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Essential Architecture- Chicago
Northeast Alta Vista Terrace District |
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architect |
J.C. Brompton |
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location |
3800-block of North Alta Vista Terrace
(1050 west) |
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date |
1900-04 |
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style |
Renaissance Revival, etc |
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construction |
Brick, stone trim |
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type |
Row Houses |
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This street represents one of the last real estate developments of Samuel
Eberly Gross, a highly colorful realtor responsible for the construction
of thousands of houses in the Chicago area. Sometimes called "A Street
of Forty Doors," Alta Vista Terrace displays a lively variety of
architectural styles and detail, yet every townhouse on one side is
duplicated with only minor variations at the diagonally opposite end of
the block. The distinctly human scale creates a unity and harmony rarely
found elsewhere in the city. |
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links |
With special thanks to the City of
Chicago website,
www.egov.cityofchicago.org , for much of the info on this page.
Photos copyright City of Chicago. |
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