The Deco Arts Building (Chicago, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Chicago / Chicago, Illinois / East 55th Street, 1525
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The Deco Arts Building, built 1928, originally was the Hyde Park Chevrolet dealership garage. Its 55th Street and Lake Park Avenue facades are covered in automotive-themed terracotta tiling. Look for cars, engine blocks, gears, traffic lights, crankshafts, wheels, dashboards(?) and other designs on the walls.

Nowadays its garage is used by Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and its reasonable rents attract small businesses to the upper floors. The first floor has a Century 21 realtor, a couple of restaurants, a couple of cleaners, a computer repair place and a bank.
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Coordinates:   41°47'41"N   87°35'17"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago