- Courtesy Chicago Architecture Foundation
- Airstream perched on top of Chicago Associates Planners & Architects
Between the Montrose and Damen stations on the CTA‘s Brown Line, commuters can catch sight of a curious thing: a silver Airstream trailer perched on the roof of a building. It’s been there since 1989, when architect Edward Noonan and his wife, Eve, had the vintage recreation vehicle they’d bought on the cheap hoisted via crane to crown 1807 W. Sunnyside, the home of Ed’s design cooperative, Chicago Associates Planners & Architects. The architect had considered building an apartment on the roof. The trailer, he decided, was a more playful addition.
“We are in love with that silly trailer,” Eve says.
