Masonry contractor in Logan Square, Chicago.

Logan Square (60647) is built on 1900s–1920s common-brick worker cottages, two-flats and three-flats with porches and parapet caps. The defining feature is the Chicago Boulevards System — the blocks fronting Logan, Palmer and Kedzie Boulevards carry larger boulevard houses with stone and brick detail. Mixed-use brick lines Milwaukee Avenue and the rotary at the Illinois Centennial Monument.

Parts of it. The Chicago Boulevards System — including Logan Boulevard, Palmer Boulevard and Kedzie Boulevard frontages — is designated a Chicago Landmark district, so facade work on boulevard-fronting buildings goes through Landmarks Commission review. Most addresses one block off the boulevards are outside landmark control. We confirm by parcel before the visit.

Yes — boulevard houses are some of the largest residential masonry work we do in Logan Square. Typical scope is matched-mortar repointing on brick and limestone trim, stone stoop rebuilds, and parapet work on the taller boulevard mansions. We coordinate Landmarks Commission submissions for the addresses inside the Boulevards landmark district.

Most spalling on Logan Square two-flats traces to a failed mortar joint or a clogged downspout that lets water saturate the brick. Freeze-thaw cycles then pop the face shell. The repair always starts with the cause — flashing, downspout, lintel — before any brick is replaced. Otherwise the next bad winter takes the same brick off the wall again.

Yes. The Milwaukee Avenue strip through Logan Square — including the blocks around the rotary and the Centennial Monument — runs on mixed-use commercial brick from the 1910s–1930s. We handle storefront lintel replacement, second- and third-floor tuckpointing on swing-stage or scaffold, and parapet rebuilds for taller buildings under the Facade Ordinance.

Common-brick two-flat and worker-cottage tuckpointing in Logan Square runs $8–$22 per sq ft. Boulevard-house repointing with matched mortar and stone trim runs $14–$28 per sq ft because of the slower work and Landmarks Commission coordination. Milwaukee Avenue mid-rise commercial tuckpointing on swing-stage runs $20–$45 per sq ft.