Wow that doesn't look like any house I've ever seen in the city. It could almost be Beverly/Morgan Park but I'd highly doubt it. It looks more like Oak Park.

Total stab in the dark… Irving Park?

I'm very amused that you should choose 2 neighborhoods so greatly separated. Sadly, both are wrong. Keep the guesses rollin' in!

I should know better than to assume a North Side neighborhood… You never make it that easy.

Mayfair

Looks more like River Forest/Forest Park or something like that to me.

Why do I say that? Large lots, frame houses (in other words, not in the city unless incorporated in one of the later expansions, sorry, annexations), etc.

Ah, as elusive as the white rabbit himself. Two more guesses, two more strikes. One clue, it is actually within city limits.

Lakewood-Balmoral in Edgewater? Old Edgerook? I'm grasping at straws here.

Everyone has been speaking of Oak Park and I know there are houses on Oak Park Ave. between Washington and Lake that look similar to this. I am going to guess Austin, because many of the homes in Austin resemble the architecture of Oak Park. Wonder why?

Austin is a good guess! And I know that "Yo" has done stories there in the past… Aren't there some wood frame houses like this in Hermosa as well?

5745 is the address on the house to the left.

That is a hint.

Ah, the details that escape us. Forgive me for missing such a "blatant" hint. Not too easy for my first post at Yo! Well, Greg Whelan, you have caught the white rabbit. Please e-mail val @ yochicago dot com to receive your prize.

It's definitely Austin. Good call.

You can see a lot more of these wonderful homes in our video of the Austin Historic District and in our Austin album at Flickr.

I lived in Austin for over year. It was certainly an experience. There are some really beautiful homes in that neighborhood.