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PROJECT | GREENWOOD AMERICAN KITCHEN & BAR

Memory Lane
DMAC adapts a former auto repair shop into an inviting new restaurant
By Alia Akkam
Photography by Anthony Tahlier

H

ighwood, a suburb some 30 miles north of downtown
Chicago, is known for its abundance of restaurants. By
opening the upscale yet casual Greenwood American
Kitchen & Bar, the owners wanted to extend Highwood's culinary
epicenter south and "the design needed to be a gateway to the city,"
says Dwayne MacEwen, principal and creative director at Evanston,
Illinois-based DMAC Architecture.
First, there were challenges to tackle, beginning with the
location, "bound by a busy roadway paralleling the elevated

commuter rail line and a secondary road facing a small strip mall
and a modest residential neighborhood," explains MacEwen.
"How could we make that welcoming?"
Then there was the structural condition of the 5,300-squarefoot former auto repair shop. Over the years it had been terribly
altered, but "once we began peeling back the layers of the
muddled building, it was actually quite beautiful. It revealed a
physical memory of what was," he adds.

Above: Full-height folding doors open a seating area onto the patio at Greenwood American Kitchen & Bar.

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Table of Contents
GUEST PERSPECTIVE
WHO’S WHO
NEWS
CONFERENCE ROUNDUP
HAVE YOU SEEN?
SCHOLARSHIPS
INTERVIEW
SUSTAINABILITY
BrandED
Q&A: Dallas Bentley
Q&A: Valentina Castellon
Q&A: Monica Meade
ON THE COVER
PROJECT: Canvas Hotel
PROJECT: Greenwood
PROJECT: Civana Spa
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
SAVE THE DATE
NEW MEMBERS
PARTNER PROFILES
AD INDEX
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