According to a demo permit applied for yesterday, the lovely early 1900s-era greystone at 4841 N. Kenmore is about to be demolished with no clear idea of what is to replace it.
The building, the interior of which can be seen here, appears to be in good shape. This was a HUD building in the 80s and then transferred to the current owner just over 25 years ago in October 2000.
Interior Photo Courtesy of Busby Group Listing for 4841 Kenmore
Interestingly, the real estate listing linked above is still active and says "coming soon," yet the permit reads "wreck and remove a 2 story masonry multi-unit residence." We suspect a sale has happened but the details aren't public yet.
We are pro-development here at UU Central, but we also believe the beautiful buildings of of Uptown's past are worth preserving.
We've been doing this 19 years now and are still upset over losses of homes on Beacon, Magnolia and Malden, beautiful buildings on Lawrence, Wilson and Sheridan and the soon to be lost Holiday Club building. All of us think adaptive reuse and rehab of buildings like this is the way to go.
We are hoping that cooler heads prevail and this building survives to see another day.
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