4730-52 N. Clark (Hanna Architects)In May, we were first to break the story about the pending sale of the former C4 property spanning 4730-52 N. Clark. 4730-52 N. Clark (Google)Fencing has been up for several weeks now in anticipation of demolition, which has passed initial review but is pending City approval.Today we got our first glimpse of the proposal along with some detail about the building to be.We speculated that owner / builder Raftery Construction might elect to build a 3 or 4 story building "as of right" based on the C2-2 Zoning. But it appears that Raftery is going bigger, MUCH [...]

Books4Cause is opening a third city location, this time in Uptown.  Most recently home to the Chicago Center for Photojournalism, the Books4Cause location at 1225 W. Wilson is expected to work as a hybrid - a freecycle equivalent to neighborhood little libraries and also a low cost used bookstore. Since the Center for Photojournalism closed and vacated the space, we have been watching the installation of bookshelves and saw people shelving books late at night on Saturday. Per a post on Magnolia Malden Block Club (h/t Gabriella Filisko), it sounds like opening day is July 10. Courtesy Magnolia-Malden Block Club (Facebook)Books4Cause currently operates [...]