January 25, 2023

Harper Square Cooperative

4850 S. Lake Park Avenue

  • Fire on 15th floor of 25-story Kenwood neighborhood high-rise spread quickly on exterior of building and extended vertically to the 24th floor

  • 1 resident death

  • 8 residents injured, 1 firefighter injured

  • 143 units deemed uninhabitable

  • 200+ residents still displaced one year later

  • Residents from 80 units still displaced at two-year anniversary of fire

Press Releases

January 25, 2023

Fire Sprinklers Could Have Prevented Fatal High-Rise Fire

January 24, 2024

Hundreds of Lives Still Disrupted by 17 Chicago High-Rise Fires of 2023 Fire Sprinklers Could Have Prevented Deaths, Injuries, Property Loss and Hundreds of Displaced Occupants

January 30, 2025

Two Years After Fatal Harper Square Fire, the Trauma Continues as Residents in Nearly 80 Units Remain Displaced

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January 25, 2023

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January 15, 2024

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April 23, 2024

Media Coverage

February 5, 2025 – Chicago Sun-Times

Kenwood apartment complex residents still displaced 2 years after fatal fire

January 26, 2023 – ABC 7 News

Deadly high-rise fire caused by careless use of smoking materials, Chicago Fire Department says

January 25, 2023 – ABC 7 News

Advisory board urges Chicago to reevaluate fire safety ordinance, require fire sprinklers

February 4, 2025 – WGN News

Dozens remain displaced two years after deadly high-rise fire at Harper Square Cooperative

February 4, 2025 – ABC 7 News

Some tenants moving back into Kenwood high-rise 2 years after deadly fire, but concerns linger

January 31, 2024 – CBS News

One year after South Side Chicago high-rise fire, residents still can’t go home

February 2, 2023 – CBS News

Could a sprinkler system have prevented deadly Kenwood high-rise fire?

January 26, 2023 – ABC 7 News

Investigators to look into cause of deadly Chicago high-rise fire

January 25, 2023 – CBS News

Some wonder if completed sprinkler system would have brought high-rise fire under control

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