Re: Flatirons
Date: November 07, 2014 03:18PM
nordsider Wrote:
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> Cragin Spring Wrote:
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> > Flat iron house in Wicker Park. Behind the
> > buildings on Milwaukee Ave. and the elevated.
> 1275
> > N. Hermitage Ave
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> That is a most unusual building!
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> https://maps.google.com/maps?q=1275+N+Hermitage+Av
> e,+Chicago,+IL&hl=en&ll=41.905433,-87.6711&spn=0.0
> 00415,0.000679&sll=39.739318,-89.266507&sspn=9.863
> 297,22.236328&oq=1275+N.+Hermitage+Ave&t=h&hnear=1
> 275+N+Hermitage+Ave,+Chicago,+Illinois+60622&z=21&
> layer=c&cbll=41.905433,-87.6711&panoid=1JuY4miDIHL
> QXdsiQR7mrg&cbp=12,92.3,,0,0
I've always liked that house.
Before they put it underground in the 40s, the Logan Sq El turned there and ran down Paulina. I started the turn behind that little house.
Moorman street was lined with houses and factories and shops, all plugged in around the El tracks.
Only a few are left and that one (which must have taken the biggest shoehorn to get in there) still sits proudly on a pretty much lost corner.
The pointy bit is actually an enclosed porch. There used to be a 3 story factory butted up to the SE side that went all the way to the sidewalk. I imagine they had the stairs running down the factory wall.