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Complex at 47th and Michigan
Posted by:
Chistorian51
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Date: December 15, 2014 12:51PM
Anybody have any info on this property? Looking at the old aerials it has been there since atleast 1938. Hospital? Housing? Factory?
https://maps.google.com/maps?biw=1617&bih=1065&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.81828268,d.cGU&um=1&ie=UTF-8&fb=1&gl=us&ftid=0x880e2eac2670efcd:0x7edca557674c2379&q=4700+S+Michigan+Ave,+Chicago,+IL+60615&sa=X&ei=ff2OVKmeGdi2yASA3YHYCA&ved=0CB0Q8gEwAA&output=classic&dg=brw
https://maps.google.com/maps?biw=1617&bih=1065&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.81828268,d.cGU&um=1&ie=UTF-8&fb=1&gl=us&ftid=0x880e2eac2670efcd:0x7edca557674c2379&q=4700+S+Michigan+Ave,+Chicago,+IL+60615&sa=X&ei=ff2OVKmeGdi2yASA3YHYCA&ved=0CB0Q8gEwAA&output=classic&dg=brw
Re: Complex at 47th and Michigan
Posted by:
WayOutWardell
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Date: December 15, 2014 01:42PM
Rosenwald Apartments, soon headed for redevelopment.
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Boulevard_Garden_Apartments]Rosenwald[/url]
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Boulevard_Garden_Apartments]Rosenwald[/url]
Re: Complex at 47th and Michigan
Posted by:
nordsider
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Date: December 15, 2014 01:43PM
Are you referring to the Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Boulevard_Garden_Apartments
http://chsmedia.org:8081/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=141S6618G39L1.752&menu=search&aspect=subtab114&npp=10&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=public&ri=&index=.GW&term=Michigan+Boulevard+Garden+Apartments&matchoptbox=0%7C0&oper=AND&x=12&y=12&aspect=subtab114&index=.TW&term=&matchoptbox=0%7C0&oper=AND&index=.AW&term=&matchoptbox=0%7C0&oper=AND&index=.SW&term=&matchoptbox=0%7C0&ultype=&uloper=%3D&ullimit=&ultype=&uloper=%3D&ullimit=&sort=
http://www.preservationchicago.org/userfiles/file/rosenwald.pdf
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2014 02:06PM by nordsider.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Boulevard_Garden_Apartments
http://chsmedia.org:8081/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=141S6618G39L1.752&menu=search&aspect=subtab114&npp=10&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=public&ri=&index=.GW&term=Michigan+Boulevard+Garden+Apartments&matchoptbox=0%7C0&oper=AND&x=12&y=12&aspect=subtab114&index=.TW&term=&matchoptbox=0%7C0&oper=AND&index=.AW&term=&matchoptbox=0%7C0&oper=AND&index=.SW&term=&matchoptbox=0%7C0&ultype=&uloper=%3D&ullimit=&ultype=&uloper=%3D&ullimit=&sort=
http://www.preservationchicago.org/userfiles/file/rosenwald.pdf
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2014 02:06PM by nordsider.
Re: Complex at 47th and Michigan
Posted by:
davey7
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Date: December 15, 2014 01:44PM
It looks rather like the Marshall Field Gardens homes so I would assume it was either public housing or charity subsidized low-income housing from the aesthetic. You might try the public housing museum if nobody else answers it. The design looks very garden city mid-late 30's. I wanna know what this is too!
Re: Complex at 47th and Michigan
Posted by:
EricV
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Date: December 15, 2014 02:39PM
The tv show Shameless filmed there not too long ago. I was surprised to see it pop up as a filming location on one of the episodes-it didn't look that far gone. The Rosenwald & Marshall Field apartments were, if memory serves, privately financed experiments in low-income housing, paid for by wealthy businessmen.
Re: Complex at 47th and Michigan
Posted by:
nordsider
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Date: December 15, 2014 03:38PM
Also reminds me of the Mecca Apartments on the north side of 34th Street from State to Dearborn.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2014 09:19PM by nordsider.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2014 09:19PM by nordsider.
Re: Complex at 47th and Michigan
Posted by:
Chistorian51
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Date: December 15, 2014 05:30PM
Thanks guys there are indeed the Rosenwald apartments. Found these great pictures
https://www.flickr.com/photos/25165196@N08/4358680312/in/set-72157623430832304
https://www.flickr.com/photos/25165196@N08/4358680312/in/set-72157623430832304
