such a beautiful greystone with corner turret (with tiny rounded attic window!), photographed in 2017

3014 West Jackson Boulevard

brick worker’s cottage with decorative bargeboard pendant at 3061 West Firth Avenue, photographed for Illinois Historic Structures Survey 1971-1975

beautiful c. 1883 brick rowhouses with false mansard cornices, photographed in Illinois Historic Structures Survey 1971-1975. identical homes across the street at 203-209 South Troy Street, photographed in 2021, make this an aesthetically & architecturally unique block in East Garfield Park.

its neighbor cottage at 3111 West Fifth Avenue, now demolished (Illinois Historic Structures Survey, 1971-1975)

The John Henry Raap house at 1407 North Hoyne Avenue, built 1885, a Victorian-Second Empire mansion on Beer Baron’s Row in Wicker Park. Currently for sale at $4,695,000, it sold 42 years ago in 1984 for $140,000.

77°, Wacker Drive

raised bridge, La Salle Drive

This building (No. 2819) is engraved with a pre-1909 address, “1244”

186 years ago in 1840, Fifth Avenue (then Barry Point Road) was the first Chicago road to be planked and improved

a forlorn 5th Avenue

Exposed old streetcar rail on Fifth Avenue at Francisco Avenue

This obscured, modest frame house I photographed in 2017 was built in 1878, wish I could find out more about its history

This brick Italianate worker's cottage at 2905 West Monroe Street turns 150 years old this year. It’s lost some details like the bracketed cornice, window hoods and transom, but thankfully still survives. Built in 1876, my 2015 photo and one from the Illinois Historic Structures Survey, 1971-1975.

Oak Street Beach

the official start of summer 🌭🇺🇸

Another c. 1878 brick worker’s cottage off Fifth Avenue, one block east of Albany Avenue — photographed in 2018

first fireworks show of the season at Navy Pier tonight, 10:00 pm! ✨💥🌙✨💥🌙

c. 1878 brick worker’s cottage with original wooden porch and facade details, part of the initial real estate development along Fifth Avenue, then Colorado Avenue. Photographed in 2017, archival photo from Illinois Historic Structures Survey (1971-1975).

there’s an exposed old brick alley in this parking lot

This used to be the site of a one-story frame worker’s cottage, possibly built 1870s or earlier

Photographed in 2017

this lot contains a rear house, a bracketed worker’s cottage likely built 1870s before the front house and then moved — photographed in 2014

Photographed in 2016

Built in 1893, photographed in 2018 — I love the turret and unique, original wooden triple-arch storefront

2542 West Warren Boulevard

This beautiful corner building has a unique historic artifact — its original pre-1909 address of 1149-1151 Washington etched above the doorway (photographed in 2014; archival photo in Illinois Historic Structures Survey 1971-1975)

2723, 2725, 2727 and 2729 West Washington Boulevard, built 1880s. Great original Victorian details, decorative glass and wooden porches, and part of a concentration of Orange-rated buildings in the Chicago Historic Resources Survey near Washington/California (photographed in 2020).

Lovely, narrow corner turret and built 1880s — archival photo from Illinois Historic Structures Survey, 1971-1975

The Dark Knight, Lower Wacker Drive at Lower Michigan Avenue

Richard J. Daley, Bilandic, Byrne, Washington, Orr, Sawyer, Richard M. Daley, Emanuel and Lightfoot Johnson?

I wonder how many mayors this No Parking sign has outlasted — outside 225 West Randolph Street, built 1966

2761 West Lake Street

Rest in peace Sam Sianis, Chicago legend Billy Goat Tavern, Lower Michigan Avenue

4:44 AM, Wolcott Avenue

From 1923 city guide...

Built 1919

314 North Artesian Avenue

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Waller Apartments built in 1895 and designated a Chicago Landmark in 1994.

former site of 2952-2954 West Madison Street, built 1893 and demolished in 2013.

Photographed in 2015

Life is beautiful, meaningful and enjoyable since I made the choice to stop using and start living when I turned 40 — and I found the love of my life, who makes me a better person and a cherished one for exactly how I am; with him I feel safe, happy, and inspired every day.

May 12th: 2 years sober 😌💪🎂🌈

New Greater Saint John Community Missionary Baptist Church, formerly Warren Avenue Congregational Church, 3101 West Warren Boulevard, built 1889

Another worker’s cottage on my block, built 1882

a brisk beach day in May

I love my little 1876 worker’s cottage so much — and so great to see it on Every Lot 😊💗