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DR. KING LEGACY APARTMENTS

 

Construction Cost:

$13M

 

Project Completed:

June 2011

 

Developer:

Lawndale Christian Development Corp.

 

The project site is approximately two acres located in the West Side neighborhood of North Lawndale, where Martin Luther King Jr. resided in the 1960’s.

 

The site faces 16th Street which is a major commercial street between two residential streets, Avers Avenue and Hamlin Avenue. The program calls for a mixed-use structure designed with six commercial retail spaces and forty-five-unit residences.

 

The design solution is a series of connected buildings with multiple entrances. The building forms a U-shape and reinforces the street wall on both the commercial and residential streets. The structure is three stories with commercial retail on the ground floor with residential units above. The buildings contain two-, three- and four-bedroom units. All units have private balconies or patios. The masonry-clad building envelope has polychromatic brick patterns. Bays are added to further emphasize rhythm and pattern. The building colors are metaphoric of Dr. King’s doctrines endorsing equality for people of color throughout the world.

 

The design exceeds City of Chicago Green Home requirements for energy-star certification with Green roofs and sustainable features. Parking is located in the building’s rear, surrounded by private green space, balconies and play lots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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