Chicago Workers Cottage Initiative

04/24/2026

Cottage with a train in the back yard built around 1906

04/22/2026

Pink flower view from the windows

04/20/2026

Farewell to this Logan Square brick cottage built around 1891

04/16/2026

View from busy Halsted Street to a row of woodframe cottages in an urban forest in Englewood

04/16/2026

A red brick cottage with decorative wood, cast iron, and terra cotta details. It was built in 1886 for the E Smith family, a fact that frustrates me to no end for the impossibility of further searching that common name. About 15 years ago it was restored and the details over the windows, previously plain white, were painted to their current gorgeous colors.

N Hoyne Ave. Wicker Park.

04/15/2026

Little house, little traffic jam on Halsted Street

04/14/2026

Cottage with a view… of the Dan Ryan. For the first half of its life it looked out at a street of wood and brick 2-flats

04/12/2026

A loving tribute to the cottage a family called home for 116 years

Generations of the Slajchert family lived in the home for more than 100 years. Now the family is selling the property after the home’s last matriarch died last summer. She was 91.

04/12/2026

Nobody should paint their brick. Except whoever painted this house, they get a pass. If you’re gonna paint your brick wall skip the developer gray give it a little whimsy like this.

S Aberdeen St. Bridgeport.

04/08/2026

The Parthenon of Pilsen

04/03/2026

Hope to see you tomorrow at the McKinley Park library! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1982550123789