RAVENSWOOD MANOR is to be designated historic district!
So what!
Here's the WHAT: Residents may be entitled to significant benefits
If you have ever been to The Manor, you'd know that a "smorgasboard of both high-end and popular early 20th century styles. While bout half of th ehomes are classic Chicago Bungalow, there are also over 100 American Four Squares (check out Francisco!) and over two dozen Craftsman homes in the district,", reports Jessica Pupovac from the Chicago Journal. "Throughout, the neighborhood is peppered with style surprises, icnlduing Colonial Revival, Queen Anne Victorian and Tudor Revival homes", she continues.
RAVENSWOOD MANOR is centered upon the intersection of Kimball and Lawrence Avenues and it stretches from Sacramento AVenue in the west to the North Branch of the Chicago River in the east and is wedged right between Montrose and Lawrence.
Pupovac continues to say that "the neighborhood whose artistry has produced some of Chicago's most prominent inspired minds, from Abe Saperstein, creator of the Harlem Globetrotters, to Billy Corrigan, lead singer of the Smashing Pumpkins."
NOTE: The Historical Registry doesn't prohibit homesowners from doing what they wish with their homes, but it does carry a host of financial incentives, including tax deductions and credits, for preserving and rehabilitating them.
Bottom is, even while demolitions occur (building size to land ratio or condition) aren't an every day occurrence, they do happen. Yet, the tax benefits are awesome and extremely motivational for the existing structures which makes this neighborhood even more appealing and now being called the "new urbanism". "The notion that you can build transit-oriented neighborhoods around train stations. It was something people did back in the 20's so that people could get to work without using their automobile.", states Jim Peters of Landmark Illinois.
For me, I love the neighborhood as I list and sell alot and I enjoy the homes, the neighborhoods, the river, the whole atmosphere as it is so well throught out when it was first developed in the early 1900's.
Fall is here: I'd be putting Ravenswood Manor on a Fall Color Tour via bike!
Ravenswood Manor has a Walkscore of 77.
