The Armour Park Homes are an eclectic lot. Peppered in among the plain, brick single-family homes with Prairie-style roofs are a few designs with angular or rounded bays and funky metallic siding. These designs, by Vari Architects, help to break up the monotony of a long, uninterrupted row of 40 homes. The Barbaro and Difoggio development, located at 3100 S Stewart Ave in Armour Square, still has a couple of three-bedroom homes available with prices in the $530s.
Hello, welcome to my half million dollar garage.
It does look a little odd at first having the garages jutting out so far from the rest of the home, but it does allow privacy and makes for a large rooftop deck.
Oh my god – great place to hide from the terrorists! Watch out Osama!
I actually like them, I like them a lot better than that other Bridgeport Development with front-loading garages.
THis development doesn’t look cheap, and I’m assuming it doesn’t have one of those cheesy signs at the entrance to the ‘subdivision’.
I’m assuming building an alley was not possible in this case, and as long as front-loading garages are the occasional exception rather than the rule in Chicago, the few cases of it like the one above that are done with style are acceptable
It looks to me like those pictures are actually taken from the alley, looking at the rear of the homes…?
Actually, the street these homes front looks more like an alley. I’ll update the post with a picture. Note the carwash that stands “at the entrance to the ‘subdivision.'”
If that last pic is of the street, than I agree with the first comment.
I also think that if they were going for diverse styles of architecture, then they should not have gone with the terribly out of context fan light windows on the garage doors. These Fan light windowed garage doors are very historically inaccurate. I hate when manufacturers try to evoke a feeling based on a style that never existed in reality.
I liken it to the wood clad mircrowave ovens from the 70s and 80s. Microwave ovens were never made of wood.
It doesn’t help that they look like they came from Menards or Home Depot.
What’s with the grain silo in the third picture?