Permanent Roofline & Christmas Lights in Logan Square, Chicago
Custom Christmas lighting and permanent roofline lighting for Logan Square, designed for greystone cornices and bay windows along the historic boulevards.
Christmas lights from $799 · Permanent roofline from about $3,000
The Unique Charm of Logan Square
Logan Square runs from Diversey Parkway south to the Bloomingdale Trail, and from the Metra Milwaukee District North line east to the North Branch of the Chicago River. It was annexed to Chicago in 1889 and named for General John A. Logan, and it was built out by Norwegian, Danish, Polish and Jewish immigrants through the end of the 19th century. What defines it visually is the boulevard system: wide landscaped parkways lined with stately greystones and large bungalows, with the 70 foot marble Illinois Centennial Monument at the center, designed by Henry Bacon and sculpted by Evelyn Beatrice Longman for the state's 1918 centennial. Palmer Square Park covers 7.68 acres. Three CTA Blue Line stops, Logan Square, California and Western, run around the clock.
Our Services in Logan Square
From magical Christmas displays to permanent architectural lighting, we have professional solutions for every property and every season.
Residential Holiday Lighting
A greystone is a specific lighting problem. The facade is cut limestone, so nothing gets fastened to it, and the features worth lighting are the cornice line, the bay window projections and the entry. We work the roof edge and the cornice, follow the bays rather than cutting straight across them, and size clips to the gutter profile. Every residential package is all inclusive: custom design, install, mid season maintenance, takedown and storage.
Commercial Holiday Lighting
The commercial frontage along Milwaukee Avenue and around the Logan Square station serves people arriving on foot and by train at all hours, since the Blue Line runs 24 hours a day. Lighting a top edge and an entry gives a storefront definition on a street where buildings are tall and close together.
Permanent roofline lighting in Logan Square
On a greystone, permanent lighting follows the roof edge and gutter line above the cornice, with nothing fastened into the limestone facade. Along the boulevards near Palmer Square that gives the front a steady outline every night of the year, warm white most evenings and color for holidays from your phone. Permanent systems start around $3,000 for a typical roofline. If you would rather keep it seasonal, color changing RGBW C9 lights start around $1,400 and cover Halloween through Christmas from one October install.
Boulevard setbacks change the design
The boulevards are the reason a plan here is not the same as one three blocks off them. A greystone on Logan or Kedzie Boulevard sits behind a deeper setback and a wide landscaped median, so the viewing distance from the far side is substantial and the tree canopy interrupts the sight line. That pushes the design toward the roof edge and the cornice, where the line stays continuous and reads through the trees, rather than toward small scale detail at the entry that disappears past the parkway. On the side streets, where the setback shrinks, the balance goes the other way.
What a Logan Square install costs
Seasonal lighting for an average house starts at $799 and up, depending on the complexity, height and access of the job. A single greystone front with one street facing elevation is often near that starting number. It rises with height, since a three story cornice line sits above comfortable ladder reach and needs different equipment, and with corner lots on the boulevards where two full elevations face the public. 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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- M MierGoogle★★★★★
Hanging Lights Club did an absolutely great job installing our new permanent lights. We had previously used them for our Christmas lights.After such a great experience, we decided to switch with permanent lighting. They are honest, professional and thorough with their work. It’s rare these days to find a company that you could trust and they exceeded our expectations. I highly recommend them!
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Excellent quality, fantastic communication, affordable price. 100 stars if I could give, these guys are amazing.
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Vitalii and Nachelle were awesome since the beginning of our interaction, very courteous and prompt. We'll use them again and recommend to our friends and neighbors.
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Tell us about your property and we will quote seasonal, color changing or permanent lighting, with an honest take on which one fits.