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Into the Woods

Cohen are well steeped in the history of their Oak Park home, a 10-bedroom (yes, 10) Arts and Crafts–style residence at 333 North Euclid Avenue. They know all about how, 130 years ago, wealthy businessman house. Seven years in, the Blatchfords had the original structure, a much smaller Italianate number, picked up and plopped a block away so that they could build something of their own creation. For that, they hired the architectural firm of Pond & Pond, best known for designing the Hull House Dining Hall and the Northwestern University Settlement House.

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