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Meet the Bungalow Chef, Michael Mech!
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I have a passion for old family recipes and adore how just the mention of them will start people talking about a favorite dish from their past and a reminiscent story that surrounds it. From my 1926 Chicago style bungalow, I share, prepare and tell stories of my family's favorite recipes using the freshest ingredients from my garden, and classic cooking techniques. I hope to inspire you to bring yesterday's dishes to today's kitchen table and create new food memories for your family.
Cream of Asparagus Soup
After the long cold winter, a sure sign of spring are the little pips pushing through the barren earth. And with me being a bit Dutch, Tulips always put a smile on my face. While the flowers of spring bring joy to so many homeowners, chefs sing a song of delight as the first local asparagus becomes available. Tender, and ready for an array of creative deliciousness!
View recipe here.
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The sun is shining, the trees are green, and your winter coat is stored away for good! It's the perfect weather for giving your historic windows a good spring cleaning to get rid of dirt left over from the snow and frost. Use this historic glass cleaning guide from the U.S. General Services Administration.
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Attention Amazon Shoppers!
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If you click through
AmazonSmile
to do your online shopping, HCBA will receive 0.5% of the purchase price for eligible products when you select the Historic Chicago Bungalow Association as your charity for a donation. Please support us in continuing the work we do to preserve, maintain, and adapt your historic bungalow.
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Thank You to our Expo North Sponsors!
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Thank you for your interest in the Historic Chicago Bungalow Association (HCBA). Please enjoy our Spring 2015 E-Newsletter.
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Plant and Shrub Selections to Complement the Distinctive Bungalow Style
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With Spring in full swing, and Mother's Day just around the corner, HCBA in partnership with Prairie Godmothers would like to wish you happy planting season with these plant and shrub selections to complement the distinctive bungalow style.
Full Version Here.
Just a reminder, j
oin Prairie Godmothers at our brand new seminar "Bungalow Curb Appeal: Landscaping" to show you how to improve your garden spaces by reframing the space, adding show-stopping plants and shrubs and improving your soil. Meet plants that embody the look and feel of your bungalow and are easy to care for as well. Custom Bungalow Landscape Designs will be available for purchase at the seminars. RSVP for free at one of our two locations:
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SOUTH
Wednesday, May 20 | 6-7:30 pm
Beverly Library
1962 W 95th St, 60643
RSVP
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NORTH
Tuesday, May 26 | 6:30-8 pm
Portage Park Senior Center
4100 N Long Ave, 60641
RSVP
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Chicago Bungalow & Vintage Home Expo North a Success!
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 HCBA's Chicago Bungalow & Vintage Home Expo
came back again, this time on the North side! Expo North attracted over 500 visitors on April 18, at the McFetridge Sports Center - the second of two neighborhood versions. Instead of one annual downtown location as in the past, HCBA brought the Expo to the neighborhoods.
"After the success of Expo South this past October, we are thrilled to bring the Expo to the North side," said Mary Ellen Guest, Executive Director of the Historic Chicago Bungalow Association. "As the economy recovers, more and more people are ready and excited to stay put and invest in their homes, making it more important than ever to make the Expo accessible, and connect homeowners with trusted professionals who possess the skills and products needed to adapt and maintain our homes, as well as make them more energy-efficient." Homeowners and potential homebuyers were drawn by the prospect of over
50 exhibitors who offered products and expertise on everything from energy efficient upgrades, rehabbing woodwork, and home financing.
Also present were members from the American Institute of Architects (AIA), who provided free face-to-face consultations on how to update vintage homes, add new rooms or convert attics and basements into more usable space. Visitors were lined up to meet the architects with their ideas and photos in hand.
On each of the 4 corners of the event space, HCBA's wonderful seminar presenters hosted live ongoing demonstrations - everything from masonry repair by Marion Machnicki of Marion Restoration, wood refinishing by Peter's Wood Refinishing, to Chicago art glass repair by Harmony Art Glass.
Food trucks were parked outside, and a DJ spun beats of the vintage era while Chicago families perused the expert exhibitor booths for information and resources on how to maintain and upgrade their homes.
In case you missed the event, you can access an online version of the
Resource Guide
, which was distributed at the event.
Here are some of our favorite photos of Expo North!
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Mario Machnicki, of Marion Restoration demonstrates Masonry Repair techniques
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Expert Bungalow Architect, Julie Liska of Liska Architects, discusses floorplans for attic and basement expansions
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With photos in hand, Expo guests meet face to face with AIA's "Ask An Architect" team
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Ken Casey, of AIA offers his expert advice to this North side couple
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Harmony Art Glass demo's how to save stained glass windows when you want to install thermal pane windows
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Craftsman-style artisan Frank Glapa, of FMG Designs, showcases custom house numbers and other pieces of hammered brass, copper, and more
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Our partners at CNT/Rain Ready educate and provide resources for Expo visitors on "What causes flooding, how to reduce it?"
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American Vintage Home discusses SpacePak install and how to efficiently cool your bungalow this summer
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The "Bug Bed & Breakfast" and other homemade goods made from sustainable materials by Prairie Godmothers are a huge hit!
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HCBA's Executive Director, Mary Ellen Guest, announces the raffles, with prizes including a large screen TV, courtesy of Frank Montro Homes
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Thank you to all who visited and made our Chicago Bungalow & Vintage Home Expo North a success!
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Expo North on the Radio!
AM 560's Market Overdrive was there to cover the event live! Check out their coverage here:
We thank our event sponsors!
Chicago Association of Realtors, Peoples Gas, The Private Bank, AIA Chicago,
Frank Montro Homes, and DNR Construction.
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| 'Tis the Season of Historic Home and District Tours |
HCBA is proud to be promoting three historic home and district tours this coming May and June: the 41st Annual Wright Plus Housewalk, the Beverly Hills/Morgan Park Home Tour, and the 35th Annual Vernacular Architecture Forum Conference.
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The Avery Coonley Residence (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1908), which overlooks a reflecting pool, has never before been seen on the Wright Plus Housewalk.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Dean Eastman
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Wright Plus 41st Annual Wright Plus Housewalk
Saturday, May 16, 9am - 5pm
Wright Plus 2015, an internationally renowned architectural Housewalk featuring rare interior tours of private homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and his contemporaries, will include five homes that have never before been seen on the walk.
Among the residences new to Wright Plus 2015 are three buildings on Wright's Avery Coonley Estate, as well as the Ernest Hemingway Boyhood Home. Also on the Wright Plus tour is the place where Wright's innovative Prairie homes were conceived: Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and Studio, the oldest Wright building open as a public museum. The Housewalk includes two 2015 World Heritage Site nominees - Unity Temple and Frederick C. Robie House - both designed in Wright's Oak Park studio. Purchase Tickets Here.
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HCBA's Driehaus Award winning bungalow for Landscape Design will be part of the tour
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Beverly Area Planning Association Beverly Hills/Morgan Park Home Tour
Sunday, May 17, 12-5pm
Private homes significant for their architecture, history or decorating are opened for touring for Chicagoland's oldest annual home tour. The 44th edition of the Beverly Hills/Morgan Park Home Tour promises the traditional array of beautifully decorated vintage homes open for visitors, as well as some surprises when doors open.
A Driehaus Award winning bungalow for landscaping will be a part of the tour. BAPA is not only showcasing the house, but also the landscape plan. The landscape architect will be there to talk about the landscaping and to answer questions.
HCBA will be there to give away free landscape designs for bungalows and other special give-aways. Purchase Tickets Here
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Discover all the hidden treasures of this Rogers Park bungalow, including a secret speakeasy, basement mural, and Batman cave!
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Vernacular Architecture Forum
The Vernacular Architecture Forum's 35th Annual Conference in Chicago
Wednesday, June 3 to Sunday, June 7
The Annual Vernacular Architecture Forum Conference is coming to Chicago on June 3-7, 2015. During the conference, members of the Vernacular Architecture Forum will share their scholarship and field work and explore Chicago to learn about its architectural and landscape heritage.
HCBA has planned walking tours of two historic bungalow districts for participants of the conference, complete with open-house tours!
Rogers Park Manor Bungalow District Walking Tour, part of Changing Ethnicity: Devon Avenue
Thursday, June 4, 2015, 1:30pm - 5:30pm
Devon Avenue is today one of Chicago's most ethnically diverse neighborhoods and in recent years has become the heart of Chicago's South Asian Community, but it remains deeply in flux. Once a major Jewish community, ethnic change has left its mark on the built environment of this vital intersection of ethnic Chicago. This tour will engage the commercial districts of Devon Avenue as well as the National Register Historic District bungalow community of West Rogers Park.
To learn about the Rogers Park Manor Bungalow District, visit chicagobungalow.org.
Tickets for the Thursday, June 4th program are $80. Thursday afternoon tours depart from Roosevelt University, end at the Logan Square Auditorium for a cash bar & concert by renowned fiddler, Liz Carroll from 6 - 7:30 p.m. Lunch and dinner not provided.
South Shore Bungalow Historic District Walking Tour, part of Becoming Black Chicago: The South Side
Friday, June 5, 2015, 11:00am - 8:00pm
This tour explores 150 years of change on the South Side. Bronzeville, Kenwood, and the Dorchester Project form the core of our visits, as we explore sites of jazz, gospel, and black culture, and renewal. The South Side's struggles with poverty, gentrification, and rebuilding will be a theme of the tour.
To learn about the South Shore Bungalow Historic District, visit chicagobungalow.org.
Tickets for the Friday, June 5th program are $190. The Friday program includes a Continental Breakfast at Roosevelt University from 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m., a morning lecture at 9 a.m., and an all-day Tour with lunch and dinner at Jazz Showcase, finish at 8:00 p.m. and return to Roosevelt University.
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Mary Ellen Guest
Executive Director
Historic Chicago Bungalow Association
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© 2015 Historic Chicago Bunaglow Association
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