Old North Side firehouse up for sale: City wants art or commerce there
By Lee BeyOld North Side firehouse up for sale: City wants art or commerce there
By Lee BeyBuilt in 1929, the building was the home of Chicago Fire Department Engine Company 59, Truck 47. Firefighters there moved to a new facility at 6030 N Clark St in 2008. The retired firehouse is among a cluster of vacant city-owned properties now up for sale including the 88-year-old former Stock Yards National Bank, 4146 S. Halsted; the tattered Ramova Theater near 35th and Halsted and more.
The target price for the Ridge firehouse is $360,000, although price is not seen as a minimum bid by the city. An open house for prospective bidders will be held May 21. Responses are due August 1. The city’s RFP can be read here. The document includes more photos of the building, zoning maps, historic images of the old firehouse in action and an 1928 architectural rendering.