Podmajersky, Inc.

Podmajersky incorporated is a real estate company that owns over 125 properties in the East Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago.

History

Art space owned by Podmajersky, Inc.

Podmajersky Inc. was started by Slovak immigrants who had started a dairy in the Pilsen, Chicago area,[1] which at the time was a bohemian neighborhood. Over time, the company grew its property holdings to include more than 125 properties in the area.[2][3] Unusual in Chicago, the company has turned alleys that serve its properties into courtyards.[4] Nicknamed 'Podville' and marketed as the 'Chicago Arts District',[5] the company has been renting to artists.[6]

In 1979, the company bought the remains of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Chicago).[7][8]

In 2007, local residents protested the development of a community garden that Podmajersky, Inc. had purchased.[9]

The family that owns the company has been to court over ownership issues.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Chicago Art District". chicagoartsdistrict.org. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  2. ↑ "The ugliest family fight in Chicago real estate". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  3. ↑ "Can Anyone Stop Pilsen From Gentrifying?". Chicagoist. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  4. ↑ Institute, Rocky Mountain (1998-01-23). Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9780471188780.
  5. ↑ "How to Make Art Work". South Side Weekly. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  6. ↑ Isaacs, Deanna. "Pilsen's Ailing Arts District". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  7. ↑ Levitt, Aimee. "The history of Pilsen's ghost church". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  8. ↑ "Finding Inspiration In An Old Church Tower". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  9. ↑ "Chicago Indymedia: Pilsenites protest proposed Podmajersky parking plot". chicago.indymedia.org. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  10. ↑ "The ugliest family fight in Chicago real estate". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2017-01-08.


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