(from timeout.com)
After months of legal battles, the Double Door‘s battle with its current landlord seems to have come to a very unceremonious end this afternoon, as the music venue was evicted from the building it has occupied for the past 23 years. DNAinfo reported that Cook County sheriff’s police posted “no trespassing” signs on the Wicker Park building’s doors while a locksmith switched out locks on the doors around 11:30am this morning.
The lengthy legal battle between the Double Door’s owners and landlord Brian Strauss began back in November 2015, when Strauss began eviction proceedings and alleged that Double Door owner Sean Mulroney did not give proper notice of his intention to renew the lease on the space. When the trial finally ended in June 2016, a judge ruled that the Double Door would need to vacate the building and gave the venue’s owners until the end of 2016 to clear out. (MORE HERE)
To fans the Double Door is an iconic place for music worship. To the landlord’s of the building it’s a chance to generate money as a property owner. It’s a shame that such a great home for music in Chicago will most likely be turned into something with less of a heart.
