Tag: Michele McDonough

Hermoyne Apartments nominated for monument status

Hermoyne Apartments nominated for monument status

| January 2, 2025 | 0 Comments

The historic apartments of Greater Wilshire are having a moment. Fresh off last month’s declaration of the Clinton Manor Apartments as a Historic-Cultural Monument comes another HCM nomination for the Hermoyne Apartments at 569 N. Rossmore Ave., submitted by local preservationist James Dastoli. Set at the gateway of Rossmore’s curvaceous procession of multi-family buildings, The […]

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The Nightmare on Wilton Place reaches a happy ending

The Nightmare on Wilton Place reaches a happy ending

| April 25, 2024 | 0 Comments

Three years ago, I had the sad duty to report on the “Nightmare on Wilton Place,” the willful destruction of the interior of 215 S. Wilton Pl., Historic Cultural Monument #568. As City Planning’s Office of Historic Resources’ Lambert Giessinger described it, “It was one of the most egregious cases of demolition I have ever […]

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