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The new Guild Row development near the Chicago River and Belmont Avenue. Photo by DAAM LLC, courtesy of Guild Row.
When partners Mike Healy, Jim Lasko and Elyse Agnello were conducting the site selection process for their member-based event venue, maker space, and commercial kitchen venture back in 2016, the team settled on a row of older industrial buildings near the Chicago River in the Avondale community. The aging structures at Rockwell and Fletcher were ripe for adaptive reuse, not just purely for the floor plan and total square footage, but because they were tucked into a residential area.
DAAM streamlines the sinuous kitchen of Shell House, a quirky Upstate retreat that also hosts an artist residency.
When Lydia White and Ian Fleming sent friend and architect Elyse Agnello the listing for a funky, shell-shaped home in Upstate New York, Agnello deemed it awesomely appropriate for the couple. Lydia and Ian lived in Brooklyn but were exploring the possibility of becoming homeowners outside the city and, they say, fell in love with the property immediately.
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