boissiere house front gable

boissiere house front gable

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Front gable of the Boissiere House, 12 Queen's Park West, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Designed by architect Edward Bowen; built in 1904; owned by the Boissiere family for 104 years. Now for sale, and in peril of being torn down.

boissiere house front 2

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Front gable of the Boissiere House, 12 Queen's Park West, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Designed by architect Edward Bowen; built in 1904; owned by the Boissiere family for 104 years. Now for sale, and in peril of being torn down.

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Home Designed by Ron Brenner of ron brenner architects

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House of the Day #19: 6918 N. Ottawa

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Edison Park is a quiet, pleasant residential neighborhood in the far northwest corner of the city, hemmed in on three sides by suburbs. The streets are lined with trees and solid, middle-class houses that have been kept up well over the years. The house at 6918 N. Ottawa is one of them. It's a pretty 1928 Spanish Revival house in yellow brick. The elaborate pilasters and arched windows are signature elements of the style here. According to the city's landmarks database, the architect of the home is one M. Maurice Fishman.

But what's this? No writing about Chicago architecture would be complete without mentioning the re-use of designs. And that, it seems, is exactly what Mr. Fishman did - four times in a row on Ottawa! Two of the houses are truly identical from the front, including the color of the brick.

The other two houses introduce some variations in brick color and layout of façade, yet the family resemblance (despite the thick coat of vines one of them wears) is undeniable. Designs have been recycled throughout the history of Chicago; if only they were all as pleasant as this.

Update: Thanks to Razel13 for pointing out correctly that all four houses are built in different colors of brick. This one is yellow, its near-twin is buff or tan, and the others are red and orange (under the vines, I think).

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