weird house/bunker

    drove by this the other day in oak park and had to get out and snap a quick shot. it's right at greenfield and fair oaks.

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    1. pantagrapher (55 months ago | reply)

      Wow. I can't believe that house is still there. I used to pass by it occasionally when I lived in Oak Park, but I was never able to remember exactly where it was.

    2. paul goyette (55 months ago | reply)

      i'm curious, how long ago was that?

    3. pantagrapher (55 months ago | reply)

      If I had to guess, I'd say I probably first noticed it in the mid- to late-'80s.

    4. paul goyette (55 months ago | reply)

      wow. i suppose if i want to find out more i'll have to knock on their door, but it looks a little forbidding, imho.

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      nvaughn added this photo to their favorites. (55 months ago)

    6. p2wy (55 months ago | reply)

      brutalism begins at home ;-)

    7. KevinEdge (55 months ago | reply)

      Wow...(what Pantagrapher says) I can't believe it's still there and doesn't look worse for wear. I remember when it was being built. An early "green" house. Solar I believe was the original intent.
      I think it was built in 1979 or 1980?

    8. only-connect (55 months ago | reply)

      weird.

    9. *Zoup* (55 months ago | reply)

      wow. never seen it before. wow.

    10. T. VOLK (51 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called people live here, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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      Anne Rossley and Nick and Natalie added this photo to their favorites.

    12. balzerowitz (50 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called plastered / rendered buildings, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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      Paul M Reynolds Photography added this photo to his favorites. (50 months ago)

    14. josehico (50 months ago | reply)

      Good photography and wonderful colors, greetings

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    16. architekt2 (39 months ago | reply)

      I worked for this architect by the name of Errol Jay Kirsch - that was a long time ago and I admired the man and his architecture!

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      borix1, jasongriffiths, Wannes Deprez / Ony One, box builder, and 4 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    18. ATARICHICAGO (16 months ago | reply)

      Architect Errol J Kirsch also designed the "Cairo house" with the same material & style in River Forest at 1042 Lathrop. ICON HOUSE(Google street view it before gone) House went on market after original owners were not well, then builder bought it to fix up, but it sat...RF had to knock it down finally in 2010, with neighbors blessings...Just like Lloyd Frank structures 100 years earlier, futuristic shaped roof and walls succumbed to weathering early on. The couple had theirs built after loving original in OP pictured above. They owned a well known small Italian sandwich shop at OakPk & Roosevelt for years. Even with houses shortcomings, they enjoyed it everyday but needed running contracts with local painter and neighborhood stucco/drywalls after a rainfall... The one in O.P. is growing mold on it's slanted stucco walls. [effect like living vine,cool but destructive] I first seen in mid/late 1970s by checking out a cool Christmas decorated house down block. THE MOTHER SHIP HAS ARRIVED.

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