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.

Twin Ys by the Door in Old Town

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[John Morris/Chicago Patterns]

Second Renaissance Revival entryway with the Chicago municipal device atop each cartouche. On Concord near Sedgwick. You can learn more about this style and the neighborhoods where it is most common at Chicago Architecture Data – 
Second Renaissance Revival.


3200 block of Bryn Mawr

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3200 bryn mawr

[John Morris/Chicago Patterns]

Dal Paeng Yi Korean Noodles, Bryn Mawr Hardware, and Optometrists on the 3200 block of Bryn Mawr Avenue.


Old Town Cottage

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[John Morris/Chicago Patterns]

[John Morris/Chicago Patterns]

Circa 1886 Old Town cottage with art glass transom window and grand entrance stair, 1653 N Sedgwick.


411 W. Eugenie Avenue

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[Frederick Nachman]

[Frederick Nachman]

Marketed as a tear-down in late 2015, the 1895 cottage instead is undergoing a massive renovation involving both demolition and additions to the back and side of the lot.

Frederick Nachman