Edgewater Beach Apartments

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Edgewater Beach ApartmentsBuilt in 1928, located at Sheridan and Bryn Mawr.


Swallowed by Ivy

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wabash

At Wabash and Pershing, a house is covered by ivy sits next to a vacant greystone.


Roeser’s Bakery: A Sweet Slice of Chicago History

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Roeser's Bakery with the #72 bus going by. John Morris/Chicago Patterns

Roeser’s Bakery with the #72 bus going by. John Morris/Chicago Patterns

Roeser’s Bakery, a fourth-generation family business that started in 1911, sits near the corner of North and Kedzie in Humboldt Park. The oldest family-owned bakery in the city continues to thrive,  due in large part to its commitment to quality and customer service, the Roeser family says.

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Romanesque Greystone Rowhouses in Bronzeville

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Romanesque greystones

At King and 44th, some of the city’s finest Romanesque greystone row houses. Similarly styled, yet each is unique.