Christmas Light Installation in Wicker Park, Chicago
Custom Christmas lighting and permanent roofline lighting for Wicker Park, from the Beer Baron Row mansions on Hoyne and Pierce to the flats and storefronts around the six corners.
The Unique Charm of Wicker Park
In 1870 alderman Charles Wicker and his brother Joel bought 80 acres along Milwaukee Avenue, subdivided it, and set aside four acres as the park the neighbourhood is named for. The Great Chicago Fire the following year filled it quickly with people who needed somewhere to live. The wealth arrived with them: Hoyne and Pierce near North and Damen became known as Beer Baron Row, where Chicago's brewers built mansions in Italianate, Queen Anne and Romanesque styles, and the Wicker Park Historic District joined the National Register on 20 June 1979. The Division, Milwaukee and Ashland junction is the Polish Triangle. Three Blue Line stations serve the neighbourhood, Damen, Division and Chicago, and the 606 runs the northern edge. We love contributing to the local character of Wicker Park with our beautiful lighting designs, whether seasonal or permanent.
Our Services in Wicker Park
From magical Christmas displays to permanent architectural lighting, we have professional solutions for every property and every season.
Residential Holiday Lighting
Beer Baron Row is masonry work: heavy stone cornices, deep window hoods, turrets and pressed detail that no straight run will follow. Nothing gets fastened into cut stone, so we work the gutter and cornice edges, follow bays and turrets rather than cutting across them, and measure each facet separately. Every residential package is all inclusive: custom design, install, mid season maintenance, takedown and storage.
Commercial Holiday Lighting
The six corners where Milwaukee, North and Damen meet is one of the busiest walking intersections on the northwest side, and its buildings are tall, angled and close together. A defined top edge is what separates one building from the next at that density.
Mansions built to be looked at, by people who could afford to prove it
Beer Baron Row exists because a generation of brewers competed with each other in masonry, which is a useful thing to understand before lighting one of those houses. The ornament is asymmetric on purpose: a turret on one side, a projecting bay on the other, hoods over some windows and not others. A symmetrical lighting plan fights all of that and makes the house look unbalanced rather than making the lighting look neat. We follow the massing the architect chose, which usually means the two halves of the front carry deliberately different amounts of light.
What a Wicker Park install costs
Seasonal lighting for an average house starts at $799 and up, depending on the complexity, height and access of the job. A flat or a modest frame house near the park often sits close to it. A Beer Baron Row mansion is a different order of work: three storeys of masonry, a turret, multiple projecting bays and a cornice well past ladder reach, all on one elevation. Corner lots put two full elevations in public view. We quote the whole job after we walk the roofline, never off a rate card or a square footage table.
See the full Chicagoland cost guideWhat Our Clients Say
5.0 average from 35 reviews on Google, Yelp and Facebook
- Yulian HrynchyshynGoogle★★★★★
They installed Christmas lights for my parents, and the team was very professional. I really appreciate their focus on keeping homeowners safe from any potential injuries.
- Roula ArceoGoogle★★★★★
I love how beautiful Hanging Lights Club decorated my home for Christmas. It looks so festive, they were very professional and detail oriented. Looking forward to using them again.
- Olga I.Yelp★★★★★
We used Hanging Lights Club for both a gutters cleaning and a Christmas lights decoration. We were very happy with the company's work on both projects. The scheduling was super easy and everything was explained ahead of time. The lights look great. A few of our neighbors have complemented us on the holiday lights displayed on our house. We would highly recommend Hanging Lights Club to others.
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Ready to Transform Your Wicker Park Property?
Whether you want seasonal holiday cheer or year-round permanent brilliance, we're ready to light up your world.