Biographical Note
Marie-Louise Laleyan (1935-2014) was a San Francisco based architect with 48 years of experience including 30 years as principal of Laleyan Architects (1977-2007), formally Laleyan Associates.
Scope and Content
The collection contains architectural drawings, specifications, construction files, and photographs relating to projects undertaken by Marie-Louise Laleyan (1977-2007) and Laleyan Architects (1972-1977). Photographic record of her U.S. employment (1965-1972) is also present.
Separated Material
Materials related to Illinois architect Bertha Y. Whitman were removed from the Laleyan collection and placed in Ms2009-054 IAWA Small Collections under Whitman's name. (3/2009)
Contents List
The following is a list of architectural projects and services carried out by Marie L. Laleyan (1972-1973) and her firm Laleyan Architects (1977-2006).
Who designed the Berkeley Building?
Berkeley, CA This project included seismic strengthening and remodelling of a two-story registered historic landmark designed by John Galen Howard circa 1906. The building was constructed with timber framing and a concrete foundation, housing classrooms,
What is the McAllister St. San Francisco?
350 McAllister St. San Francisco STRUCTUS was responsible for the seismic retrofit and historic restoration of 350 Mc Allister Street. This national registered historic landmark, a 7-story Beaux Arts Building, with a total area of 225,000 s.f., was retrofitted
Where is the Bachman House?
The Bachman House located at 1244 W. Carmen Avenue. | Frank Kryzak. As Uptown became a popular destination in the 1920s, a large number of residential hotels, which combined smaller and less expensive living spaces with hotel amenities, were built within the Winthrop-Kenmore corridor near the Argyle station.
Who designed the Queen Anne house?
Scales hired Chicago architect George Washington Maher to design his family house and it was completed in 1894. The beautiful Queen Anne style house stands to this day at 840 W. Hutchinson.
What is the name of the historic district in Uptown?
The West Argyle Street Historic District (also known as New Chinatown, Little Saigon, or Little Vietnam at various points) is a historic district in Uptown. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 2010. Its boundaries are Broadway on the west, Winona on the north, Sheridan on the east, and Ainslie on the south.
How many neighborhoods are there in Uptown?
Uptown is quite large and can be generally broken up into eight neighborhoods. The boundaries of these neighborhoods are not marked in any official capacity, however, the map below (put together by Uptown United) provides a useful visualization.
What distinguishes Clarendon Park and Margate Park from other parts of Uptown?
What distinguishes Clarendon Park and Margate Park from other parts of Uptown is the presence of park space, beaches, and Lake Michigan. It is an area of high rises, dense courtyard buildings, and natural beauty. The focal point of this area of Uptown is Montrose Beach and Montrose Harbor. A unique aspect of the beach is, not a dog-park, but a dog-beach at its north end.
Is Andersonville in Uptown?
While the Andersonville neighborhood is generally associated with Edgewater, the southern portion of it is actually located in Uptown. Interestingly, Edgewater wasn’t initially a separate community area from Uptown. It became its own (and the 77th and final in Chicago) community area in 1980.
What is Sheridan Park?
Within the neighborhood, there is the Sheridan Park Historic District—a residential area composed primarily of single-family homes, smaller apartment buildings, and larger apartment hotels that date back from the 1890s to the 1920s. Before the neighborhood urbanized, it was an area frequented by Native Americans. A path called the Green Bay Trail, which ran from Fort Dearborn all the way to Green Bay, was regularly traversed by Native Americans (present-day Clark Street follows the path). But by the mid-1800s, the neighborhood would become inextricably linked with Graceland Cemetery.
Winter Morning - Hyde Street
Central City SRO Collaborative (formerly Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distribution Corp.). 1930. Architects: O'Brien Bros. & W.D. Peugh. 2 stories, stucco facade w/lion heads.
Hotel Ambassador
1911 & 1922. Architects: Earl B. Scott & K. McDonald. 6 stories, brick & stucco facade.
Summer Day - O'Farrell St
BEN HUR APTS. - 400 HYDE ST., SOVEREIGN APTS., ADA COURT APTS., FARLOW APTS., ALLEN GARAGE, APARTMENT BLDG., APARTMENTS - 666, 656, 646, 640, 628 & 626 O'FARRELL ST.
View from Natoma Street
There are still places south of Market Street, mostly on narrow back streets between the main thoroughfares, where the buildings have stood unchanged for a century, remnants of a vibrant past; survivors of the "slash and burn" tactics of urban renewal.
Loving Life
I occasionally meet with Serge, my remarkable friend of Chilean origin, to catch up on what's happened since the last time we met. It has been our habit to meet at a coffee house so that we can imbibe hot chocolate as we talk, a ritual we have shared since the beginning of our friendship.
Sunrise - The Ambassador
1911 & 1922. Architects: Earl B. Scott & K. McDonald. 6 stories, brick & stucco facade.
Dusk - Harriet Alley
This photo captures the raw, post-industrial atmosphere that has, unfortunately, almost completely vanished from the south of Market landscape.