Old Irving Park Home Sports Heaps of Original Architectural Features and Art Glass
Here's something that seems to be increasingly more and more rare to find in the popular northwest side—an old Craftsman-era home that has remained largely untouched over the last 100 years. While the 2,300 square foot home does feature an updated kitchen and bathrooms and even sports an elevator, the home almost has a time capsule quality to it with its original millwork and art glass windows. The home's small library with its stone fireplace is quite stunning, as is the formal dining room with its (presumably) original sliding doors. The home is located in the heart of Old Irving Park and listed a week ago with a $648,999 ask.
Bus Tour Highlights Chicago's Most Endangered Buildings
Despite Chicago's historic status as an architectural wellspring, many of its landmarks and gems are under constant threat of abandonment, development, and old age. In the interest of safeguarding Chicago's architectural character, Preservation Chicago recently released its annual "Chicago 7"—a list of Chicago's seven most endangered architectural treasures. For those interested in taking a look at these threatened buildings, including Uptown's Agudas Achim North Shore Synagogue and the iconic Pioneer Arcade and New Apollo Theater in Humboldt Park, Preservation Chicago will be leading a bus tour this upcoming Saturday, May 9th. The three-hour tour will criss-cross the city and give attendees a rare, firsthand chance to interact with these architectural endangered species. Tickets are $12 for Preservation Chicago members and $15 for non-members.
— Benjamin van Loon
·Chicago 7 [Preservation Chicago]
·Chicago 7 Bus Tour [Facebook]
·Mapping Chicago's Seven Most Endangered Buildings [Curbed Chicago]
— Benjamin van Loon
·Chicago 7 [Preservation Chicago]
·Chicago 7 Bus Tour [Facebook]
·Mapping Chicago's Seven Most Endangered Buildings [Curbed Chicago]
West Coast Outdoor Living Meets Midwestern Modernism in This Lincoln Park Home
[Photos by AJ LaTrace/Curbed Chicago]
As a Boston native, a longtime San Francisco resident and more recently a Chicago transplant, Tremaine Atkinson wanted to blend the best from all worlds in his Lincoln Park home. Teaming up with architects Sullivan Goulette & Wilson to implement this vision, Atkinson aimed to create a home that was warm and inviting while also including some industrial leanings. After a four year-long design and build process, the final product is a spacious 5,500 square foot home that prominently features an indoor-outdoor living room and patio area, intersecting rows of steel beams and LED lighting to give the home a contemporary touch. And as the co-founder of CH Distillery in the West Loop, Atkinson also has a really sweet basement bar space. Atkinson's home, along with a handful of other Lincoln Park mansions, will be featured on this year's City Style House Tour on Sunday, May 17. The tour is an annual housewalk that benefits the Chicago City Day School in Lakeview. More into and tickets can be found on the tour's official website.
Tower of Jewel Moving Forward, Project Named 'The Sinclair'
[Renderings by Solomon Cordwell Buenz]
Are Warren Buffett's Neighbors Trying to Force Him to Buy Their House?
Warren Buffett's across-the-street-neighbors in Omaha, Nebraska are not above using their celebrity-adjacent location to help sell their home. Actually, "not above" is quite the understatement—the neighbors, Phil and Anne Huston, have created a website called www.livenexttowarrenbuffet.com (complete with photos labeled "THIS IS WARREN'S HOUSE") and their asking price is 10 shares of Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett's company. The message seems clear. Either Buffett can buy the house, for more than it's probably worth, or the Hustons will sell to one of his fanatical shareholders who will spend all day pretending to mow the front lawn in hopes of being able to engage the Oracle of Omaha in conversation. It's the rare case of real life turning out to be even worse than an Onion article.
Hand painted signs have been making a big comeback over the years and one company has made a name for itself for producing some of the best work in Chicago. Right Way Signs' work can be seen throughout the city, from Heritage Bicycles' logo on its Lakeview shop to Goose Island's new sign in Fulton Market. [Chicago Mag]New Data Highlights Need for Transit-Oriented Development in Lakeview
[Rendering of a new TOD project planned next to the Paulina Brown Line station]
With our urban populations growing increasingly dense, and more expected of public transit infrastructure, it's clear that transit-oriented development (TOD) isn't just a planning buzzword. It's here to stay, and as suggested by a new white paper released by Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) for the Lakeview Chamber of Commerce, such development is "critical to the neighborhood's success and quality of life."
Get Frank Lloyd Wright's Winslow House at Its Lowest Ask Yet
It's only been a few weeks since Frank Lloyd Wright's William Winslow House in River Forest returned to the market, however its asking price has just been chopped by $200,000, bringing the new ask down to $1.55 million—the lowest price yet for this Wright-designed masterpiece. Built in 1893, the 5,000 square foot home can't be considered a full-on Prairie style home, but it certainly indicative of Wright's early leanings towards straight, flat rooflines. The home is also notable for being Wright's first totally independent commission after leaving Adler & Sullivan in the same year. The home has spent a considerable amount of time on the market, first listing in December 2013 for $2.4 million but can now be had for nearly $1 million less than its original ask.
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Ten New Divvy Bike Sharing Stations on Their Way to 40th Ward
With recent data showing that bike sharing in Chicago is usually faster than public transit, and other data showing that Chicagoans enjoyed over 3.2 million Divvy trips between 2013 and 2014, it's no question that Chicago is becoming a national leader for bike sharing. Divvy's recent announcement that it will be expanding from 300 to 476 stations in Chicago with a territory of 87 square miles brings more welcome news to Chicago's 40th Ward, which will soon be receiving ten new stations of its own. The 40th Ward, which includes the neighborhoods of Andersonville, Bowmanville, Edgewater, Lincoln Square, Budlong Woods, and West Rogers Park, has lately been seeing consistent growth and local change, including the installation of the new Half Acre brewery and taproom in Bowmanville.
First Public Meeting to Discuss Mega Mall Redevelopment Announced
[Rendering by Antunovich Associates]
The first public meeting to discuss the redevelopment of the Mega Mallsite in Logan Square will take place next Thursday evening, according to a release from Alderman Scott Waguespack's office. The 2.55 acre site currently houses a string of buildings that have been long used as an indoor flea market, however retail developer Terraco Inc. has proposed demolishing the buildings on Milwaukee Avenue from Sacramento Avenue to nearly Logan Boulevard in order to construct a new residential and retail project that could bring up to 110,000 square feet of retail space, 387 parking spots and over 200 apartment units.
All About Monday's James Beard Awards; Chicago's Best New Patios; More
This week's top dish from Eater Chicago, Curbed's restaurant, bar, and nightlife blog...
[Photo: James Beard Foundation]
THE LOOP—Chicago hosts the "Oscars of the food world," aka the James Beard Awards, for the first time on Monday evening. Here are all the public events surrounding it, New Yorkers' take and advice from Eater's Editor-in-Chief, and the awards' impact on Chicago.
AROUND TOWN—Temperatures will hit the 70s this weekend, meaning patio season is upon us. This handy map shows you all the best new spots for outdoor dining and drinking in Chicago.
Louis Sullivan Designed Row Home in Lincoln Park Hits Market
New to the market but old to the city is this three bedroom, two and a half bathroom row house designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan in 1885, and for $1.285 million, this piece of Chicago history can be yours. It's one of five town homes in the landmark row—the Ann Halsted Row Houses—at 1826 N Lincoln Park West. The abundant original wood molding and fixtures throughout the home, the built-in hutch, marble mantels on all four fireplaces, and the original stained glass windows in the living room keep the home tied to its history. And though the white, modern finishes of the newly renovated kitchen and bathrooms interrupt the home's otherwise historic character, their usefulness seems to outweigh the aesthetic of continuity. The manicured gardens in the backyard, landscaped by Maria Smithburg, round out the home's antique elegance. And when the flowers and hibernate for the winter, it's still green year-round at the Lincoln Park Conservatory and Zoo—just one block away.
At Last, Tesla Unveils its $3K Batteries for Powering the Home
All photos via The Verge
Tesla, the company so far famous for electric cars, is trying to conquer much, much more. Last night, CEO Elon Musk finally lifted the curtains off Tesla Energy, its long-anticipated battery system for powering homes, businesses, and potentially public utilities. The product aimed at average homeowners is the Powerwall, a shield-like pack that measures three feet by four feet in size and six inches thick, and can be hung indoors or outdoors. Targeting solar energy adopters, Powerwall stores electricity generated from solar panels during the day and saves it up for use at night and as a backup supply.
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