I am trying to vary the types of arts the kids and I see…It’s good for the eyes and it helps keeping it all real: too much of the sleek stuff and you get into a snobbish rut. Checking out a f…
Of the two hundred and forty two books I have read in my life so far, only two have sufficiently arrested me to finish in one sitting. Little Birds was one of them. I lost myself peeping into the…
The return of a classic underground lounge
Image 9 of 27 from gallery of Osom Coffee Shop/ Berd Studio. Photograph by Aleson del Villar
A trip down the Rivers of the Far West aboard the Mark Twain or Molly Brown erases any sense of being in the French countryside, effecti...
Jessica Brigham has turned an already charming Craftsman bungalow into a modern eclectic glamazon home bursting with green plants and patterns!
Image 3 of 44 from gallery of Niceto Office and Showroom / Ana Smud y Daniel Zelcer + Camila Jalife. Photograph by Javier Agustín Rojas
Sears Roebuck sold the Kilbourne gabled bungalow from 1920 to 1930. It was named after Kilbourne Avenue in Chicago. "The Kilbourne bungalow satisfies every family that has built it," Sears proclaimed in the Modern Homes catalog. For such a popular model, there are only eight in the Chicago area. Let's take a look at some of them. Park Ridge 430 N. Merrill, Park Ridge. Photo courtesy of Tom Stanton. Sears Kilbourne. Photo courtesy of Tom Stanton. There are two Kilbournes in Park Ridge. The county says this one on Merrill was built in 1926. Elmhurst 510 S. Berkley, Elmhurst. William E. Bruesch purchased the house in May 1926 for $6,500. He got his financing from Sears. Lombard 525 W. St. Charles Road, Lombard. Photo courtesy of Kathy Baum. Elgin 409 Wing Park Blvd., Elgin. Photo from Realtor site. Despite the huge addition, this house is recognizable as a Kilbourne. It is authenticated--the owners have the blueprints and the original loan papers from Sears. St. Charles 504 Jackson Ave., St. Charles. Photo from Realtor site. The Kilbourne in St. Charles was built in 1931. Highland, IN 3138 Ridge Road, Highland, IN. Photo from Realtor site.
While standing in this place the shutters of the windows banging continuously, doors slamming downstairs, cars pulling up outside and then disappearing! Whistles from someone walking around outside the house, all very odd! Then alas was asked to leave, the guy was nice. He asked if I was from that Twitter from that there web-a-me thing :-)
