Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Patch spoke with the owner of $2.7 million home who hired Frank Lloyd Wright’s youngest apprentice.
This week's Patch Portraits also feature Skokie's 'Golden Gloves' boxer and the powerful duo behind Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry. After living in her “personal sanctuary” for 30 years, Joyce Marcus has decided it’s time for a change and has put her $2.7 million home up for sale. What some may not know about this Riverwoods property is that it was designed by one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s youngest apprentices, Arthur Dennis Stevens. Earlier: Check out all the Patch Portrait archives. Marcus first met Stevens in a Des Plaines office building where the duo worked. Stevens had designed that facility as well, and Marcus remembers being impressed with it right off the bat. The day after Marcus bought the land in Riverwoods, she asked Stevens …
Friday, August 5, 2011
Each Friday Patch will highlight the area's biggest news headlines in the Weekly PatchCast.
Click on the video to see what's happened in Patch sites around you this week: Update: Highland Park Woman Killed By Train Identified. Car Drives Into Shoe Store. Winnetkan Charged With Sexual Abuse of Girl. Embezzlement Update: Former Hackney’s Employee Pleads Guilty. Mosquitoes With West Nile Virus Found in Northbrook. For Sale: ‘OMG’ House With Wright Ties.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Patch tours $2.7 million Riverwoods home designed by famed architect's youngest apprentice.
When it came to designing her home, Joyce Marcus knew exactly what she wanted, she also knew precisely who she wanted to build it. “You know how sometimes you meet someone and you’re symbiotic, that’s how it was with Dennis and I,” Marcus remembered of her first interaction with architect Arthur Dennis Stevens. Stevens happened to be one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s youngest apprentices and lived with the noted architect for several years. Marcus first met her dream architect when she moved her business to an office building in Des Plaines. Stevens not only designed the facility but was working there at the time. So it didn’t take Marcus very long to introduce herself. “I walked in their office and I said, ‘This building is amazing,’ ” Marcus…
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Our weekly series will let you be a tourist in your own town.
Patch is your guide as you become a tourist in Chicagoland. Whether you're new to town or want to explore the city you've loved for years, check out the Patch Passport series. Attractions Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio The landmark at 951 Chicago Ave. attracts more than 100,000 people a year to Oak Park from all over the world. After all, the Frank Lloyd Wright District area has the largest concentration of Frank Lloyd Wright designs than anywhere else in the world, according to the museum, and was recently rated one of the best neighborhoods in America. Nearly hour-long guided tours start about every 20 minutes from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and children, with those under age 3 free…
Linda S.
9:36 am on Friday, August 5, 2011
An Arthur Dennis Stevens home in Highland Park was Landmarked in 2010. Stevens designed that home when he was an Intern Architect with Don Erickson; many years later Stevens designed a small addtion to his original design. A "pagoda" home Stevens built for himself in Palatine is lovingly documented in the current owner's video. See: http://thesnoopster.com/2009/06/first-knock-knock-stop-palatine… more ›