A great article from The Onion:
Report: Nation’s Gentrified Neighborhoods Threatened By Aristocratization
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/report_nations_gentrified
“A three-block section of [Chicago neighborhood] Wicker Park that once accommodated eight families, two vintage clothing stores, a French cleaners, and a gourmet bakery has been completely razed to make way for a private livery stable and carriage house,” Kennedy said.
I know that the Annex still has a few old carriage houses that could return to their former glory.