![]() ![]() Click here to support Block Club with a tax-deductible donation.Graffiti Park Las Vegas artists collaborate with the Downtown Boys & Girls Club on a 5,900-square-foot mural beautification project on the exterior of the Club. Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicago’s neighborhoods. Thanks for subscribing to Block Club Chicago, an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. Every dime we make funds reporting from Chicago’s neighborhoods.Ĭlick here to support Block Club with a tax-deductible donation. Subscribe to Block Club Chicago, an independent, 501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. Proco “Joe” Moreno, approved several large apartment projects near the California Blue Line station. La Spata’s predecessor, former 1st Ward Ald. The Medill Street project is the first relatively large Logan Square development to receive zoning approval from La Spata, who was elected in 2019 and is battling to hold onto his seat. Pluta didn’t respond to messages seeking comment. It’s unclear when construction will be completed. On Monday, the once-vibrant Project Logan buildings had been torn down and replaced with construction equipment and fencing. RELATED: Logan Square Apartments Could Wipe Out Beloved Graffiti Wall: ‘They Came For The Culture … Now That They’re Here, They Don’t Want It’ Credit: Mina Bloom/Block Club Chicago The construction site at 2934 W. Of the 56 total apartments, 20 percent will be reserved as affordable housing. The alderman also persuaded Pluta to include two-bedroom apartments for families and more affordable housing to reduce displacement of longtime residents in gentrifying Logan Square. The new graffiti wall is one reason La Spata threw his support behind the project last year. “I consider it a win because most developers would probably not even work with that or listen to that,” Project Logan co-founder BboyB said last year. Once built, the east- and north-facing walls of the five-story apartment building will belong to the Project Logan crew, according to La Spata’s office. But the graffiti wall will live on thanks to a formal agreement between Pluta and Ald. Medill St.ĭeveloper Stanislaw Pluta, of Wilmot Properties, set out to redevelop the site a few years ago, sparking worry among artists and neighbors who feared the project would mean the end of Project Logan. 18, 2022 – is proposed to be replaced by a five-story, 56-unit apartment building at 2934 W. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Project Logan - a popular destination for graffiti art, seen on Apr. 18, 2022 – will be replaced by a five-story, 56-unit apartment building at 2934 W. ![]() RELATED: Project Logan Apartment Plan Gets Alderman’s Support, Over The Objection Of Some Neighbors Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Project Logan - a popular destination for graffiti art, seen on Apr. A rotating crew of emerging and established artists maintained it over the years, making the wall a destination for colorful graffiti art. Longtime graffiti artists BboyB ABC and Flash ABC launched Project Logan more than a decade ago. to make way for a 56-unit apartment building, wiping out Project Logan, a popular public art display next to the Blue Line tracks. LOGAN SQUARE - The beloved Project Logan graffiti wall has been reduced to piles of rubble.ĭemolition crews this week leveled buildings at 2934 W. ![]()
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