Tag Archives: West Ridge
Home sweet Monster Tudor home
In 2014 someone tried to steal my apartment building. Her name was Tanya, a petite and nonthreatening-looking woman who had briefly owned a unit in the building that was foreclosed on in the 90’s. One day she showed up in our lobby with a locksmith and he was already mid-way through changing our door and […]
Chicago’s north side bungalows: architecture for social distancing
Post WWI in Chicago, this was the dream: move out from crowded downtown apartment buildings to far flung neighborhoods, into bungalows. There are bungalow districts all over Chicago. I live near the West Ridge Bungalow District and these photos are from the blocks around Talman and Arthur streets. (Pro tip #1: if you happen to […]
Picnic at the Cathedral 