Between 2000 and 2003, Park Ridge lost 251 homes to teardowns.
This video takes you on a drive along Fenton Lane, a one-block long street that illustrates the teardown phenomenon, which was driven by rapidly-rising land values in this desirable area just south of Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.
Three and 4-bedroom 1,500 to 1,900 square foot ranch homes, built in the 1950s, were replaced by 4- and 5-bedropm, 4 ½ bath 5,000 square foot homes on the original third-acre lots.
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