rp1000.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-time-to-revisit.html

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

RH - Here are the 2 photos I snapped this afternoon.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e267/ReganH22/DSC00544.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e267/ReganH22/DSC00545.jpg 11:09 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

Haste Makes Waste

"The 10' evergreens are most likey to cover up the ugly lot they created by destroying those beautiful buildings.

I heard that the lot was contaminated, and they couldn't do anything with it once the buildings were demolished.

This seems to be the case with many buildings that are hastily demolished in Rogers Park such as, the North Shore School and the Lerner Building.Remember, Haste Makes Waste!"




Read more at http://rp-and-beyond.blogspot.com/2009/10/loyola-green-space.html .

More from the Lerner Hole

One Hole of A Mess

Don't miss: "One Hole of A Mess" in the 49th Ward!

An investigative report by Carol Marin,
NBC, Channel 5,

Wednesday, March 18th at 10 P.M..

North Howard Neighbors Association: MUST VIEW

Dangerous demolition site unsecured in Rogers Park

Site of the former Adelphi Theater
7070 - 78 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL. 60626

Thank Joe Moore for the Adelphi Hole

Site of the former Adelphi Theater
7070 - 78 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL. 60626

Reader shares his photos of the North Shore School demolition

Granada Theatre Demolition - 1990

Art and Culture Destroyed in Rogers Park.

See also:
Adelphi Theater
Howard Theater
Wisdom Bridge Theater

Note: "Granada Theater, Chicago, 1990" Uploaded to Flickr.com on January 26, 2008 by Genial23.
Use on RP1000 permitted by Creative Commons license.

North Shore School - May Its Memory Live On Through Its Students

Rogers Park Tags: 49th Ward, 60626, 60645, caution tape, demolition eyesore, North Shore School, Rogers Park, Rogers Park history, School's Out, wasteful destruction

North Shore School - Gone Forever

Rogers Park Tags: 49th Ward, 60626, 60645, books, demolition, demolition eyesore, demolition tragedy, Gone Forever, Rogers Park, The Great Auk, TimeChanges

Books lost in the North Shore School demolition

Rogers Park Tags: 49th Ward, 60626, 60645, A Pony for the Winter, books, demolition, demolition eyesore, demolition tragedy, Island of Wild Horses, North Shore School, Rogers Park, The Desert, wasteful destruction

IEPA at North Shore School

Tags: 49th Ward, 60626, 60645, demolition, demolition eyesore, demolition tragedy, IEPA, North Shore School, Rogers Park, wasteful destruction

Save the Piano!

North Shore School demolition. Rogers Park waste.

Tags: 49th Ward, 60626, 60645, demolition, demolition eyesore, demolition tragedy, North Shore School, piano, Rogers Park, Save the piano, waste

Reminds me of the Granada and Adelphi Theaters

Tags: 49th Ward, 60626, 60645, Adelphi Theater, demolition, demolition eyesore, Fox Theater, Granada Theater, Rogers Park

Neighbor Irate Over Hole in the Ground - The former Adelphi Theater of Rogers Park.

"What, if anything is the progress of this alleged development and when, if EVER is it going to commence? Because even though it too will now lie empty, at least it won't be a determent to health and safety if there is an actual STRUCTURE there. In the meantime, why isn't it SECURE"? Read more here.




Tags: 49th Ward, 60626, 60645, Adelphi Theater, alleged development, demolition eyesore, determent to health and safety, is it going to commence?, Rogers Park

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YoChicago deleted the following message on their Rogers Park feature:

"Although I am for progress, that last picture of the demolition site of the Adelphi Theater was an example of a historic building and viable business being destroyed wastefully"."It's been well over a year since the demolition, and the planned condo-project never happened. It's just a sad hole in the ground". - Bill Morton



So, I tweaked it a little bit for further consideration and re-posted.

"I am not opposed to progress, but the demolition of the Adelphi Theater (in the last picture above), was an example of wasteful destruction of a historical building and viable business.
It has been well over a year, and the demolition site is still an eyesore hole in the ground". - Bill Morton


What do you think? Are they going to delete my Rogers Park comment again?


Check out the YoChicago Rogers Park article and post here.




Tags: 49th Ward, 60626, 60645, Adelphi Theater, Bill Morton, demolition eyesore, Rogers Park, viable business, wasteful destruction, YoChicago

Still excited about your condo boom?

Rather than a condo boom, I've more often heard it referred to as "teardown madness".

Here is an interesting posting on the subject from the 24/7 North of Howard Watchers


"So lenders are facing bankruptcy due to what some consider greed or poor judgement. Owners are facing foreclosure from a mixture of financial ignorance and/or living beyond their means. So what support is there for those left to face other peoples often sad realities"? ... Read more here.





Tags: 24/7 North of Howard Watchers, condo boom, demolition eyesore, financial ignorance, foreclosure, poor judgement, Rogers Park, teardown

Rogers Park condo-project that never happened: Featured on YoChicago.com

Bill Morton said:

"Although I am for progress, that last picture of the demolition site of the Adelphi Theater was an example of a historic building and viable business being destroyed wastefully".

"It's been well over a year since the demolition, and the planned condo-project never happened. It's just a sad hole in the ground".


Read more here.




Tags: 49th Ward, 60626, 60645, Adelphi Theater, Citizens for the Adelphi Theater, demolition eyesore, Rogers Park, YoChicago

Downed Fence at Lerner Building Demolition

Tags: 49th Ward, 60626, demolition eyesore, fallen fence, Lerner building, Rogers Park

GreatClips truck used to cover up demolition eyesore at the Clark Street Festival.

Relevant links:
Another Quote for Another Hole in the Ground
Demolition of the ADELPHI Theatre

Tags: 49th Ward, 60626, Adelphi Theater, Clark Street, cover up, demolition eyesore, Estes, GreatClips, Rogers Park
Maps: Google hybrid