Custom Iron Work and Lucite Handle, 1714 W. Division, Chicago

S-L and I were walking last week and we noticed– for the first time– the great custom facade on this building.

The iron grate work over the front doors have a staggered pattern of cylinders:

Custom Iron Work and Lucite Handle, 1714 W. Division, Chicago

They look to me like slugs of metal from some other process, as if the person who made it just saved up scraps on a shop floor until they had enough for the whole job:

Iron Work Detail: Custom Iron Work and Lucite Handle, 1714 W. Division, Chicago

Then there is a marvelously intact lucite door pull:

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Really well-done. Complete set here.


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