2024-11-23T18:22:08-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150277128/chicago-s-vautravers-building-makes-a-move-literally Katherine Guimapang 2021-08-09T14:37:00-04:00 >2021-08-10T14:44:16-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0d/0df548bff9a1a6323e299869ace4f895.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>On August 2, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/4611/chicago" target="_blank">Chicago</a>'s Vautravers Building was moved to make way for the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)'s Red and Purple Line modernization. Thanks to Preservation Chicago, the building was pushed to be a city landmark since its location makes it a part of the Newport Avenue District. Homes that were built between 1891 and 1928 received landmark status and are protected from being demolished. To preserve the building and improve transportation within the area, the CTA made careful plans for the move.</p> <p>According to a <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/2/22606144/vautravers-building-lake-view-historic-cta-preservation-red-line-purple-move" target="_blank">report by Nina Molina from <em>The Chicago Sun-Times</em></a>, "The move is necessary because when the Red Line tracks were built in the early 1900s, the owner of the three-story building refused to sell, so the tracks were built around it. Red Line trains traveling between Belmont and Addison now must slow down around the bend that curves around the structure at 947 Newport Ave."</p> <p>The <a href="https://twitter.com/CTARPM" target="_blank">CTA's Red-Purple Modernization Twitter profile</a> provided footage of the historic move.</p> The Historic <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vautravers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">#...</a>