These are some of my favorite examples of a cluster of stucco bungalows along N. Maplewood and N. Campbell Avenues.  They were permitted in ...

If you're a Chicago history type, you may know about Chicago's public bathhouses.  These were built from the 1890s through the 1910s...

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 r...

Current Aerial image of Rogers Park showing the  location of the temporary veterans housing in red.  When WWII veterans returned home, they ...

Huttig Arkansas Post Office At the end of 2022, I decided I'd observed watercolor long enough and needed to start painting.  Using water...

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

Some shoebox houses in Chicago's K-Town Historic District on the West Side.  Illustrating these buildings helped me stay sane during qua...

This image was developed from a sketch I did of this about 11 years ago. I intended to do some studies of industrial structures, but I ended...

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...

These are some of the oldest row houses in Chicago, built soon after the Chicago Fire of 1871.  These have been drawn to represent their ori...

In the 1960s and 70s, many rowhouse designs in Chicago began to incorporate solid walls and barriers.  Traditionally, rowhouses had addres...

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

Recently I've been looking at the rowhouse in Chicago.  This is a building type that appears again and again, from elaborate 1890s vers...