Elizabeth Blasius

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Architectural Historian. Co-founder @presfutures. Old, new and future can coexist.
OCT 05, 2020

After years of public meetings, design review and a dismissed lawsuit aimed at blocking the project, a 100-unit, 100 percent affordable housing development has broken ground on what was formerly a surface parking lot in Logan Square. But like all the land in Chicago, it had a previous life. Prior to the creation of the surface parking lot, that land housed people, via one of of Chicago’s most important forms of vernacular architecture: the workers cottage.

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Logan Square affordable apartments bring a city block’s history full circle

After years of public meetings, design review and a dismissed lawsuit aimed at blocking the proje...

Bio

Architectural Historian. Co-founder @presfutures. Old, new and future can coexist.