Chicago, is it a woodworker's town?

Re: Chicago, is it a woodworker's town?

Dave Thompson


>Out in the suburbs, there's a Woodcraft, Rockler, but they look like all the others. PowerMatic/Jet (WMH) headquarters is in Elgin (suburb), though I'm not sure how accessible it is to the public. Ellis went there last year, so maybe he knows.

ahh.. there's that violin making school of chicago. I haven't been to his shop. He was at the MWTCA in St. Charles last year. He also appeared on the Hand made music show on cable.

enjoy,

Dave

Scerw WW... So to speak...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond, CA


>Roy there are soooo many better thing to do in the windy city. Check out a few museums. The MMA one is a lot of fun. I heard the science and tech. is not to be missed also. In city like this take in the good stuff! Wood takes a back seat to great ideas and good food!

Re: Scerw WW... So to speak...

John Clifford in Chicago


>Stop by Slav's shop and buy some rasps or some other vintage stuff. Otherwise Chicago isn't a great WWing hot spot. But it is a great city and a lot to do. Put WWing on hold for a few days and enjoy what the city has to offer. Great Museums, theater, dining, zoos, beaches, beautiful lake front. I know the city pretty well, here's a picture of what used to be my office before I was promoted.

Don't miss the Art Institute *LINK*

Orinda Dan


>They actually have some interesting furniture pieces. I was there last year and saw a Maloof rocker and a Nakashima chair. They also had an exhibit of miniature room furnishings through the various time periods such as Victorian, Federal, etc, and the furniture pieces of each era.

While you are in my former hometown, make sure you woof down some Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef from Al's Beef, and some real gyros from Greek Town on the west side. The San Francisco Bay Area where I live now has many fine restaurants, but I still crave those three "delicacies" the most. For example, the gyros out here contain lettuce. Sacrilegious!!!

Dan


Miniatures

Re: Chicago, is it a woodworker's town?

Moses Yoder in White Pigeon, MI


>Frank Lloyd Wright spent a lot of time in Chicago, and his home/office has been preserved and is open for tours. As a woodworker I found it pretty interesting. I forget what that part of town is called , maybe Oakwood or something like that, but you should be able to find it with google. Wright designed a few of the houses in that area as well, and it is worth a few hours of just walking around the neighborhood. Since touring his house I got kind of interested in the history of Wright and now have a pretty nice collection of books on his work.

Re: Chicago, is it a woodworker's town?

John Clifford in Chicago


>Moses you're thinking of Oak Park, Il., it's where he had his home and studio which you can tour. Oak Park also has a few FLW buildings to look at. You can also tour Ernest Hemingway's childhood home in Oak Park while you're there. Also in the Hyde Park neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, near the University of Chicago there is a FLW house you can tour. While you're there take a tour ofthe University of Chicago, the architecture is awesome and there is fantastic woodwork in the older buildings.

Re: Chicago, is it a woodworker's town?

Michael Brady


>If you enjoy arts & crafts style furniture, the Sawbridge Studio sells some of the best studio-made furniture anywhere. You can Google it to find the location on the near north side of Chicago.

You can come to see my shop if you want to! LOL.