John Morris
August 13, 2017
1000 W. Monroe, in March of this year [John Morris]
Almost a year ago
a plan was unveiled for the corner of Monroe and Morgan in West Loop. It featured 12 luxury residences with a parking spot for each unit, and called for replacing a 6 unit building constructed in 1889.
Last week, demolition began on these 19th century twin Italianate three-flats to make way for the new condo building.
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John Morris
March 12, 2017
506 W. 26th [John Morris/Chicago Patterns]
At
506 W. 26th St. is a residential building with a small clue of a once taller past.
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Gabriel X. Michael
December 21, 2015
Lake-Franklin Group, viewed from northwest corner of Lake and Franklin Streets. [Gabriel X. Michael/Chicago Patterns]
Within Chicago’s Loop neighborhood, among the urban canyons of soaring glass & steel office buildings, there is a unique and rare collection of architecture: the commercial buildings erected in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire. These are commonly referred to as the “Post-Fire” era buildings, built from 1872 up until the advent of modern building materials and advanced construction techniques. These unprecedented approaches to commercial architecture facilitated the birth of the multi-story “skyscraper” in the early-mid 1880s, notably William Le Baron Jenney’s Home Insurance Building erected in 1883.
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John Morris
February 19, 2015
John Morris/Chicago Patterns
At the intersection of Damen and 33rd in McKinley Park is a collection of modest yet exuberant 1880s homes. After almost 130 years, the homes mostly retain their original charm.
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