4/22/12
William “Bill” Lavicka impressed, charmed and captivated many people during his life, including many in the media, Don DeBat among them. Don became friends...
4/19/12
The time I saw Bill Lavicka, it was at his 62nd birthday party at a renovated home he called “Celestial House,” and vocalist Sean...
10/31/11
Bill Lavicka is a Chicago original, one of those outsize characters who create and preserve the built heritage the rest of us then take...
7/25/07
Developer and preservationist Bill Lavicka is well-known to Chicagoans for his crusades, from working to save historic homes on the 1500 block of West...
3/10/06
We headed over to the Gap, on the Near South Side, last week to help developer, activist and raconteur Bill Lavicka celebrate his birthday...
4/16/13
The City’s Department of Housing and Economic Development has put the John Raber House, a Chicago landmark, up for bid. The home, at 5760...
7/6/07
“I think there’s a reasonable integration,” Historic Boulevard Services‘ William Lavicka says of the new construction that has gone up in Tri-Taylor. “What new stuff...
7/6/07
“Eternally half-made and half-mad, the Near West Side is Chicago’s private face, a thousand miles distant from its lakefront profile,” writes Vincent Michael in the...
3/11/07
This is not your ordinary house tour. But then, Celestial House, 3350 S. Calumet Ave in Bronzeville, is no ordinary renovation, and developer Bill...
3/11/07
This is not your ordinary house tour. But then, Celestial House, 3350 S. Calumet Ave in Bronzeville, is no ordinary
3/11/07
We caught up with Sean as he was preparing to sing at developer Bill Lavicka’s birthday party, held at Celestial
3/14/05
Viewing the latest work in progress by craftsman developer Bill Lavicka is always a joy. Lavicka, whose passion is restoring Chicago’s historic architectural gems...
2/15/05
With all the housing and economic experts gazing into their crystal balls for 2005, now may be a good time to reflect on what...
3/16/04
Old hospital buildings, like the long-term benefits baby boomers once expected from Medicare, seem to be on their way to extinction.
7/6/02
When Teresa Fraga moved with her family to the Lower West Side neighborhood of Pilsen 36 years ago her apartment did not have a...
3/6/02
By 11 a.m. the Teamsters are tired. They’ve been out here a couple of hours already, on the 3700 block of South Halsted, picketing...