Chicago Tudor Revival AF

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Lesser building nerd, real estate photographer

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Yesterday, I came across a den where the paleta carts go to hibernate. The unusually warm Fall isn't healthy for them, it throws off their biological rhythm

A room filled with paleta carts
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In beautiful southwestern Michigan, a person is judged righteous if they can walk barefoot to the end of the south pier at Saugatuck Harbor and back and remain untouched by guano

Color photo of a concrete pier extending into Lake Michigan. A red and white beacon is at the end of the pier. A green and white beacon is visible on a little strip on the far right. Concrete is splotched with seabird guano.
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5500 block of S. Komensky, Chicago. Probably built by Oak Park contractor Angelo Esposito in the late 1950s. He has several other similar buildings in Oak Park, River Forest, and elsewhere, including the monkey buildings mentioned in the article from 1956.

Section of the facade of a mid-century modern two-flat. It is clad in red brick, tan Roman brick, and multi-colored faux stone around the entrance on the left. The outside door is aluminum with panels of orange, turquoise, and green glass and there are two clear glass blocks to the right of the door. Above the slightly slanted porch roof is a large stone or concrete wall that contains a bas relief of the god Mercury (I think), running to the left with the sun setting in the background.Section of the facade of another mid-century modern two-flat. It is clad in red brick, red Roman brick, and multi-colored faux stone around the entrance on the left. The door is on the left and is protected by a slanted brick wall with three glass blocks in it on the far left and a tilted flat roof above. Above the porch roof is a large stone or concrete wall that contains a bas relief of a butterfly with the sun setting in the background.Section of the facade of a third mid-century modern two-flat. It is clad in cream brick, red Roman brick, and multi-colored faux stone around the entrance on the right. Above the slightly slanted porch roof is a large stone or concrete wall that contains a bas relief of a naked guy playing a flute with the sun shining in the background.1956 article about three buildings in River Forest, Illinois, designed by Angelo Esposito, who also designed the three previous buildings. The three in River Forest have bas reliefs of monkeys depicting see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil. All have the sun setting in the background.
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There are some styles that have eclectic in the name (Spanish Eclectic, the malign French Eclectic). If we're honest, Tudor Is probably English Eclectic. But I've also seen Eclecticism as a general term for historical revival styles.

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