Sunday, April 22, 2007

My Neighborhood: German Village (Part 4 of 4)

I determined to take an east-west
route through German Village
during this trip....
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Below (with little interruption)
are a FEW of the places I saw...
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An antique shop...

A deli...

J.V., this is a free-trade
coffee shop. I found you
a great Christmas gift here.


Lovely home...


Quaint backyard...


Another wonderful home...

Great groundcover..


Massive home...


Tremendous tree...
(I think an ash?)


Ione, this is a contempory
art gallery. I discovered
a great birthday gift for
you here.

The shop owners greet their
patrons with water, tea, or
coffee on a tray at the door...

Although these photos of
Bob and Dillon are from
today's trip to the Village
rather than yesterday's,
I decided to intersperse
them anyway...

This is Schmidt's
Sausage Haus.


This is Dillon pretending
to be a German boy...


This is a chocolate shoppe.


Dillon is Bob's "god-dog."



This was the shrub that
gave German Village its
spring smell. I think
this must be what heaven
smells like...
Sally, can you identify
this plant?

One of several churches
in the area...


A wine shop, Daniel...


I am mermerized by
the all of the different
kinds of evergreen here...

Gingerbread house next
to evergreen above...


A weeping...fir?


Pretty...

This house is at the
intersection of
Frankfort and ____?



At this point in GV,

Frankfort is one-lane.


For all of you hard-headed

Southerners (like ME) who
think you know the best
route home after an
ice storm, take my advice:
use the recommended
roads. It's no fun
navigating a one-lane
iced street with cars
on both sides of it.


WOW!

I saw this shrub in
a flower book years
ago and have never seen
one up close. What
a great plant!


Another shot of Frankfort...
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At the end of it
is my apartment complex.


This is Mohawk Street.
It's the only street with
light colored bricks
delineating the center line.

This is the original
Max & Erma's. I
know, my Southern
friends: that means
nothing to you,
but in these
here parts, it's
like the first
Cracker Barrell.

A little friend
stops and poses...


A work of art!



A wedding will
soon occur...

What every village must
have...a Starbucks!


But not without competition:
this is Cup O Joe...

Next to Cup O Joe is
the Book Loft.
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It's not wide, but
it is LONG...a city
block!!!




There are 32 ROOMS of books
in a three- or four- story
home with half-floors
galore!
Another great evergreen...


Daniel, this is the place
I've decided you can put
your hair studio if you
move here. It's on
Mohawk Street, and it's
currently for lease!
I think the street address
is all the name for a
salon you need:
666 Mohawk:
"Where killer cuts
are to die for..."

A pretty home and garden...
Hmmm....


The main store I wanted
to visit closed at noon.
It's a glass shop.


Maybe the one in the
middle is more my style...


A view down City Park...


Love it!


Most tulips are gone,
but I thought these
looked great!

Stately homes...


A local bar...


An otherwise plain
house...


A tiny park...


One of the ritzy
restaurants...Lindley's.


A shop I'll have to visit
earlier than 5:30 on a
Saturday...

After five hours, I had
only covered about two-
thirds of GV...and
only the east-west
corridors.
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Next time: the
north-south route!



1 comment:

Walker Evans said...

Wow! That was awesome! I live in German Village (near the Glass Studio) and you covered a lot of ground! Hope to see some photos around Schiller Park! There's loads of HUGE homes over there!

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Walker
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