Upgrading a building on Sweethome Chicago

[MasonJar]

with the two recommendations above.

I know that in the photos I have seen of that era, the ground floor awnings were retracted at night so there is no fabric on the sides that might interfere with that. Also, there tended to be awnings on every window in those days before air conditioning. Many of those upper shades had a top and sides, and were fixed in place.

EDIT - after I posted this, I went on a little search... Here is an interesting picture of a Brownstone residence (in NY I think) that shows "three-sided" upper level awnings that are retractable. In the comment section, someone remarks that they remember putting them up and taking them down in the spring/fall. Sounds like the awnings are on the opposite cycle to storm/winter windows...

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Hope that helps.


Andrew