tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post114730546949952337..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: Tag Day for an Endangered Kenilworth?Lynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1151080607583612882006-06-23T11:36:00.000-05:002006-06-23T11:36:00.000-05:00The Kenilworth pictue at the top of the article is...The Kenilworth pictue at the top of the article is on Park Ave. just west of Green Bay Rd. It's been completely renovated so it does not look like that anymoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1148786995713391472006-05-27T22:29:00.000-05:002006-05-27T22:29:00.000-05:00In response to anonymous, I discovered YoChicago, ...In response to anonymous, I discovered YoChicago, an entertaining and informative adjunct to a real estate marketing site, just this week, long after I wrote the Kenilworth post. I discovered it while Googling for more information on the house architect Dan Wheeler is designing on Orchard Street, when I came across Phil Berger's 5/4 post on Orchard Street McMansions.<BR/><BR/>The reason both of us combined Doo Wop Motels with the Kenilworth discussion is that they offered the most interesting contrast on the National Trust's list. Further proof that great minds think alike.Lynn Beckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1148677717174332052006-05-26T16:08:00.000-05:002006-05-26T16:08:00.000-05:00Great post. It's interesting that www.YoChicago.co...Great post. It's interesting that www.YoChicago.com also chose the same two subjects -- Kenilworth mansions and Doo Wop Motels -- from the list of nearly a dozen, for a post it published several hours before yours. Must be a coincidence, or I'm sure you would have given credit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1147935642924580042006-05-18T02:00:00.000-05:002006-05-18T02:00:00.000-05:00Thank you so much for bringing these old motels to...Thank you so much for bringing these old motels to my attention. Being from the Pacific Northwest, I had no idea that New Jersey was such a hotbed of kitschy vernacular and novelty architecture. Apparently it's time for a roadtrip!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1147453723004989762006-05-12T12:08:00.000-05:002006-05-12T12:08:00.000-05:00Well I'm sure there are suburbs with some homes th...Well I'm sure there are suburbs with some homes that are more expensive, but supposedly Kenilworth's zipcode is the most expensive in the Chicago area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1147412315908326552006-05-12T00:38:00.000-05:002006-05-12T00:38:00.000-05:00Kenilworth isn't the richest suburb; far from it. ...Kenilworth isn't the richest suburb; far from it. And I can't figure out the picture--where is it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1147364696653143382006-05-11T11:24:00.000-05:002006-05-11T11:24:00.000-05:00Maybe next year the motels on North Lincoln Avenue...Maybe next year the <A HREF="http://www.indirectsunlight.com/lincoln_motel.html" REL="nofollow">motels on North Lincoln Avenue</A> will make the list.John Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14842328320680692310noreply@blogger.com