Back in 2022, I had this idea to do a series of illustrations of homes in Chicago with gambrel roofs.  For the uninitiated, that's the...

Lately there's been interest in the extraordinary mid-century architecture on Peterson Avenue, from the Edgewater neighborhood west thro...

Some shoebox houses in the K-Town Historic District of Chicago on the West Side.  Documenting and illustrating these buildings was one way I...

This was developed from a sketch I did of this about 11 years ago. I intended to do a study of industrial structures but ended up just drawi...

I can't remember why I started this series, but the original post was very annoying.  Did I think I could teach people about the Chicago...

Row houses in the 1970s continued to be utilized as infill housing in established neighborhoods, often replacing older homes in areas und...

In the 1960s, row houses were incorporated into many urban renewal projects, both government-funded and privately developed.  A new generat...

In the 1950s, row houses came roaring back in Chicago.  The cost of land and the demand for moderate-density housing again aligned.  New ma...

In the 1930s and 40s, the row house became an important form for government-subsidized public housing.  This program was interrupted by WWI...

After the 1890s it became much harder for me to find row houses.  Since this isn't exactly a scientific study, I might just be missing ...

Hands down, the 1890s were the decade of the most elaborate row houses, with an astounding combination of styles.  Here you have Queen Anne...

Perhaps the golden age of the Chicago row house?   Looking back on this entry, I can hardly believe it has just one sentence.  I was comple...

Some of the oldest row houses in Chicago, built soon after the Chicago Fire of 1871.  These have been drawn to represent their original app...

In the 1960s and 70s many rowhouse designs in Chicago began to incorporate solid walls and barriers in front of the home.  Traditionally r...

This blog entry looks at some typical façade organizations of the Chicago rowhouse and theorizes a bit about the intent of various approac...

229-241 N. Sacramento, 1895 Recently I've been looking at the rowhouse in Chicago.  This is a building type that appears again and...

I'm continuing my series looking into some of the areas of the neighborhood that were never really meant to be on display.  You can...

Looking up from Goldberg Pocket Park. I'm interested in parts of buildings that were never meant to be displayed.  These are the sp...

View from Sheridan looking Northeast towards Pratt. Sometimes the spaces created between buildings are just as interesting as the bui...

Detail of terra cotta brackets This building was designed by Koenigsburg and Westfeld in the Gothic Renaissance Revival style and const...