NOBLE SQUARE — Leaders from Hyde Park-based Chicago Academy of Music — who are planning to eventually open a satellite campus on the grounds of the saved-from-demolition St. Boniface Church in Noble Square — are taking part in a public open house and Q & A session with neighbors.
Set for 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at the Northwestern Settlement, 1012 N Noble St. in the Burnside Room on the 2nd floor, the gathering will discuss future plans of the redevelopment of St. Boniface Church and new construction slated for the vacant land surrounding the property.
The Chicago Academy of Music's executive director Michael Scott Carter, and musician Kahil El’Zabar, the school's creative executive director, will be taking part in the discussion, along with developer Mike Skoulsky from Stas Development, who bought the church at 1358 W. Chestnut St. this past fall.
Skoulsky's plans include rehabilitating the church into 15 condos. The proposal also includes a new 24-unit residential building next door and a Chicago Academy of Music school.
East Village resident and St. Boniface Chicago Academy of Music steering board Member Bob Zwolinski will also be on hand to discuss the project's plans and timeline for the campus.
Towering over the northeast corner of Noble and Chestnut street, St. Boniface Church was built in 1904 but hasn’t been in use since 1990.
"By saving the St. Boniface structure, Chicago Academy of Music hopes to create a new community space and a cultural hub, inspiring a vibrant neighborhood worthy of the area’s important history," the group said in a news release.
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