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Secret to Chicago's bungalow boom lies in Rogers Park grandma's home-baked cookies

Filed by Elizabeth Riley on Apr 28, 2008 12:01 AM

For many Chicagoans, the warmth of home is found in a bungalow. Bungalows are memories of baking chocolate chip cookies at grandma’s house, block parties on Independence Day, the smell of babies and friendly, familiar, smiling faces. They are constant reminders of the past.

“People long for the kinds of things they remember as children,” said real estate agent Mark Ahlheim about homebuyers and their attraction to bungalows.

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Location: Rogers Park

Tags: architecture, 60630, portage park, bungalow, chicago architecture foundation, historic chicago bungalow initiative,

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