The All-Brick Five: two sets of twins and a storefront

On the 2800 block of North Kedzie in Avondale are four residential buildings which date to 1910-1911, and the store probably is from the same time.

All five are made of brick and represent an initially subtle and later dramatic transition in Chicago's vernacular architecture. The classical era brought by the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 faded from popularity by the early 1910s as the Arts and Crafts/Prairie Style arrived.

On the outside, the two two-flats on the left look identical to the greystones they replaced, only made from brick instead of limestone. But many of these brick two-flats featured geometric Prairie style designs in the stained-glass built-ins and transom windows.

The two brick cottages on the right were essentially carbon copies of the two-flats on the left (complete with bay windows), just with a front-gabled roof instead of a second story with flat roof.

The storefront in the middle spent most of its life as a dive bar or liquor store. In the 1960s it was Sigs Tap and Kedzie Tavern, Kedzie-George Liquor in the 1970s.

Today it's home to Jam, a fancy brunch spot.

Each print is pressed by hand so there will be slight variations in final appearance.

Print is approximately 5"x15" on 16"x20" kitakata paper.

Signed/numbered edition of 25.