But what could these have been?
W. Belmont Avenue
W. Bryn Mawr Avenue
Devon Avenue
They're all variations on the same theme. A chain? An architect recycling a good idea? Or something else?
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Third time's a mystery
It's already been explained to me that the gleaming while terra cotta buildings are former Jewel Grocers from the 1930s.
But what could these have been?
W. Belmont Avenue
W. Bryn Mawr Avenue
Devon Avenue
They're all variations on the same theme. A chain? An architect recycling a good idea? Or something else?
But what could these have been?
W. Belmont Avenue
W. Bryn Mawr Avenue
Devon Avenue
They're all variations on the same theme. A chain? An architect recycling a good idea? Or something else?
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6 comments:
Doesn't appear to have been a chain; all look to be rental storefronts.
I've wondered many times what those were; there is even another one further west on Devon in Park Ridge.
http://www.parkridge.info/images/communityimages/raffiagifts.jpg
That one? That's on prospect.
I guess you're right. I knew it was somewhere in Park Ridge; I must have be thinking of something else that was on Devon.
I love that one on Bryn Mawr, I work just a few blocks from there. Great pictures!
I'm guessing that it was just a developer who built the same thing over and over, much like today. Or someone copied something that they liked and was successful....
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