The Chicago Bungalow: the House that Built a City

The Chicago Bungalow is a distinctive and ubiquitous style of house in the city. In fact, there are over 80,000 bungalows in the city, concentrated primarily in an area challenged the “bungalow belt.” Combining good design, sturdy construction and an affordable price point, the bungalow rose to prominence during a time when Chicago was booming, but it persists to this day as a popular home type. So what is a Chicago bungalow? And how did they become ubiquitous in the city?
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - The Rise of the Bungalow Belt
2:31 - What is a Chicago Bungalow?
4:02 - Standardization: Lot sizes and mass production
5:11 - Stylistic Elements
6:09 - The Bungalow today
7:12 - Conclusion
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[@rhondajohnson494]

Wow, brought back memories, my Granny had a bungalow with a finished basement. Been in many bungalows. One of my favs. Great vid

[@thomasjamison2050]

I am rather surprised that no mention was made of Sears, though I would note that the program showed pages from the Sears catalog. I live in Providence RI and something I like to do once in a while is go wandering around the neighborhoods from this era to pick out the Sear's homes from the Sears catalog.

[@EricLehner]

Hello from Canada. Well done!

[@JR-gh8lp]

Love the layout and practicality of bungalows

[@chadwj11]

What a well produced video; really enjoyed it! And here I thought I had a pretty good idea of what a made up a bungalow, but learned so much more.

[@Egglicks7]

Love the video dude! Is there anyway you could cover the courtyard style apartments we have here in Chicago? I've always been curious about them and how they became so popular here.

[@Not_Sal]

We had similar bungalows in the NYC outer boroughs. I grew up in one of these in Queens

[@Littlegremlinboy]

Sick video man much love

[@builtworldcontent]

Appreciate it

[@dannyjamz23]

Great concept for a video love seeing these ! Learned so much !

[@builtworldcontent]

Thank you Danny

[@The_ZeroLine]

My favorite are gray stones. Off topic, but it’s crazy that coyotes live and thrive among these urban bungalow areas. Those things can survive anywhere.

[@edwardmiessner6502]

I would like to see these bungalows converted and expanded into bungalow style three-flat triple-deckers, like in Boston. I knew someone who lived in the upper flat of a bungalow style two-decker in that city and it was nice!

[@maryhanneman7737]

Great video, nicely written and great research. Just when a question popped up in my mind, it got answered,

[@saulguel5404]

My Chicago bungalow was built in 1922!

[@GuildsmanPirate]

You must be Chicagoan because you called it, correctly, the Sears Tower lol

[@RobertSpiller]

Question...are those houses in Elmwood Park?

[@builtworldcontent]

Yes definitely, as well as other suburbs like Berwyn.

[@MateusChristopher]

I like the building but those setbacks make me sad

[@OhJodi69]

why??

[@ElLion369]

I don’t know how I landed here from Reddit.

[@willyjoerockhead]

Stop the pop