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Ornate Window

October 26th, 2004 · 3 Comments

Ornate Window

Ornate Window
Ornate Window, West Town, Chicago

Two more from my walk. These types of ornate windows are very common in Chicago and particularly in the Bucktown/Wicker Park/Ukranian Village/East Village/West Town neighborhoods. I’m not sure what they’re called or I’d try to look up their history. Most of them are on 3-flats.

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  • 1 joe // Oct 26, 2004 at 10:20 pm

    I took a look in the book “A Field Guide to American Houses” and a projecting window that doesn’t reach the ground is known as an oriel, or cantilievered window.

  • 2 Edwin // Oct 27, 2004 at 10:58 am

    I did some surfing and stumbled upon the following site. I’m not sure if it’s what you’re looking for but it could be a starting point. Love the pictures by the way.

    http://www.frommers.com/destinations/print_narrative.cfm?destID=6&catID=0006013469

  • 3 rachelle // Oct 27, 2004 at 11:14 am

    thanks, guys.. this will be a good start.

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