Posts Tagged ‘mosaic’
WTTW: Mosaic Pays Tribute to ‘Wizard of Oz’ Author at His Chicago Home
2019 Year In Review
With 2020 well underway, here’s a look back at some of LBBA’s top posts from 2019! 1) La Ca Norte’s LEED Gold certified comprehensive community center in Humboldt Park was completed. View this post on Instagram La Casa Norte, a new mixed-use comprehensive community center to serve youth and families confronting homelessness, recently…
Read MoreChicago Public Art Group Installation at Terrace 459 at Parkside of Old Town
Chicago Public Art Group collaborated in creating a painting and mosaic for Terrace 459. Lead artists Mirtes Zwierzynski and Ruben Aguirre collaborated to produce a rich, bold mural informed by natural elements and African American textiles representing the daily life of building residents. LBBA advocates for Public Art for the enjoyment of all because it…
Read MoreMosaic Tile Work for Rosa Park Apartments with archi-treasures and Bickerdike
A bunch of us went over to West Humboldt Park to help the archi-treasures and Bickerdike team work on a huge mosaic tile project that will be mounted on our recently completed Rosa Parks Apartments complex. It was a beautiful day and we had a great turn out—some folks cranked away at cutting and placing…
Read MoreSpacca Napoli Restaurant, Chicago, IL
A client with a passion for cooking came to us with the idea of putting together an authentic southern Italian pizza restaurant on the Ravenswood corridor on Sunnyside Avenue. He went to Italy to study cooking and LBBA went to work on our side of the collaboration to turn the existing commercial building into a…
Read MoreLos Vecinos SRO, Chicago, IL
Los Vecinos is a gut rehabilitation and transformation of a deteriorated residential hotel building into a 62-unit SRO (Single Room Occupancy) providing housing and supportive services for formally homeless individuals. The program includes counseling offices, a security office, computer room, lobby, and multipurpose room, kitchen, and new elevator. Each residential unit is furnished with a…
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