Christmas Light Installation in Bucktown, Chicago
Custom Christmas lighting and permanent roofline lighting for Bucktown, sized for narrow city lots where the front of the house sits a few feet off the sidewalk and the work stages from the alley.
The Unique Charm of Bucktown
Bucktown runs from Fullerton Avenue south to Bloomingdale and North Avenue, and from Western Avenue east to the Kennedy. The name is a translation: Polish residents called it Kozie Prery, Goat Prairie, for the goats kept here through the 19th century. Polish settlement began in the 1830s, Germans arrived from 1848 and established Holstein in 1854, and the neighborhood filled in quickly once the Logan Square elevated branch was finished. Three Polish cathedral style churches still set the skyline: St. Hedwig's, St. Mary of the Angels and the former Cathedral of All Saints. Horween Leather has been on North Elston since 1920. Damen Avenue carries the shopping district north from North Avenue to Webster, and the Bloomingdale Trail, the 606, runs the southern edge. We love contributing to the local character of Bucktown with our beautiful lighting designs, whether seasonal or permanent.
Our Services in Bucktown
From magical Christmas displays to permanent architectural lighting, we have professional solutions for every property and every season.
Residential Holiday Lighting
The housing here is a mix of older single family homes, two flats, and newer construction with flat roofs and parapets, often on the same block. That mix decides the method. A pitched cottage roof takes clips on the gutter line. A flat roofed new build has no gutter edge to clip to, so we work the parapet cap and the window headers instead. Every residential package is all inclusive: custom design, install, mid season maintenance, takedown and storage.
Commercial Holiday Lighting
The Damen Avenue corridor from North Avenue up to Webster is a walking retail street, and in December the walking happens after sunset. Storefront outlining and window work read at conversation distance here, which is a different design from a strip on a six lane road.
Working a narrow lot with no driveway
On a standard city lot the house sits close to the sidewalk with a gangway on one side and an alley behind, and there is no driveway to park a lift on. That is a scheduling problem more than a technical one. We stage from the alley, work the front elevation early rather than during evening foot traffic on Damen, and plan the cord route down a gangway or off a rear porch circuit instead of across a public walk. Where the 606 embankment backs a property, access has to come from the street side by necessity.
What a Bucktown install costs
Seasonal lighting for an average house starts at $799 and up, depending on the complexity, height and access of the job. Bucktown often lands near the lower end for a simple cottage or two flat, because the street facing elevation is narrow and there is only one of it. The number moves when a roofline is flat and needs a parapet detail rather than a gutter run, when a three story front puts the top edge past comfortable ladder reach, or when a corner lot puts two full elevations in public view. Multi unit buildings are quoted per elevation rather than per unit. We quote the whole job after we walk the roofline, never off a rate card or a square footage table.
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Whether you want seasonal holiday cheer or year-round permanent brilliance, we're ready to light up your world.