Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Chicago Mixed Bag of Photos 2005: Part 2 Old Irving Park (NW Side)

On to Part 2, for those of you that missed part one, you can find it HERE.


This part of the serries will focus on the area known as Old Irving Park. The northern section is also known as Mayfair, which is also part of the Albany Park Neighborhood. The dark purple triangle in the south is a historic district called Irving Park Villa, which the second half will focus on.




This building used to be a city school, it's now the Irish American Herritage Center











Another urban school





Infill


The magnificant Carl Schurtz High School :worship: Hands down, architecturally, one of the best designed schools in the city.












And just down the street from Carl Schurtz, we have Irving Park Villa a historic treasure trove of prairie and craftsman style homes set on streets with landscaped medians.














































The Kennedy Expressway slices the neighborhood in two...


And that wraps up part two, stay tunned more to come>

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