Bachman House
1244 W. Carmen Ave.
From Chicago Landmarks:
Architect Bruce Goff created a neighborhood sensation in 1948, when he remodeled a modest wood house (built in 1889) into the home and studio for recording engineer Myron Bachman. The window openings were changed and an exterior cladding of brick and corrugated aluminum was added.
It remains a local attraction, as well as a nationally recognized example of work by one of architecture's most unique figures.
Much of Goff's architectural career was spent in Oklahoma, although he maintained a practice in Chicago from 1934 to 1942. Goff also designed the Turzak House, another Chicago Landmark.
July 29, 2009
July 27, 2009
Edgewater Beach Hotel Menu
Click image for larger view.For those wondering what a Horse's Neck is, I found this on About.com:
The key to a Horse's Neck is the lemon peel which hangs off the rim of the glass and resembles the neck of a horse hanging into the drink. Sometimes brandy is used instead of bourbon or it can served as a mocktail, which is what I believe was its original intention. For that simply skip the liquor and you'll have a fancy ginger ale.
Ingredients:
* spiral lemon peel
* 2 oz bourbon
* 8 oz ginger ale
* 2-3 dashes Angostura bitters (optional)
Preparation:
1. Place the spiral lemon peel into a collins glass.
2. Secure one end of the peel over the lip of the glass.
3. Add ice cubes to the glass.
4. Pour in the bourbon and ginger ale.
5. Add a dash of bitters, if desired.
6. Stir well.
July 21, 2009
Under Construction
I'm working on the template tonight, so bear with me as I make changes and everything goes wonky. We'll be up and running properly tomorrow!
July 20, 2009
Edgewater Beach Apartments (Overcast)
A unique view of the Edgewater Beach Apartments. Click on image for larger view and for more uploads by glassanemone. Image courtesy of Flickr.
Uptown Snack Shop with David Bowie
David Bowie at the Uptown Snack Shop.
Click image for larger view, and to see more uploads by Inga.
Click image for larger view, and to see more uploads by Inga.
July 19, 2009
Saxony Liquors Lounge Uptown Chicago
This location is now the Uptown Lounge, on Lawrence near Broadway.
Click on image for larger view, and to see more photos by Mark2400. Image courtesy of Flickr.
Click on image for larger view, and to see more photos by Mark2400. Image courtesy of Flickr.
White Tiger, Novel Set in Uptown Chicago
It's been a while since we've featured any Uptown-related fiction, so here you go!
John Thinnes, a detective on the Chicago police force, and Jack Caleb, a well-known psychiatrist, were friends—unlikely friends, maybe, with very different lives, but men who liked and respected each other. And they had one significant experience in common: Both had been “in country” in Vietnam during the war. Arriving home, both men would have liked to forget the horrors of that war but could not banish them from their memory. They had left Vietnam, but Vietnam would never leave them.
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John Thinnes, a detective on the Chicago police force, and Jack Caleb, a well-known psychiatrist, were friends—unlikely friends, maybe, with very different lives, but men who liked and respected each other. And they had one significant experience in common: Both had been “in country” in Vietnam during the war. Arriving home, both men would have liked to forget the horrors of that war but could not banish them from their memory. They had left Vietnam, but Vietnam would never leave them. In the years since the war ended, Thinnes married and fathered a son, Caleb prospered with his psychiatric practice and found a gay lover. Later, a series of murders and rapes brought the police officer and the psychiatrist together in an oddly matched friendship, each contributing his special knowledge to try to solve crimes that were hard to unravel. But memories remain—ugly memories of maiming and killing on both sides, not only of soldiers but of innocent Vietnamese farmers and their families, of drug dealers and the city’s poor. And now, on a morning shortly into the new millennium, Jack Caleb is listening to the radio and hears of the shooting death of a Vietnamese immigrant woman in Chicago’s “Little Saigon,” and a flashback leaves him trembling.
Word on the street in Little Saigon is that the “White Tiger” is now in Chicago. “White Tiger” is the only known name for a mysterious and savage drug dealer and all-around criminal who terrorized even the toughest thugs in Vietnam. Both men dig, together and each in his own way, for the reason this innocent woman was murdered, both thoroughly aware that by searching in the deep, they are offering their own lives to the Tiger’s wrath.
In White Tiger, Michael Allen Dymmoch has faultlessly linked the horrors of the war in Vietnam, from the viewpoints of those on both sides of the conflict and also from the hearts and minds of two very different men, and has woven them into a thrilling story of terror in the past and in the very present now.
July 15, 2009
Foster and Kenmore, Uptown / Edgewater, Chicago
Southeast corner of Kenmore and Foster, circa 1910 (above) and as seen on Google Street Views (below).
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Leland and Magnolia, Uptown Chicago, 1910
Looking east on Leland from Magnolia, 1910 (above) and on Google Street Views (below).View Larger Map
Morrissey Chicago Aragon 1991
Waiting in the alley beside the Aragon Ballroom for the 1991 Morrissey concert. Image courtesy of Flickr. Click on photo for more images by cbording.
Goldblatt's Uptown Chicago - Broadway & Lawrence
Another view of the building that now houses Borders. The clock was rescued from demolition by a local resident.
Image courtesy of Flickr. Click photo for larger view and more images by Mark 2400.
Image courtesy of Flickr. Click photo for larger view and more images by Mark 2400.
Goldblatt's Uptown Chicago - Broadway & Lawrence
If you're new to the neighborhood, you might not recognize the Borders Building in its previous incarnation. The building has also housed the Sheridan Trust Bank (before it moved across the street) and the Loren Miller Department Store.
Image courtesy Flicker. Click on photo for a larger view and more images by Mark 2400.
Image courtesy Flicker. Click on photo for a larger view and more images by Mark 2400.
July 8, 2009
Bank Files Foreclosure on Historic Sheridan Plaza Hotel
"(Crain’s) — A Dallas bank known for buying distressed loans is seeking to foreclose on an $8.2-million mortgage on a historic former hotel near Wrigley Field, where during the 1940s many Chicago Cubs lived during the baseball season..." Complete article can be found here.
A free PDF download of a 1921 article featuring this hotel and other work by architect Walter W. Ahlschlager, with many historic images, can be found here.
For more articles and images on the Sheridan Plaza Hotel found on this site, go here.
A free PDF download of a 1921 article featuring this hotel and other work by architect Walter W. Ahlschlager, with many historic images, can be found here.For more articles and images on the Sheridan Plaza Hotel found on this site, go here.
July 2, 2009
Uptown Film Locations Featured in Tribune Article
"Sure, Johnny Depp looks dashing as John Dillinger. Christian Bale makes a mighty fine lawman. And no one will deny the delicious sex appeal of Marion Cotillard. But the real star of the movie "Public Enemies," which opened Wednesday in wide release, is the brawling, bustling and undeniably beautiful city of Chicago..."
The Chicago Tribune has an article on Public Enemies, and makes mention of many sites used for the filming, including the Aragon Ballroom and the Bridgeview Bank Building. You can read it here.
The Chicago Tribune has an article on Public Enemies, and makes mention of many sites used for the filming, including the Aragon Ballroom and the Bridgeview Bank Building. You can read it here.
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