How This Window Transformed Chicago

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The Chicago Window is a particular design that met the delicate balance of providing light and air into the depths of large towers. For a brief period of time, the need for and the ability to produce these large window was possible with available technology. But today, these windows appear for reasons other than functional necessarity. In this video, we chat with Gunny Harboe who has preserved dozens of Chicago windows in the Reliance Building, Marquette Building, among others. We explore the window's history, why it was such an ideal solution, and what went it the popularity of this ubiquitous architectural element.
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@theprinceofinadequatelighting Год назад

Once again I am amazed at Stewart's (and, today, Gunny's) ability to make a topic as mundane as one specific type of window actually compelling and engaging. Bravo.

@graavy Год назад

RIGHT? Like the titles of some of these videos are ANTI-clickbait

@davidakariverman-astorytel644 Год назад

Agreed.

@samiam619 Год назад

But 12 minutes worth?

@thelessimportantajmichel287 Год назад

Wait until you learn about the daylight factory 🤯

@imlistening1137 Год назад

True!

@Epitome_93 Год назад

Could you do a video on Ice falling off buildings? 🏢 Are there any architectural elements that prevent, mitigate, or solve this problem? Love your channel ♥️

@kionnakelly2918 Год назад

That’s a good idea

@johncoryell Год назад

yes, excellent idea

@Pystro Год назад

One element that I know from central Europe is a tiny "fence" (or vertical grate) about 4 inches tall and a few inches from the roof's bottom edge. By holding the snow on the roof It keeps it from avalanching off as a whole. Which it might do due to warm shingles melting the lowest layer of snow, or just too much snow collecting on the roof for friction to hold it. But I bet you can also somehow influence it by modulating the roof slope or by strategically placing gables. Would be a nice topic.

@rosezingleman5007 Год назад

You see a lot of spiked roofs in cold climates. The spikes keep the ice from coming down in large dangerous sheets. Pretty common in vernacular architecture.

@Epitome_93 Год назад

I love the responses. My brain was thinking about skyscrapers, but a video on sloped roofing could be interesting also! There might be a few directions to take the topic.

@lisakilmer2667 Год назад

I first learned the term "Chicago window" when we moved to Indiana after living in the Southeast, with its heavy devotion to classical and colonial architecture. I thought the Chicago window was a brilliant idea - to have a picture window with operable side sashes. The aesthetic of a clean expanse of glass is very pleasing, especially in the ubiquitous Mid-century ranch home, or the older bungalows. In a skyscraper, that same rhythm of perpendicular lines created by the Chicago window really does affect the personality of the building, and I never realized it until today.

@HillaryMoore Год назад

I was about to add a similar comment. Our brick ranch in southwest Indiana has this same type of window. I grew up in Illinois and have family in the Chicago area - I never knew this type of window had a name, or that it was special. It's been everywhere I have lived - except the years we lived in Mississippi.

@revsharkie Год назад

The 1953 ranch I lived in growing up had that window configuration in the living room. That was in a small town in southeast Kansas.

@joemeyer6876 Год назад

Oh, this is as good as the story of bricks! Stewart, you need to do a story on architectural salvage. Chicago has several businesses that do that; I remember one that had speakeasy bars from the 1920s. . . and of course how they are integrated into current buildings.

@Erdnussbuttertoast Год назад

absolutely insane that he decided against insulated glass during the redevelopment of that skyscraper. I guess since he doesn't live in it, he doesn't care

@lizsays3324 Год назад

He works in the building

@MaritaCov Год назад

And is old enough that the climate change from heating poorly insulated buildings won't affect him.

@WeezieLou Год назад

The client (owner of the building) makes the final decision about what kind of glass to use - not the architect. The architect can make recommendations, but unless they’re paying for it, it’s up to the owner.

@christopherwagner2395 Год назад

Many architects behave as though they have never used a building. Others are simply deranged.

@Marcel_Audubon 10 месяцев назад

yeah, coz you know better then he, right? let some air out of that ego, dullard

@jannetteberends8730 Год назад

From The Netherlands, I never saw that type of windows. They give a beautiful rhythm to the building. And when they were used everywhere it also gave the city rhythm, I suppose.

@danvondrasek Год назад

My old Chicago house was built in the 1890s as stockyard worker housing. Our house had a giant picture window with 2 smaller opening windows on the side. As did every other house built before the 1950s in the area.

@jamesslate1026 Год назад

This is a bit of Chicago's architectural history that I wasn't aware of. So thank you for this insightful video. I'm sure I've walked past the Marquette Building a million times but never ventured inside. I wasn't aware of its Tiffany designed lobby. During the discussion of Chicago windows, I immediately thought of the Monadnock Building, which is one of the few remaining examples of load-bearing walls. It's windows are set up in bays, with three panels side-by-side.

@charlienyc1 Год назад

Next time you're there, walk on through from Dearborn all the way through Revival Food Hall to Clark (or the reverse).

@HotCoco_ Год назад

He tried his best but he got most of this information wrong. The window did not transform Chicago; the Chicago window is named such because of where it was first designed. You actually find these windows far more often in cities outside Chicago than you do here in the Windy City itself.

@longiusaescius2537 7 месяцев назад

@HotCoco_ nice pfp

@I.____.....__...__ Год назад

I was at a friend's apartment during the holidays and was baffled by the choice of the architects' design for the windows. Instead of vertical sashes on the sides of the static windows, they were horizontal below the static window, near the floor and were fairly large squares. They were the perfect size and position for children or pets or even adults sitting on the low-rise siding in front of them to lean back and fall out. There weren't even screens on them or balconies or anything outside. 🤨 🤦

@garyd.7372 Год назад

People, and stuff, fall out of high-rise windows all too often. Eric Clapton famously lost his 4-year-old son that way, memorialized in his song "Tears in Heaven". A really unlucky tourist, walking on a NYC sidewalk, was struck and killed by a dumbbell that fell out of an apartment window in 1962, which also made headlines as the apartment was occupied by Arlene Francis, then a famous TV personality.

@Dongonzales123 Год назад

I really appreciate your videos a lot. I study city planning in Germany, and of course Chicago comes up quite frequently because of its pioneering role in many aspects of architecture and city planning. I would love to visit it some day, but of course that's way out of my budget as a student. Your videos really make the city come alive and connect the surface knowledge from my lectures with real deep insight into seemingly mundane topics on this fascinating city

@eugeneo1589 Год назад

I find tilt and turn windows (the ones we mostly use in Europe) much, much more practical. This stupid idea of making a tiny (sometimes it's 30x30 cm that's opening and that's it!) windows which only open, and the rest is a fixed window a really stupid and unpractical. Also, they're much more energy efficient - when I first came to North America I was shocked how bad insulation is.

@henq Год назад

Love the vid, the details make the whole. I was amazed to hear single-pane glass was used at the restoraion mentioned. Here in the Netherlands we have 'resoration glass' that's made out of 2 very, very thin layers of glass, not gas filled, but vacuum. The outward pane can be 'bubbly' on purpose to mimic the not-perfect glass of the old times. Double pane, vacuum isolation, as thin as 6mm (1/4 inch) !

@Trixtah Год назад

Yes, Pilkington manufactures a product along those lines, which is available pretty much worldwide. I believe it's a relatively recent product, though, and may not have been available at the time they did the building upgrades.

@nicolegregory4429 Год назад

I would never have thought a video about windows of Chicago would make me tear up and feel home sick… but here we are. Chicago is absolutely my favorite place to live. Thank you for this amazing education. Oh! And the art piece behind you is amazing! ~N

@jamslam406 Год назад

Isn’t the crime terrible????

@aa9945 Год назад

@@jamslam406 nah. it's pretty obvious which areas to avoid, a lot of the city is pretty safe

@frankfilippelli Год назад

I really love your channel ❤ you really make me think deeper about minor architectural elements that I would have otherwise found mundane and unimportant. I have to be honest when I saw the thumbnail for this video I questioned if I should even click on it because it seemed like an uninspiring topic, but as usual you never cease to amaze. I’m sorry for even doubting you 🙌

@khunopie9159 Год назад

Chicago is more than just really thick pizza pies, folks! So much more, and windows too!

@kevinn1158 Год назад

We call them Toronto windows... just kidding. I'm curious, why would he use single glass panes to replace the old windows? Wouldn't that end up costing a lot in heating costs?

@mattwales2734 Год назад

Chicago also has distinctive bay windows.

@roberthoople Год назад

Chicago was never a destination on my bucket list, but thanks to Stewart revealing all this amazing architecture and engineering, it's on that list now.

@Marcel_Audubon 10 месяцев назад

no rush, Robert, we're doing just fine without you

@roberthoople 10 месяцев назад

@@Marcel_Audubon What an absolutely entitled little bit of whiny butthurt this comment is. Bro, get whatever is upsetting you in real life figured out, because snarky unnecessary replies to RU-vid comments ain't going to fix it.

@rosezingleman5007 Год назад

I spent a lot of time documenting bungalows all over the US. Chicago windows are very common to them in the upper Midwest and they’re really lovely. My adult children and I will be driving somewhere and they’ll say, “look Mom, Chicago windows!” Yeah, I’ve made them into architecture buffs.

@christopherstephenjenksbsg4944 Год назад

Excellent video Stewart! Your mention of Louis Sullivan's Auditorium Building brought to my mind his Carson, Pirie, Scott building constructed ten years later in 1899. He uses an infill frame rather than the free-standing facade of the Auditorium building, and he uses Chicago windows everywhere except at the lowest level with its display windows (which are amazing in themselves). I know a big problem with early curtain walls in NYC has been the deterioration of the hangers between the steel frame and the applied panels of stone, terra cotta, or glass. There have been several full or partial collapses of the curtain walls since the 1970s, and several people were killed or badly injured in those accidents. Has this been an issue in Chicago, or is this an example of the original clients and designers cutting too many corners and paying off building inspectors to look the other way? (The NYC Buildings Department has been a den of corruption for nearly 150 years.)

@chrisclouds4182 Год назад

Love your channel Stewart! Chicago must be the perfect place for you to be doing this.

@wacojones8062 Год назад

I worked as Messenger in the Chicago area for 15 years. I got to see most of the historic buildings inside hauling heavy loads on a1930's hand cart. There are a lot of hidden structural gems to be found. I got to ride in some of the last manned passenger elevators.

@paint4pain Год назад

I like this mix of history in the video, I'd love a run of city/area inspired vids like this one. In Montreal we have the twisty outdoor staicases that are the result of rules and regulations mixed with booming ironworks industries.

@AaronSmith-kr5yf Год назад

A lot of suburban mid century ranch houses have the "chicago" style window in the middle of the front facade/in the living room. Love those ranch houses with that feature cause it usually means a wall of glass with a ton of light/awesome view in that front room.

@kathyastrom1315 Год назад

My childhood home near Joliet fits this perfectly. Built in 1969, the 1500 square foot ranch had a brick facade on the front that faced onto the west side of the house. We always had the side windows open throughout the summer when the AC wasn’t on.

@jenniferh1416 Год назад

It's nice for light but impractical for safety with certain styles. A 1950s house was set ablaze by an arsonist. The firemen were surprised and relieved that the family was able to escape through the windows. All of the windows which open were crank style instead of sash openings. I couldn't open one of these as a child because it took a good bit of strength if the window was in working order. Those frames have been steel in a humid climate which does rust. If the window hasn't been opened after repainting, it won't open easily. The windows tended to stay closed due to high humidity and the use of AC.

@cleverick Год назад

Poor choice not to take insulated glass. No one else would notice and it would have improved the energy efficiency

@jonguliker5356 Год назад

This is why Chicago is known as the "Window City."

@The_Smith Год назад

Great video, I've always liked the look of that style of window, didn't know it had a name or the reason for it's function. In my part of the world they weren't unusual in houses built in the 1950's, sort of a step between the sidebyside sash and picture windows I guess.

@roccobierman4985 Год назад

Absolutely brilliant episode. Chicago is so abundantly blessed with great architecture, it's amazing.

@C4Implosive Год назад

I always call the Marquette building the chocolate bar building when I walk past it!

@achannelandnothingmuchelse Год назад

Iceland has a very similar window that's very iconic. It's essentially the same as the Chicago window except the side bits open to the side, like a door, instead of up and down. Sometimes it's on one side and sometimes it's on both!

@brianjones3191 Год назад

Can you show pictures? 😊

@achannelandnothingmuchelse Год назад

@@brianjones3191 Yeah sure, where?

@TheMrMe1 Год назад

And sometimes it has top hinges, like the hatch of a car

@toomanymarys7355 Год назад

Chicago is extremely windy, so those kinds of windows could have bent the hardware.

@TristouMTL Год назад

And thus, Stewart Hicks and his brilliant guests effortlessly prove with just their knowledge and passion why Chicago is the true home and king of the skyscraper.

@j.mieses8139 Год назад

That was well done. I did not know what those types of windows were called and how they operated. Early great innovation of those high rise buildings.

@eds6889 Год назад

Every time I see old footage of glaziers it makes me wonder how many were killed or maimed on the job. Glass is extremely dangerous and in those days PPE was almost nonexistent. Great video as always.

@theaeon Год назад

A lot of modern German windows have a similar-ish design! except they tend to be two parts, with one side being larger, the other a little smaller. That way you can use the windowsill for plants or knick-knacks and just leave the small side free for airing out the room. Alternatively, pretty much every German window is able to tilt inwards, and that way you can get some airflow going as well, without opening the entire window. (One difference to the chicago window being, that both windows tend to be openable.)

@improbablehandle Год назад

A skyscraper full of smokers needed those sash windows 😃.

@daisukishikamaru4920 Год назад

Very cool video! I live just east of Water Tower and I’ve just realized that my building has Chicago windows! Thanks for sharing!!

@HotCoco_ Год назад

Stuart, stop embarrassing yourself by trying to talk about a city you've never been to lol. The Chicago window is called such because it was designed at the University of Chicago, it's not because you find these windows all over Chicago or that they're especially influential here.

@jacks19822 Год назад

It's everywhere in the world.. even in my home in NZ & China... Developers everywhere is using Chicago windows

@sIosha Год назад

I'm spending a week in Chicago in April!

@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife Год назад

Ya know... I've lived in Chicago my whole life and never gave these windows any thought till now. Absolutely wild.

@paulaolson8956 Год назад

Me also. Never heard of Chicago windows and I’ve lived here 65 years.

@pibbitybibbity Год назад

I have always loved these type of windows and am glad to know the name and history behind them. I grew up in several western U.S. states in the ‘70s and many of the Craftsman bungalows have them, as do many of the ranch-style homes built in the ‘50s & ‘60s. They’re very nostalgic for me.

@n11743 Год назад

Wonderful. I greatly appreciate these videos. And I'm happy to learn that I've brought the "Chicago window" into my renovation of my small house in Madison, Wisconsin. Thanks again.

@Josh-yr7gd Год назад

2:56 We need to let in more light and remove nauseous gases from the work environment. 5:53 Meanwhile, the people making the glass for more light, are breathing in nauseous gases.

@ninjanerdstudent6937 Год назад

They never mentioned this during the Open House Chicago venue.

@BFDT-4 Год назад

Chicago windows are in many single family homes in the frunchrooms facing the street!

@realplayer9603 Год назад

Inventing a window while looking through one, only in america can something be called an invention or innovation when using a design that had been in existence for hundreds of years by not putting an arch on.

@MondoMiami Год назад

Chicago. What a hellhole. I hope those windows have bulletproof glass.

@gratefulot360 Год назад

Fascinating! Thank you, Stewart.

@nannerz1994 Год назад

Yes more Chicago love!

@timmo971 Год назад

Love the focus on specific architectural elements like this.

@ЦзинКэ-ы5х Год назад

I still waiting for the americans to discover alien technology of tilt turn windows.

@bebeaggad3302 Год назад

There is a beautiful poetic sound to the way most architects speak which i love

@lynn858 Год назад

Thinking about the two way sashes that open top and bottom to encourage cool air in and hot air out. I'm guessing high ceilings in these type of buildings (as opposed to residential) would affect how effective that could be, and not worth the added cost?

@tezz_27_ Год назад

if the windows on the lower levels didn't open what dealt with the gas lighting fumes?

@worganyos Год назад

For a while, we rented a small cabin in New Hampshire that had a very large (maybe 48x48) picture window with two smaller operable windows on either side, just like this.

@jamesmcinnis208 Год назад

They were standard in 1950s ranch-style houses.

@Heothbremel Год назад

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@BryantLindsay Год назад

Could you talk about the history of insulation and its consideration as it relates to window incorporation, quantity, and size? I feel like you would produce something amazing on that topic! -- I'm really curious/ interested in this being from a place as cold and drafty as chicago as well

@cleverick Год назад

Especially since that architect chose heritage veracity over the climate emergency and energy efficiency

@BeenJamin66 Год назад

Can’t forget about the Chicago sunroof either

@karlosescutia Год назад

i went to chicago and the window design was EVERYWHERE

@Harley.Davidson Год назад

Its a Side Light Window. Nothing new here...

@terribelbliss9646 Год назад

My late 19th century Chicago gray stone two flat has a large fixed front bay window with smaller sashed windows on either side.

@jmfarrell5 Год назад

Excellent video. Thank you.

@louisvl10 Год назад

I've got some few 1890's glass panes at home. I really love the reflection, you immediately see the pane is not perfectly flat. It has something. Unfortunately, it's getting too expensive to keep the house warm enough to be livable in the winter so we're getting rid of those for double or triple glass. By 2050, the EU wants me to be A energy performance certificate grade :( That beautiful 1890's house is gonna look like crap.

@wilurbean Год назад

Can you do a video on Ann Arbor, UMich, dnr Albert Khan's Beaux Arts style? And/or Gunnar Birkerts and the Domino Farms office building (its like a horizontal skyscraper and over 1km long)

@davidakariverman-astorytel644 Год назад

Since I will be in Chicago next week you have given me something to look up for. Thank you very, very much.

@zachjarrett8730 Год назад

Gunny is a treasure. I was the sound designer for the doc on the Emil Bach house. He was the lead on the restoration and a great personality to give the film charm. Class act and great educator.

@simonbowden8408 Год назад

Fascinating video again. Thank you Stewart for showing us how rich the world is when one scratches underneath the surface. We think architectural styles are about freedom, while actually they are often more about constraints, on materials (plate glass and steel), and on basic human needs (warmth and light) and on economics. And all these constraints intersect with each other as Stewart describes vis the gas field and glass manufacturing costs. Incredible that the first skyscrapers had gas lights, though I remember when smoking was allowed on airplanes. I think one could critique architects like Hadid for using the almost limitless structural possibilities to build buildings where the shape looks like it comes from an architect's sketch on a napkin - where the building maybe reflects a jazzy concept that the architect sold a client with too much money & freedom. I'm building a house for myself and modifying a Richard Rogers apartment and appreciate the constraints of trees, site, and structure. Without that the world might have to put up with my nutty ideas.

@ssdelko Год назад

After 5 years of living with horribly drafty windows (original to the Chicago six-flat building) I am getting them replaced next week! I opted to turn the 3 sash window into a Chicago window. So excited! Also, RIP The Marquette Diner 😢

@kathyastrom1315 Год назад

I used to live in a six-flat in Oak Park! Love that design.

@davidronbrothers1764 Год назад

I love your commentary and I always learn something new every time I watch your channel. I love architecture! Especially Chicago.

@lawrenceo7372 Год назад

Shocked to find out that sky scrapers came before electricity

@livinginvancouverbc2247 Год назад

I know, that got me thinking as well. Imagine a floor full of men smoking cigars, pipes and then having oil lamps.

@aes53 Год назад

Great video Stewart, you always make my Thursday. The technology of plate glass is what is referred to as “float glass” and, as you pointed out, it revolutionized the possible applications of glass. The way float glass worked was that molten silica is poured out onto the surface of molten tin. The fact that it was floating kept it flat and made it possible to make large sheets. Modern plate glass probably uses something other than tin but that was how it started.

@LMays-cu2hp Год назад

Thank you for sharing this information about our beautiful city's architecture.

@ElAnvaBar Год назад

The single-plane glasses could be preserved while increasing the insulation value, if he would have used an added interior window.

@mynameisairl160 Год назад

I work for one of the largest window and door companies in the US and my first position with this company was making multi unit windows. One of the most common styles of windows we made was Chicago windows though I didn't know the term for them until now. One thing to note is that these days the large center window can be opened. In the plant I'm in we make large awning units as large as 73"x73" though when I started with the company units wider than 35" were all fixed. I also find the term operable sash to describe the double hung units on the sides interesting, this brought up a question to me, if only one of the sashes is operable would it be a single hung unit? Also should I really be watching videos about windows after coming home from my job in a window factory?

@jamslam406 Год назад

Yes, you should talk about windows! Lol I too, work with a very old window company. Our max size for a ln AW window is 60X36’’. Made with Fibrex, Renewal by Andersen. I was just wondering what material yours were made from to make as large as 74x74

@latteARCH Год назад

Love seeing regional elements. It gives identity and character.

@cheater00 Год назад

good video. made me subscribe.

@nevreiha Год назад

I always feel like every time i pass on a video i'm doing the same as many others. Its sad when a good video doesn't get the views it needs. I came back to watch this and am glad I had the ability to contribute my view, like and comment for the algorithm.

@HansLemurson Год назад

But why is this distinctive for Chigago? Did it just get a bunch of new buildings at a time when glass was becoming cheap but electricity was not yet common?

@hanktremain Год назад

Damn - I want those Crown Hall anecdotes! Does Crown Hall get discussed on that Nebula video?

@AnyoneCanSee Год назад

I wish I'd seen this sooner. I just turned a former shop into a home and put in sets of three like this but they are all sash windows. There are three windows on each floor over four floors so and so LOTS of windows. Previously they are just big windows but I wanted to be able to open them and for them to look more like a home. This would have been perfect and much more light to have one central window like this. - SHIT! Annoying. As it would have been WAY cheaper as well. Getting 16 massive sash windows is not cheap. They were $7000 each in fact.

Год назад

The best way to get ventilation going with sash windows is to open both upper and lower part. This way hot, less dense air leaves the room via the upper part, while fresh, cooler air goes in via the lower part, without turbulence and mixing. This setup actually allows quadruple exchange of air compared with a regular open window of the same size. A pretty ingenuous design, if operated as intended.

@chuckschillingvideos Год назад

I see absolutely nothing "special" about this window design. I mean...honestly....this being a thing is absolutely ridiculous.

@Dovietail Год назад

Hurray for NATURAL VENTILATION! And double hurray for genuine CROSS VENTILATION!

@charlessmyth Год назад

I liked this :-)

@dylanm2000 Год назад

I've only ever heard of a Chicago sunroof! 😂😂😂 That's the one where you jump on top of a rich man's car Squat your ass overtop!!! And SHIT. DOWN. IT!!!! 😅😂😂😂

@ArquitecturaChile Год назад

It works Great on modern beach Side houses

@universalsoldier2293 5 месяцев назад

Chicago just has the coolest, most distinctive architecture. My favorite example of the window is the bay window of Hotel Burnham.

@ProducerJoe Год назад

I'm digging your channel! I lived in Chicago, and I totally remember those windows.

@jamesbizs Год назад

Lol is that wood on the wall, just the refuse from a laser/water jet job? That is quite interesting. I want to know what was made from those pieces. That’s kinda awesome

@YilmazArdaSingh Год назад

Btw I love nebula.

@Dovietail Год назад

COLORADO COLLEGE features an entire class on Chicago architecture IN CHICAGO. A city so confident it wants to look at itself. Excellent groovy!

@bobjerome8259 Год назад

my parents bought their first house i 1954 in the suburban village of Westchester. The builder was Baltis. The house has Chicago windows i the living room, a large immovable plate flanked by two sash windows.

@vespadavidson2315 Год назад

One has to laugh.... long description of " Chicago window... first one..... isn't.! Brilliant.!

@theax40 Год назад

If you wanna talk about big ass windows, I might just be your guy. I worked at Hope's Windows in Jamestown, NY for almost seven years. Google it to see just how huge Hope's Windows is. I built some positively huge windows and doors. Now I work at a place called D&S Glass in Jamestown. And now I build less fancy stuff. It's all aluminum doors and windows mostly for storefronts, but we do some curtain wall stuff as well. But I also work next to a guy that cuts the glass and makes the double pane glass units. They got a whole system to clean the sheets before they sandwich a spacer between two panes and then we use a heated gun to inject butyl into the edges. And then you got a double pane glass unit built to whatever size you need to fit the door or window I just built. Shit man, you need a mirror? We'll cut you a friggin huge mirror, too

@shirleybalinski4535 Год назад

Homes in the Midwest typically feature a Chicago window in the front of the house( living rooms). Allows light to enter but, takes in account the unpredictable weather( gloomy, overcast, lots of rain). Air circulation is the added bonus.

@theresehopkins1581 Год назад

I was born and raised in Chicago.... I remember my mother talking about The Chicago Window... she loved them ❤ oh, and transom windows.... it was all about fresh air and ventilation!! (It still should be)... sealed buildings are not healthy... fresh air is.... the only sealed buildings should be under water or in outer space!!! Trees naturally clean the air and create oxygen.... they are a win win for all!

@yixnorb5971 Год назад

The Chicago Prudential Building, built in 1957, had center pivoting windows to allow for easy cleaning from inside the building. However the weather stripping eventually failed and the windows were caulked shut, later to be replaced with e value type.

@AvtvmnSvnshine Год назад

I live in Savannah, Georgia and when I think window I think of gigantic, multi pane windows that open easily even in advanced age and do not have screens for some ungodly reason. Screens existed in the 1800's, why don't any houses have them??????? Also common in the south are storm windows and storm doors. I will remember the sound of a slamming storm door for as long as I live. Nothing traumatic, they just make houses much harder to sneak out of.

@themeat5053 Год назад

Boy, do I hate the word, "creator." I don't know why, maybe because I'm old and it doesn't "create" a sense that some of these people either lost their jobs in 2008, or now in the "Great Reset." I came up when you still had to apprentice, journey and if you ever got good enough you became a master craftsman. Then you went, humbly, on your way to success.

@kevinfleischer2049 Год назад

They left the original glass!? WTF? Such Cold bridges. As a European I see a quite a disconnect regarding needs for energy saving and also preventing condensation on those huge planes.... Ad for real... nobody sees the "historic glass". Its not like a facade or roof or something. Its a see through piece. I guess it was done to safe costs and the developer knew the upcomming buyer would not notice that the windows were sub standard....

@Winspur1982 Год назад

Glass is still expensive to make even with today's technology and there is not an infinite amount of sand on the planet that people can easily get at. As a new resident of Chicago I want to see more of these now-empty office spaces with big windows converted into residences (I know you talked about this elsewhere, Stewart). I agree that they're aesthetically pleasing but beautiful buildings not meeting anybody's basic needs are pointless -- we don't need to copy France in this, they preserved the palace of Versailles even tho' they haven't had a royal family since 1848 and Versailles is now a commuter town very conveniently located for a lot of jobs. #ShareChicagoWindows