{"id":209332,"date":"2010-01-21T14:47:59","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T19:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skyscrapercity.com\/showthread.php?t=1050779"},"modified":"2010-01-21T14:47:59","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T19:47:59","slug":"oak-park-chicago-frank-lloyd-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/209332","title":{"rendered":"Oak Park Chicago, Frank Lloyd Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Last year during my visit to Chicago i also planned half a day for a visit to Oak Park with all those houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.<\/p>\n<p>With CTA Green line from the Loop to Oak Park.<br \/>\n1.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/chicago_110.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During that trip you go trough some rough neigbourhoods from the looks of them. Not places i think as a tourist you should exit the CTA (imo)<\/p>\n<p>\n2.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark001.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nNeigbourhood buildings on Oak Park Avenue near the CTA Station.<\/p>\n<p>3.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark001a.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nsame here.<\/p>\n<p>From the station walked crisscross trough the neighbourhood eventualy came at Forest Avenue. This is the right area, with tons of great houses and offcourse Frank Lloyd Wright stuff! \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n<p>4.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark002.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark003.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nPeter A. Beachy House from 1906 design FLW.<\/p>\n<p>6.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark004.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>7.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark005.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nLaura Gale House, 1906, Frank Lloyd Wright<\/p>\n<p>\n8.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark006.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>9.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark007.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nMy typical american house! Awesome, beautifull and huge \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n<p>10.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark008.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nI did an audiotour in this area departing from the FLW House and Studio; AB Melville House from architect E.E. Roberts 1904.<\/p>\n<p>11.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark009.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nagain same house.<\/p>\n<p>12.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark010.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nDetail in the facade @ Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, a National Historic Landmark<\/p>\n<p>13.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark011.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nMore beautifull details in this building!<\/p>\n<p>14.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark012.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nFrank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio<\/p>\n<p>15.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark013.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nMoore Dugal Residence, also from FLW, orginal from 1895, but rebuilt in lower design after huge fire in 1923.<\/p>\n<p>16.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark014.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nThis building looks a bit English but also got Mayan influences in its design.<\/p>\n<p>16a<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/chicago_112.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>17.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark015.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nNeighbour is also designed by FLW 1896, extended in 1906.<\/p>\n<p>18.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark018.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>19.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark016.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nFamily Gale houses, this one Thomas H Gale, FLW early works(1892)<\/p>\n<p>20.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark017.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nThis one was for Walter H Gale, also by FLW 1893.<\/p>\n<p>21.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark019.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nFLW keeps on coming!:Arthur B Heurtley House (1902) this looks more like the style we all know by FLW!<\/p>\n<p>22.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark020.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nYet another one designed by FLW; Frank Thoma House, 1901. <\/p>\n<p>23.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark021.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nUnity Temple, FLW, built 1905-1908.<\/p>\n<p>24.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark022.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nA residential built in the Queen Anne style, around 1890.<\/p>\n<p>25.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark023.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nClassic revival style, 1905.<\/p>\n<p>26.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark024.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nFound one more:FLW, Harris P Young House (Remodeling), 1895.<\/p>\n<p>27.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark025.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nVery nice front door area.<\/p>\n<p>28.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark026.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nGive me one of these please! :okay:<\/p>\n<p>29.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark027.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nbirthhouse of Ernest Hemingway @ Oak Park Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>30.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark028.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nother buildings in the Oak Park area. <\/p>\n<p>31.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark029.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>32.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skyscrapers.nl\/cpt\/c\/oakpark030.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year during my visit to Chicago i also planned half a day for a visit to Oak Park with all those houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. With CTA Green line from the Loop to Oak Park. 1. During that trip you go trough some rough neigbourhoods from the looks of them. Not places [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3749,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3749"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}