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Gold Coast

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Archbishop's residence

Much of the Gold Coast was originally a Catholic cemetery adjacent to the city’s cemetery at North Avenue. In the 1860s, the graves were removed, and by 1880, Chicago had become an archdiocese. Archbishop Feehan, the new archbishop, built a mansion for himself on church property.

 

Vatican flag at the Archbishop's residence

In 1882, Potter Palmer bought the land between Banks Street and Burton Place along Lake Shore Drive from the archbishop. Palmer built a “castle” on part of the land and sold the rest to other wealthy Chicagoans for a huge profit. By the early 1900s, many prominent Chicagoans moved to the fashionable north shore, and the Gold Coast was born. The area’s fascinating Astor Street, which features Art Deco and other design styles as well as the former homes of Chicago’s most prominent families, gained landmark status in 1975.
Although many developers would prefer to replace some of these structures with high-rise buildings, the landmark status protects the homes. Lake Shore Drive, on the other hand, lacks landmark status and high rises line the street.

 

side door of the Archbishop's Residence

 

carriage house of the Archbishop's Residence


the Gold Coast

 

Beaux Arts apartment building

 

Benjamin Marshall (1912)

 

streets of Chicago were formerly paved with wood blocks and covered with tar
(led to the fact "streets were burning" during the Chicago fire)

 

along Astor street

 

Grand entrance on the right, servant entrance on the left

 

Dutch Colonial design

 

Art Deco home (1929)

 

1444 North Astor Street

 

The Patterson-McCormick Mansion (1892)

 

Stanford White, designer

 

walking the dog in front of the mansion

 

Art Deco screen

 

 

 

McCormick-Blair house (1913)

 

 

Fall wreath over the door
William D. Kerfoot house

 

Halloween time

 

William Wrigley Home (1885)

 

a later addition to the William Wrigley home

 

a restricted neighborhood

 

designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

 

Germanic style

 

on Schiller Street

 

needs restoration

 

International College of Surgeons

along the Lake front

 

Dwight L. Moody Memorial Church

 

the entrance

 

statue of Lincoln
in Lincoln Park

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