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How to Move a 1000-Ton Historic Building
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13 minutes
Released:
Aug 5, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
The Chicago Transit Authority has a been working on the $2.1 billion Red-Purple Modernization Project to unclog congestion at the Belmont stop. The plan is to straighten the tracks, and build a flyover for Brown line trains. Part of that project would have included demolishing the Vautravers Building in the landmarked Newport Avenue historic district. When the CTA built the tracks in the early 1900s, the building’s owner refused to sell it. So the CTA built the tracks AROUND the Vautravers Building. When historic preservationists heard the building could be demolished, they fought it. The compromise was to move the building 30 feet, which happened this week. We talk about how that happens and more about the history
Guests: Ward Miller, Executive Director, Preservation Chicago (@Pres_Chicago)
Stephanie Cavazos, Spokeswoman, CTA
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Guests: Ward Miller, Executive Director, Preservation Chicago (@Pres_Chicago)
Stephanie Cavazos, Spokeswoman, CTA
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Released:
Aug 5, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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