Bucktown's old two-floor houses aren't glamorous, but they do bear themselves with quiet dignity. Sandwiched between two homes on the 1600 block of N. Wolcott (across the street from the "Urban Sandbox" mentioned in the previous post) is this new home: I love - and hate - these juxtapositions peppering Bucktown and other neighborhoods throughout the city: gentrification is rarely so clearly displayed. What are the neighbors thinking?
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There Goes the Neighborhood – Posted 1 year ago
While walking down North Avenue this week, I glanced up Wolcott Avenue and spotted this bleak mid-winter scene: So many of the new homes being built in Bucktown have either too many windows or too few. This white, nearly finished building at 1611 N. Wolcott just has oddly placed windows, which for some reason the architect paired with large orange rectangles. It's as though the developer said, "This home needs some flair!" and the architect obliged with a few dashes of color.
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While walking down North Avenue this week, I glanced up Wolcott Avenue and spotted this bleak mid-winter scene: So many of the new homes being built in Bucktown have either too many windows or too few. This white, nearly finished building at 1611 N. Wolcott just has oddly placed windows, which for some reason the architect paired with large orange rectangles. It's as though the developer said, "This home needs some flair!" and the architect obliged with a few dashes of color.
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