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Watercolor streetscape of the 7400 block of N. Oakley in Chicago.

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N. Oakley, partial streetscape in watercolor.

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Four mausoleums at Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery.

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Every building on Oakley Avenue between Howard and Birchwood.

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Using snapshots from @everylotchicago.bsky.social to develop some watercolor and gouache sketches. Also trying to use colored pencils to keep things annoying.

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Tudor Revival-style homes in Chicago, 1920s and 1930s.

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Top: Jerome-Maplewood Apartments (1959) and Birchwood Terrace Townhomes (1958).

Bottom: Touhy-Bell Four-Flats (1944).

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Mid-century single family homes in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood.

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Winchester-Hood Garden Homes, 1947. Holsman, Holsman, Klekamp and Taylor, architects.

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2318-2328 W. Jarvis, 1952. Harry N. Johnson, architect.

2338-2348 W. Jarvis, c.1957. Architect unknown.

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6826-6869 N. Ridge, 1962. Dewey and Pavlovich, architects.

7074 N. Ridge, 1965. Developed by Charles G. Matthies.

7361-7373 N. Ridge, 1955. William B. Cohan, architect.

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6968-6970 N. Ridge (1958). Designed by architect Roy Schoenbrod for Hyland Builders. Twelve apartments.

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Granville Gardens #3, 1938. Great moderne-style entrances!. Mostly intact, although someone painted the stone (cast stone?) white.

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Granville Gardens #2, 1938. This used to be a green courtyard, but was later converted to parking. The steel casement windows were also swapped out for double-hung, but I'm ignoring that. Ink, watercolor and colored pencil. Turned out very muddy, so I may need to go back to this.

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Granville Garden Apartments, 1938. Ink, watercolor, and colored pencil.

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Six entrances to mid-century apartment buildings in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood, ranging from 1946 through 1959.

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