The city said power went out at the complex on Friday of last week and again on Saturday.
ComEd tried to fix the outages. But the utility said the demand was higher than what it could supply at the time at two of the six buildings that make up The Algonquin – a 1951 residential development designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and located along Cornell Avenue between 50th and 51st streets.
The tenants' ordeal started when the power first went out this past Friday afternoon, right before the cold snap hit the Chicago area. They were left with no heat, and little explanation.When CBS 2's Marybel González visited Tuesday night, two of the complex's towers remained in the dark – with the"do not enter" signs from the City of Chicago deeming them unsafe. That meant residents couldn't even get in to gather their belongings.
In emails sent to tenants and forwarded to us, Mac Properties – the company that owns the complex – blamed the power outage on a transformer failure affecting two of their buildings. They said they were working with the city and ComEd to restore the power, but did not say when that will happen."The properties at 1617 E. 50th Place and 1607 E. 50th Place experienced a power outage on Friday. DOB responded on Saturday after the second failure.
"The property owner must hire an electrical engineer and electrical contractor to obtain the proper electrical permits. They must work with Com Ed on a solution for the replacement of the electrical infrastructure so that it can safely meet the power demands of the buildings. Only after that work is completed, can power be restored to the two buildings.
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