In 1938, visionary architect Andrew Rebori designed a modernist townhouse and coach house on a narrow plot of land amongst the stately homes of Chicago's Gold Coast. The home was purchased from Rebori by Lillian Florsheim, the shoe heiress and sculptor, in 1946. She lived there and, later, commissioned her son-in-law Bertrand Goldberg (who designed Marina Towers) to connect the 2 buildings with a fantastic bridge kitchen. Take a look at this website for lots of information and some great historic images of the house as it looked when Lillian lived there.
It is currently being offered for sale by its present owner for $2,500,000. You can view listing information here.
This home is a real treasure of Chicago architectural history and has been lovingly preserved over the decades by caring owners-let's hope that continues.
I like the way the glass bricks have been used to maximise the like coming into the property.
Posted by: James Joyce | July 14, 2011 at 01:47 PM
This is really great..This home is a real treasure of Chicago architectural history.
Posted by: crowdSPRING | July 15, 2011 at 01:04 PM
This home is really awesome..it is a real treasure of Chicago architectural history and has been lovingly preserved over the decades by caring owners-let's hope that continues....thanks for sharing such interesting stuff!
Posted by: PetCareRx | September 02, 2011 at 09:50 AM
A royal house, a kinda house is all over my mind all the time! Lovely place to live in.
Posted by: Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat | November 15, 2011 at 04:33 AM