Ultra Local Geography

Mansards on Devon...

Watercolor streetscape of the 7400 block of N. Oakley in Chicago.

Four mausoleums at Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery.

Every building on Oakley Avenue between Howard and Birchwood.

Using snapshots from @everylotchicago.bsky.social to develop some watercolor and gouache sketches. Also trying to use colored pencils to keep things annoying.

Tudor Revival-style homes in Chicago, 1920s and 1930s.

Bottom: Touhy-Bell Four-Flats (1944).

Winchester-Hood Garden Homes, 1947. Holsman, Holsman, Klekamp and Taylor, architects.

2338-2348 W. Jarvis, c.1957. Architect unknown.

7361-7373 N. Ridge, 1955. William B. Cohan, architect.

6968-6970 N. Ridge (1958). Designed by architect Roy Schoenbrod for Hyland Builders. Twelve apartments.

Granville Gardens #3, 1938. Great moderne-style entrances!. Mostly intact, although someone painted the stone (cast stone?) white.

Granville Gardens #2, 1938. This used to be a green courtyard, but was later converted to parking. The steel casement windows were also swapped out for double-hung, but I'm ignoring that. Ink, watercolor and colored pencil. Turned out very muddy, so I may need to go back to this.

Granville Garden Apartments, 1938. Ink, watercolor, and colored pencil.

Six entrances to mid-century apartment buildings in Chicago's West Ridge neighborhood, ranging from 1946 through 1959.