Ye Olde Bridgeport

Archer Block 2, originally uploaded by kendoman26.

We finally got some good weather to go out and walk around. I decided to take a walk down Archer Avenue from Halsted to Ashland. My legs are sore but I needed the exercise.

This is a picture of a typical block along Archer Avenue. Some really nice 19th century masonry constructed buildings. These buildings, while fully occupied are in danger of being demolished if they don't receive landmark status. In 2004 the Chicago Landmark Commission put these structures on their watch list.

These buildings are located on the north side of Archer, for some reason most of the buildings on the west side of Archer are of frame construction, mainly homes and a few retail with apartments above. The construction of I-55 destroyed a large portion of the buildings on the north side of Archer and today we are left with a short 3 block stretch.