Building updates slideshow
The old blends seamlessly with the new in the completed building front.
Chicago Family Health Center moved to its current home in 1991. The clinic houses 15 exam rooms, a procedure room, laboratory space, a dental program and the Social Services department.
The existing clinic is woefully over capacity. Physicians see more than 11,000 patients a year in the cramped, 14,000-square-foot building.
To make room for the expansion, Chicago Family Health Center bought the house next door to the existing clinic.
Teardown of neighboring house began in February.
Chicago Alderman John A. Pope (left) and Nick Valadez, Vice Chairman of the CFHC Board of Directors, were among the dignitaries who attended the April 20 groundbreaking ceremony for the addition.
Congressman Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Illinois Senator Kwame Raoul, and Chicago Alderman John A. Pope join Chicago Family Health Center CEO Wendy R. Cox and members of the Center's board of directors in officially turning over dirt to mark the construction's getting under way in earnest.
The start of construction means heavy machinery and a large hole for the foundation.
Workers remove old bricks and windows from the front of the building.
As summer progresses, the new building takes shape.
Steel girders and beams show the shape of things to come.
The exterior of the addition, which is married to the original building through a new front façade and windows, nears completion.
Light-filled space gives a glimpse of what the upstairs solarium will be when it’s completed.
>By Feb. 28, you could almost see a conference table under the ovals in the ceiling of the board room.
Lighted and painted, the nurses’ station is well on the way to completion as of Feb. 28.
Plenty of windows and plenty of space await the office staff when the addition is finished.
Calm and reassuring, the registration area is nearing completion on Feb. 28.
Fully equipped examination rooms are ready for patients.
Modern and sophisticated, but warm and welcoming, the nurses’ station is ready for occupancy.
Just the finishing touches are required to ready a spacious nurses' station for patients and staff.
Furnishings are on site and construction nears completion in the bright, airy registration and waiting areas.
Registration stations are nearly ready to welcome patients.
