by BRIAN NADIG A public hearing on the proposed Weber Spur Trail in the Mayfair-Sauganash area will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, in the Student read story
Garden Terrace banquets, once operated by Saranecki family, being demolished on Irving Park Rd
by BRIAN NADIG
The former Garden Terrace banquet hall at 6328-38 W. Irving Park Road is being demolished, as two separate residential developments have been approved for the site since 2020.
A construction permit was issued Sept. 30, 2024, to build a three-story, nine-unit residential structure at 6334-38 W. Irving Park Road along the west end of the site. The City Council approved the project, which includes nine parking spaces off the alley, in 2022.
In 2020, a different developer won approval for a similar nine-unit building for the east end of site, with an address of 6328-30 W. Irving Park Road. Additional updates on construction plans for that project were not available.
Zoning projects of fewer than 10 units are not subject to the city’s affordable housing requirements.
The Saranecki family operated Garden Terrace for about 60 years, and one of the owners once lived in an apartment above the hall. The building, which is across from Merrimac Park, was a department store before it was converted for banquets. Alderman Nicholas Sposato (38th) has said that traditional banquet halls have been hurting in recent years due to the popularity of “destination weddings” in which couples and their friends and family fly to resorts, including those in the Caribbean or Mexico, for the wedding.
(photos by William Swanson)
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