tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180214205361596444.post7642790372211424427..comments2023-06-18T06:22:32.696-05:00Comments on A Chicago Sojourn: Capital-M Modernism in Rogers ParkRobert Powershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639365590964995479noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180214205361596444.post-6017689678559584092012-10-25T09:53:42.307-05:002012-10-25T09:53:42.307-05:00Thanks for the photos; I'm planning to refer a...Thanks for the photos; I'm planning to refer another party to this blog with the URL. I live in Granville Terrace. The others who've pointed out the official boundaries of the Rogers Park Community Area are correct. Granville Gardens is in West Ridge CA. It's getting new windows. There are many media org's who bend over backwards to not use the name West Ridge. Even the Tribune which did a feature on it some years ago. Then when some org's do use West Ridge, they might be using it incorrectly, as on the wrong side of Ridge. My late mother saved all the original blueprints and articles about the whole Win-Hood complex. Very little info is on the web.Jean SmilingCoyotehttp://eftornadosafehome.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180214205361596444.post-52846992814339675192012-07-20T07:13:50.331-05:002012-07-20T07:13:50.331-05:00The local news media are constantly referring to l...The local news media are constantly referring to locations that are not in Rogers Park as "Rogers Park." I think their rule is, if it's close to Rogers Park, call it Rogers Park, since it's slightly more well-known across Chicagoland than are adjacent areas like West Ridge and Edgewater.jfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12666700580976995758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180214205361596444.post-67074371532378656122010-07-12T16:22:21.887-05:002010-07-12T16:22:21.887-05:00Yes - the buildings on King Drive are HHK&T an...Yes - the buildings on King Drive are HHK&T and still there, there is also another complex just west of the deco buildings - with the dreaded double-hung windows, it's only one that is now condo, rather than still a co-op, of the north side complexes. <br /><br />There's also the Sherman Gardens in Evanston at Sherman. I think that the three/four in West Ridge are Granville Terrace (Wolcott and Granville), Winchester Hood Garden Homes and I can't remember the other names - I looked at units in three of the complexes, but ended up in a "Just Holsman" building elsewhere. I've posted partial plans and details on my blog (had to hype that) if anyone is interested.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09521087926470872928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180214205361596444.post-71606355902327565312010-06-17T22:25:04.776-05:002010-06-17T22:25:04.776-05:00L.Shure: I know the turquoise one well! Some day ...L.Shure: I know the turquoise one well! Some day I'll have a post collecting various apartment buildings with those vertical stripe pattern things on them. As always, I'm very curious to find out if it was a signature style of a particular builder or designer, or just another MidCentury design idea that got passed around among builders.Robert Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639365590964995479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180214205361596444.post-77796000405965751632010-06-17T20:59:49.825-05:002010-06-17T20:59:49.825-05:00I've seen so many of those steel casement wind...I've seen so many of those steel casement windows replaced with crummy double-hung aluminum windows. One on Sheridan near Chase, one on Wolcott near Lawrence. The list goes on. There's another interesting modernist building on Lunt opposite the ones you posted. Smaller, with plenty of turquoise brick.Ultra Local Geographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891509615219630307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180214205361596444.post-21402363324852714212010-06-17T19:40:41.560-05:002010-06-17T19:40:41.560-05:00@Eric: WHOA!! Sweeeeet! That's definitely the...@Eric: WHOA!! Sweeeeet! That's definitely the same sculptor! What a bummer if they're gone.<br /><br />@QRBNST: I guess I knew that if I'd thought about it. I tend to think more in terms of contiguous areas of city rather than official boundaries, so I tend to use "Rogers Park" for everything east of Western Avenue, or more broadly, everything east of the north river channel. There is a shift in the architectural character of the streets west of Ridge, but otherwise Ridge isn't much of a barrier or dividing line. For my money, a better place to draw the line would be Western Avenue, which is a big obstacle separating east from west. But I guess it's good to be accurate as possible, if only for the sake of Google-friendliness.Robert Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639365590964995479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180214205361596444.post-26150383153461550072010-06-17T15:10:16.632-05:002010-06-17T15:10:16.632-05:00The book you cited probably noted the neighborhood...The book you cited probably noted the neighborhood as Rogers Park, but I'm afraid that is an error.<br /><br />As a former resident of the Granville Gardens complex (in fact, my apartment overlooked the courtyard being converted to parking), I need to point out that both G.G. and the Winchester-Hood Gardens complexes are actually located in West Ridge, not Rogers Park.<br /><br />Though sometimes referred to as "West Rogers Park," West Ridge is a separate and distinct community area from Rogers Park (the west & south borders of which terminate at Ridge Boulevard and Devon Avenue respectively).<br /><br />Though, more specifically, the complexes are located in the Nortown neighborhood for which the intersection of Devon and Western Avenues is the main commercial hub.The Public Square Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04884576056661685183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180214205361596444.post-30187025341488519612010-06-17T07:55:44.062-05:002010-06-17T07:55:44.062-05:00Check out this detail from a building on King Driv...Check out this detail from a building on King Drive in (technically) Greater Grand Crossing:<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/reallyboring/4361820398/in/set-72157606918594719/<br /><br />I unfortunately don't have an overall shot of the buildings, and I think they may have since been demolished, but the decorative panels and angled windows look tantalizingly similar to the Winchester-Hood Garden Homes.Eric Allix Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986356238650409976noreply@blogger.com