tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post1585034337733655485..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: Our Raber (House) Has Tender Grapes; Can a vineyard estate save an abandoned landmark?Lynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-32389408561232357072017-12-22T09:25:10.491-06:002017-12-22T09:25:10.491-06:00Perhaps he might talk with Michael Howard, founder...Perhaps he might talk with Michael Howard, founder of Eden Place? Michael has brought much-needed jobs, nature, and a sense of pride to the Fuller Park community on Chicago's South Side. I agree - give the idea a chance. Keep the area open. Plant roses at the end of the grape rows, as they do in other wineries (they're magnets for pests that bother grapes). We need revitalization of our cities, and something to keep our children busy and hopeful for good things to come.orchidartisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037521960510790783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-35935065005245386462016-12-20T19:46:53.565-06:002016-12-20T19:46:53.565-06:00As one of Chicago's most passionate cultural h...As one of Chicago's most passionate cultural historians, my wish had always been to someday purchase structure and repatriate its sprawling parcels of land. In order to restore house and return surroundings to Heritage Landscape era. Then donate to our city as a new public park space. As our regions Community tree historian, I would also survey for and protect any Mature trees from parks construction planning. There is now a Patriotic opportunity to also preserve Washington park communities other threatened historic surviving structures scattered about neighborhood. By adding them to a new collection, moving architectural treasures onto their own piece of this plantation sized property. For more info, contact Scott at ashtree@juno.comScottie Ash Tree Seedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14689411086869917084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-19627516906368713542016-06-20T07:16:27.358-05:002016-06-20T07:16:27.358-05:00Something close to "natural" would be a ...Something close to "natural" would be a welcome addition to the neighborhood, giving neighbors something other than the "Same ole, same Ole" to view, and feel better about! Yes, all the many empty lots may serve a more practical purpose, but this guy will open the door to more natural diversity, in a place where nature became lost in a clutter of old, abandoned buildings and desperate people! Why haven't the neighborhood inhabitants started something like Recreation centers before, not criticize, or come up with alternatives after someone has come up with an interesting idea that would break the monotony of the area? Some will always try to criticize when partnerships are needed to start a new era of interesting enterprises! Rather than criticize, see what can develop as a result of a new idea, and develop accordingly! It may open-up the door to many successful Businesses in an area that definitely needs bold ideas to escape the ghetto-like presence of that old neighborhood! We need people like Lavicka, who are enterprising and creative! A recreation center maybe, nice housing maybe, but a vineyard in the middle of an old worn down part of the city, WOW! That could become a tourist attraction, where some enterprising Blacks, or others, could build surrounding attractions and Businesses to serve both the Community and Visitors, who would certainly be brought there through promotions of some kind or another! A project like that could bring about a certain kind of resurgence to the area, and to Chicago, where something creative like that would be welcomed by most future-thinking area residents! It would only be an extension of the lately developed Vegetable gardens a few enterprising residents started a number of years ago anyway, and brought back a little bit of Nature that people could "Get into!" In the late 1890's to early 1900's, there was a good mix of old farms, and natural projects, mixed in with the new emphasis on economically based shoulder-to-shoulder housing and Business enterprises! It was a charming time where people had a little bit of everything! Bring back nature, and people will be much more alive, and probably more productive too! That's why, in the old days especially, but nowadays too, I looked for the past, and seek the old, simply because the new just was so stifling and without much interest to me! Getting involved in Nature gets people out of the doldrums, and into a new, but ancient, reality! I'm all for projects like this to blossom!! TWA... thomas w. atkielskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670056306263072818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-61860748664695266462016-04-28T13:54:05.344-05:002016-04-28T13:54:05.344-05:00EVERY ONE THAT LIVE IN ENGLEWOOD ARE NOT AS YOU SA...EVERY ONE THAT LIVE IN ENGLEWOOD ARE NOT AS YOU SAY MURDERERS AND CUT-THROATS,YOU SURVINE SO THAT'S A MAYBE LOVE JOY AND PEACE<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-67141366912649099362015-06-30T18:05:06.952-05:002015-06-30T18:05:06.952-05:00Technically, 5760 Lafayette IS, in fact, in the Co...Technically, 5760 Lafayette IS, in fact, in the Community Area of Washington Park (which, btw, is hardly "tony.")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-19652919635838967362013-04-09T12:21:01.837-05:002013-04-09T12:21:01.837-05:00No, Anonymous 11:40pm, please do not let it turn i...No, Anonymous 11:40pm, please do not let it turn it into a Boys & Girls Club; have you seen how those places are maintained? A cheap restoration that would further degrade the place; the groups would move in and systematically destroy any remaining worth, and then it really would be unsalvageable (look at any of the old mansion community centers in the city and tell me which look well-tended. They are not- those groups take no personal responsibility, trash those facilities, and neglect their upkeep due to overuse. They are not valued, APPRECIATED, or maintained; they are run into the ground until noone wants them! See: Northside Community Center on Sheridan, Evanston Arts Center, etc.- they break your heart). Same for the low income housing solution- that's how it ended up the way it is! Let this man with the vineyard idea give it a whirl, and give the house a real shot at restoration and redemption. It would be a fascinating bit of work. Noodlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-73230190794727382352013-03-12T12:48:42.718-05:002013-03-12T12:48:42.718-05:00Save the Raber house - demo most of the other buil...Save the Raber house - demo most of the other buildings. Return the area to prairie. Englewood will never be more than a shooting gallery. No one in their right minds would invest money there. If you disagree, would you prove it? Take a stroll down there every night on a hot week in July. Weekends included. If you do that, and survive, then maybe the neighborhood can sustain investment. If the folks that live there are nothing more than murderers and cut-throats, than no amount of money thrown its way will have the desired effect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-72441561731344596322012-12-10T23:40:17.742-06:002012-12-10T23:40:17.742-06:00The last thing Englewood needs is a vineyard. Engl...The last thing Englewood needs is a vineyard. Englewood needs to return Raber House into a boys and girl club for.the children in the community. The vacant lots needs to be developed into some form of low income housing or intergrate the housing. The area needs revenue to build markets and restuarants and etc. No one will benefit from a vineyard except the owner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-27506055644353620472011-04-28T17:28:10.377-05:002011-04-28T17:28:10.377-05:00'Holmes on Homes' has nothing on 'Lavi...'Holmes on Homes' has nothing on 'Lavicka, Let It Live ! The Life and Community Lifestyle Changer !!! Can't wait for the "Sip and See". Lavicka is just what Englewood needs.<br />Good Luck Bill!<br />GennellGigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13032437720431919194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-31271542790967769332011-04-26T21:46:37.785-05:002011-04-26T21:46:37.785-05:00I could see that 1871 lithograph as the centerpiec...I could see that 1871 lithograph as the centerpiece of the labels on Lavicka's bottles.ardecilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481897844775012398noreply@blogger.com