Neighborhood Views

Neighborhood Views is a new column featuring architecture, infrastructure, and hidden history photos. Submit yours to our flickr group or send to chicagopatterns@gmail.com.

Romanesque Greystone Rowhouses in Bronzeville

Leave a comment

Romanesque greystones

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


43rd Street Historic Architecture Tour in Bronzeville on Wednesday

Leave a comment
forum Grand Boulevard at 43rd 42nd Street greystone Bronzeville's greystones Bronzeville's greystonesGrand Boulevard postcard-chicago-43rd-street-e-of-grand-blvd-c1910 Grand Boulevard rowhouses gothic (1)

On Wednesday, September 24th, Chicago Patterns is teaming up with Urban Juncture to provide a historic architecture tour as part of An Evening at the Forum, a retro-themed block party that’s celebrating the golden age of Bronzeville.

Continue reading »


Miniature Gothic on North

Leave a comment

gothic

Small Gothic commercial/residential building on North near Kimball in Humboldt Park, built ca. 1909.


Decorated Greystone in North Lawndale

Leave a comment

lawndale

The Neoclassical greystone board up at Spaulding and Ogden was built in 1906.