Waller Apartments/Fifth City
2840-58 W. Walnut Street Chicago, 1895. Frank Lloyd Wright
Biked by these buildings again and have my own photos. These are in Fifth City, just north of Lake Street, one of the Garfield Park neighborhoods. I love this neighborhood enclave- near a green line station, closed in by quiet sturdy warehouses. There is even a boulevard-esque stretch along Fulton with a leafy canopy and wide spaced modest mansions. But also a little worn down and unnerving. On the way out of the neighborhood going North on Sacramento you pass by the EZ Polish Factory, also by FLW, and end up on the boulevard to Humboldt Park.
http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/W/WallerApts.html
http://www.peterbeers.net/interests/flw_rt/Illinois/Waller_Apartments/waller_apartments.htm
http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ahaa/imagebase/intranet/slide_scans/960827/96.08.27.001.jpg
(this last link is a photo of the Francis apartments, which were behind the Waller Apartments.
Warehouse with huge doors below and a band of windows above.
This is the corner block of the Waller Apartments. It would have been connected to the other side of the building, but one of the units is missing.
This is the long front facade of the building towards Walnut street. The missing gap indicates where a piece of the building has been lost.
The end of the Waller Apartments towards the interior of the block. The two ends are flanked by slightly attenuted "pavillions" each with a centered arched door.
The back of the Waller Apartments
The back of the corner block
A worn down single family house surrounded by lawn space.
EZ Polish Factory Sacramento side - I love the single pier in the back carried through from the facade.
The EZ Polish Factory
Biked by these buildings again and have my own photos. These are in Fifth City, just north of Lake Street, one of the Garfield Park neighborhoods. I love this neighborhood enclave- near a green line station, closed in by quiet sturdy warehouses. There is even a boulevard-esque stretch along Fulton with a leafy canopy and wide spaced modest mansions. But also a little worn down and unnerving. On the way out of the neighborhood going North on Sacramento you pass by the EZ Polish Factory, also by FLW, and end up on the boulevard to Humboldt Park.
http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/W/WallerApts.html
http://www.peterbeers.net/interests/flw_rt/Illinois/Waller_Apartments/waller_apartments.htm
http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ahaa/imagebase/intranet/slide_scans/960827/96.08.27.001.jpg
(this last link is a photo of the Francis apartments, which were behind the Waller Apartments.
Warehouse with huge doors below and a band of windows above.
This is the corner block of the Waller Apartments. It would have been connected to the other side of the building, but one of the units is missing.
This is the long front facade of the building towards Walnut street. The missing gap indicates where a piece of the building has been lost.
The end of the Waller Apartments towards the interior of the block. The two ends are flanked by slightly attenuted "pavillions" each with a centered arched door.
The back of the Waller Apartments
The back of the corner block
A worn down single family house surrounded by lawn space.
EZ Polish Factory Sacramento side - I love the single pier in the back carried through from the facade.
The EZ Polish Factory
posted by Nate at 4:52 PM
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