George Blossom House Kenwood, Chicago 1892
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About 45 years ago I lived just east of the Blossom House, and walked past it every day on my way to work. The garage apartment was occupied by students, and was a source of great curiosity. I really envied anyone who could live in that fascinating space, and wished it was me!
A few years ago the Blossom and MacArthur were opened to a Conservancy tour, that I attended. The Blossom garage was, to say the least, rather primitive, with an awkward layout that included a tiny, narrow bathroom with the toilet not just down the hall, but down a flight of stairs. It gave new meaning to the phrase "Hyde Park Dump" that was the way many apartments in the neighborhood were described by insolvent graduate students who had, nevertheless, to live in Hyde Park. But, if it got an interior renovation that made it a place one could actually live with modern conveniences--you know, a bathroom with all the accoutrements in one place, a kitchen that didn't make you fear botulism, etc., it'd still be tempting to me now!!!
A real highpoint of that tour was sitting in the living room of Blossom with John Thorpe as he rattled off story after story of Wright related renovations. Too bad no one thought to record him. . . . .
A few years ago the Blossom and MacArthur were opened to a Conservancy tour, that I attended. The Blossom garage was, to say the least, rather primitive, with an awkward layout that included a tiny, narrow bathroom with the toilet not just down the hall, but down a flight of stairs. It gave new meaning to the phrase "Hyde Park Dump" that was the way many apartments in the neighborhood were described by insolvent graduate students who had, nevertheless, to live in Hyde Park. But, if it got an interior renovation that made it a place one could actually live with modern conveniences--you know, a bathroom with all the accoutrements in one place, a kitchen that didn't make you fear botulism, etc., it'd still be tempting to me now!!!
A real highpoint of that tour was sitting in the living room of Blossom with John Thorpe as he rattled off story after story of Wright related renovations. Too bad no one thought to record him. . . . .
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