Slight problem with going to a performance in Granz hall at the Auditorium Building. I’m legitimately quite distracted by Louis Sullivan’s interior

RETVRN but it's just shooting a firehose of federal funding for a new WPA

Sip & savor over on Bryn Mawr closed

I love browsing HDFC coops in NYC. Maximum income for one person $142K. Asking $345K but and this is key, cash only. Needs near gut rehab. 3 bedrooms + a living room and a dining room. I love it, insane streeteasy.com/building/92-...

New Mediterranean spot opened up where Wow! Pizzeria used to be at The Breakers on Sheridan. When did that happen?

Marked safe from being invested in state level political races outside my own state

Not to brag but I clicked on this, saw it was built in 1939 and had the thought “who the hell was designing like this in the late 1930’s other than Bruce Goff” just to scroll down and find out it is indeed a Bruce Goff. Edison Park, $775K www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Yayyy

Okay this is pretty sick (from the new Loomis stop apparently) www.reddit.com/r/chicago/s/...

Yes but I’ve also never really left so that’s not fair

I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen the old weather bell at Clark and Monroe turned on in my life

Reading a short story by James T. Farrell set in Washington Park in the 1920’s and idk why but I was really surprised by the way the kids incessantly call eachother goofy or goofies. I thought that was a local Chicago AAVE thing but Irish kids were saying it a century ago.

1/2 Former Home Building Association Company bank Architect: Louis Sullivan, 1914 Newark, Ohio

This then & now is absolutely wild. The restoration took over a decade and many millions of dollars, but the end result is stunning. Home Building Association Company Architect: Louis Sullivan, 1914 Restoration/renovation: Rogers Krajnak Architects Newark, Ohio

I don't even know where to start on how dirty this old Ad for The Narragansentt does it. One of the most ornate Art Deco apartment buildings in the city reduced to a box. Does the Metra still get you into the loop in 9 minutes from That part of Hyde Park/Kenwood? I thought it took longer?

Is anybody else’s seasonal allergies going crazy

It looks like that new apartment building off the Berwyn red line stop is finally leasing. Units seem kinda small for the price but I'm sure they'll fill up www.realtor.com/rentals/deta...

Get the hell out of here

A true beaut

Contingent in 3 days. One bed in Edgewater Beach. $209K. Last sold for $118K in ‘08 www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Washington DC was really beautiful lots to love

Pieces of long-lost Louis Sullivan building revealed on Chicago’s south lakefront (gift link)

Ready for summer to be over it's too hot

The Great American State Fair is a total bust

Apparently Mike Quigley is hosting his mayoral kickoff INSIDE the uptown theatre this Saturday and if I were in town I’d RSVP just to be in there lmao

They’re laying off everybody but me 👉👈

Apparently in the 1920's Vibrators were so powerful that they would cause interference with neighboring radios....

An ad for The Park Edgewater from when it was brand new in 1929. Apartments were renting for the equivalent of nearly $2K/month. They're condos now and I don't think they'd rent for that even today. Surrounded by high rises today it was built on a street of lakefront mansions.

~Wilson~ was pretty damn different back in the 1920's

Received a positive mid year performance review instead of 6 months severance

Must. Escape. 9-5

2 bed 1 bath in Edgewater. In unit washer/dryer. Seperate living room, dining room. A block from the Berwyn Red line, walking distance to the beach, Andersonville, Uptown. Asking only $250K, bet it sparks a bidding war. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Perfect weather

Fundraising money to get the Edgewater Beach Apartments a Flag that isn’t comically small relative to the mass of the building and the height of their flagpole

Using your iPhone to take vertical real estate photos is heinous, but I really want to see this Hyde Park condo just go take a gander at the current owners art collection. www.realtor.com/realestatean...

Who’s in

Feet in the water, pants legs rolled up, cigarette in hand. Lion

Any good group chats now

A top floor unit at one of my favorite 6-flats in the city just opened up. Right on Drexel Blvd, a block north of Drexel Square. Built in 1916. 2.6K square foot units. 4 beds, two living rooms, a dining room and crazy original woodwork. Asking $545K www.realtor.com/realestatean...

Rare third story pop top

5840 W. Midway Park, Chicago. 1901, Frederick Schock, architect

It’s almost here..

The siren song of wanting to quit my job is getting a little loud

last chance to RSVP to the #SingleStair hearing tomorrow in Chicago and still get the deets on our pre-hearing meetup as well as tips & tricks of public comment

$320K for a one bedroom in Andersonville is crazy what is going on www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Good Morning

Some of my own thoughts on BUILD that I've been sitting on ericerins.substack.com/p/build

It’s so cool to know that office work also drove people insane 150 years ago

👀 (from the Railroads of Lake Superior FB group, of which I am now a proud member)

Paris is famous for its cafes and brasseries, but at the time they were becoming ubiquitous in the Belle Epoque people were complaining they were a form of Americanization. Paris was “turning into a sinister Chicago!”