![]() ![]() Seminary, carries an “orange” rating under Chicago’s classification of older or historic buildings. Ward Miller, executive director of Preservation Chicago, called the teardown plan “shameful” and said it reinforces the need for a deeper city review of potential landmarks. It has made her group’s list of “most endangered historic places in Illinois.” The neighborhood is known as the Sheffield National Register Historic District, a federal honorific that gives no protection against demolition. “From a land-use perspective, this is just bad planning,” she said. She cited the city’s need to expand and diversify its housing stock and to maximize tax revenue. “What is being done is counterintuitive to the express desires of the city today,” said Lisa DiChiera, advocacy director for Landmarks Illinois. It offends those who believe that where housing exists, it should stay. And he’s told people he wants the property as a side yard, a garden for him and his family to enjoy. He hit a local nerve because the three-flat was flagged in a historic resources survey as potentially worth saving. ![]() ![]() He lives on Seminary Avenue, and he’s bought the three-flat next door with the intent to tear it down. Plopped into this little pot of tension is a Sheffield homeowner, Patrick Nash. ![]()
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