Lacey Sikora
Freelance Reporter at Freelance
Contributing Writer at Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest
Articles
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2 months ago |
forestparkreview.com | Lacey Sikora
rates have kept some homeowners in their homes longer than expected and made it harder for new buyers to get into the market. Fewer people selling means more competition for buyers who are offering higher prices to get into a home. In 2024, Chicago-area single-family home prices rose 8% areawide, but that increase was a lot larger in Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park.
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Mar 10, 2025 |
austinweeklynews.com | Lacey Sikora
Preservation Chicago last week announced its annual Chicago 7 list, identifying the city’s most endangered historic buildings. Prominent on the list is the only home designed on the West Side by Frank Lloyd Wright. The future of the dilapidated home is precarious. Since 2003 the non-profit group, which advocates for historic preservation, has sounded the alarm on local historic buildings that are in danger of being lost.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
oakpark.com | Lacey Sikora
The Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission denied a proposal last week that would add a 10-story, art deco-style addition behind the landmark Boulevard Arcade Building.
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Dec 3, 2024 |
forestparkreview.com | Lacey Sikora
In just a few weeks, the L’Arche community will be welcoming residents to its first newly built house in the Chicago area. The south Oak Park house benefits from sustainable measures, and when the residents move in this December, in keeping with L’Arche principles, the house will embody what it means to be a home.
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Aug 16, 2024 |
rblandmark.com | Lacey Sikora
In the early 1900’s the near-west suburbs of Chicago were a hotbed of architectural innovation. Young Frank Lloyd Wright was designing homes in and around his Home and Studio in Oak Park and his studio nurtured the talents of many prominent architects and designers. One of Wright’s grandest designs, the Avery Coonley House in Riverside, sparked more Prairie Style buildings in the suburbs. Built between 1908 and 1912, the estate is just one of three multi-building complexes built by Wright.
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