Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Tandem Construction, Union League Boys & Girls Club Celebrate Completion of Phase One Addition and Renovation of 19th Century Pilsen Community Clubhouse


 



Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Michael Chioros, chair of the Union League Boys & Girls Club renovation project, cut the ribbon on a 17,000-square-foot addition to Union League Boys & Girls Club One in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, as other project team members including Tony Andrews from Tandem Construction look on. 




Team members from Tandem Construction, Union League Club of Chicago and Antunovich Associates participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony today with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, celebrating the completion of a four-story, 17,000-square-foot addition to the original Union League Boys & Girls Club in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. Pictured (left to right): Ira Leibold (Tandem), Sean Staunton (Tandem), Brian Curtin (Tandem), Craig Labus (ULC), Michael Chioros (ULC), Tony Andrews (Tandem), Mary Ann Mahon-Huels (ULC), Dimitri Nassis (Tandem), Michael Sullivan (ULC), Charles Jahn (ULC), Joe Antunovich (Antunovich Associates), Chris Walsh (Tandem), Megan Tighe (Tandem)




CHICAGO, IL (Aug. 7, 2012) - A late 19th century Chicago building that has been “a beacon of light and a refuge” for thousands of members of the Union League Boys and Girls Club in the city’s near southwest side Pilsen neighborhood for 92 years, has a bright new future.

 Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel led a tour last week for scores of community and civic leaders, educators, donors, Club alumni, members of the Union League Club of Chicago, contractor Tandem Construction and architect Antunovich Associates, of the new four-story, 17,000-square-foot addition to the original Union League Boys & Girls Club at 2157 West 19th Street.


 
Tandem Construction was the contractor for a four-story, 17,000-square-foot addition (lower right photo) to the original Union League Boys & Girls Club in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood.


 “Boys and Girls Clubs are key to the direction of our children's lives and our city’s future – making our streets safe and our schools strong,“ said Mayor Emanuel.

"Nearly 100 years since it first opened, Club One has served over 100,000 young people. This new addition will ensure that the Union League Boys and Girls Club will be a pillar of progress here in Pilsen for the next 100 years.”

 For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

 Sarah Lyons
312.267.4520
Senior Account Executive
Taylor Johnson
 Public Relations
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