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For starters I haven't the slightest idea where 4603 Brighton is. Brighton mostly runs a block West of Normandie, but there isn't a 4600 block whatsoever.

1620 Oak, on the other hand, survives. Very little of Oak South of Venice remains, wiped away by the 10/110 connections.










A decorative truss, likely altered, remains in the gable, a horseshoe like pattern above a semi-circular or elliptical window. Note also, the gable-on-hip roof, quite common on these one and one-and-one-half story Queen Anne cottages.

Shingle patterns, like these diamonds, are most frequent in gables, but also in horizontal bands between floors, like here.

This was modern (or at least it was described as modern). Does modern last? Moderne lasts, but modern seldom does. In the 1970's, no one bragged, "I'm putting in a 1970's kitchen." Rather they'd crow, "I'm installing a modern kitchen, a contemporary kitchen." Sure.