Trohman bought the interior unit in the Embassy Club development in 2006 for $685,000, according to the Cook County Recorder of Deeds. Tim Salm, the Jameson Sotheby’s agent representing the condo, declined to discuss the sellers but said they had “re-done the entire space, top to bottom” before moving in. The eventual buyer, Salm said, will “basically get a brand-new unit within the original Embassy Club,” which when built in the late 1980s was thought of as bringing a London-style mews to the rapidly gentrifying West DePaul area.
In 2007, Trohman led MTV’s Cribs on a tour of the home, where he showed off such design flourishes as a living room rug made of treated Barbie hair, the spring-loaded drawers in the kitchen, Space Invaders decals on the wall behind his bed, and tree-themed wallpaper in the polished tiles. “Get lost in the forest, you know,” he said about that last one. Trohman also pointed out how some “terrible, terrible” white built-ins got converted into additional closet space.
On a tour of the home Wednesday afternoon, I saw most of what Trohman had pointed out on Cribs, except for his guitars, his toy collection and a wall of moss surrounding a crucifix. “That was taken down” for showings to potential buyers, Salm said.
In the renovations and decorating, led by Lisa Ewing, a wall that concealed the staircase was opened up and given a more open and industrial look, the master bedroom fireplace got a glass mantel, and the kitchen became a sleek showpiece. Appliances and cabinetry behind crisp espresso-finish doors, white tops, and a stylized tile backsplash make it “five times the kitchen that the original developers put in here,” Salm says. “You have cabinets for days.”
The main living floor is one flight above ground and contains living, dining, and kitchen. There are two bedrooms and two baths upstairs, all finished in the same glamorous style as the main floor, and on the ground floor is the garage, another full bath, and the family room. Out back is a fenced garden of lawn, stone, and succulents.
Louis Parrinello, the school's principal at the time who now heads Briarcliff Elementary, said the time capsule was a way to retain memories from Miller Avenue School's 50th anniversary celebrations from over the past year as well as to recollect how life has changed since the school opened in 1963.
Supervisor Ed Romaine said in a release, "So much history has passed since Miller Avenue School opened in 1963. We've been to the moon and back, have had 10 presidents and technology has put the world in the palm of our hands with smart phones. For the students who attend this school today, the future is full of possibilities and the opportunity to make the world a better place to live."
In describing the capsule's contents, Parrinello said, "There were recent events, articles, students writing about what's happening right now in the world and what they predict will happen 50 years from now. There was also information about the iPhone and Facebook and those things that are so prolific in our society right now."
The time capsule, although sealed and protected against moisture, could not be buried in the ground because of the soft soil, but was instead placed in the main office above a ceiling tile. A plaque was put in place to mark the capsule's location, with instructions to open it on Flag Day in 2063. "We wanted it to be as simple as lifting up a ceiling tile," said Parrinello.A 50-year anniversary committee was set up to plan events throughout the year like a 1950s dance — in keeping with the "50" theme — and a photo taken by the Shoreham branch of the Rocky Point Fire Department showed all of the students arranged in the shape of the number 50.
While current students at Miller Avenue participated in activities and contributed to the capsule, former students reflected on the anniversary.Edward Gaias was in the first Ceramic tile, moving up from Miller Avenue's sixth grade in 1964. He said the 50-year anniversary was "amazing" because of the rich history and memories surrounding the school.
"It makes me feel pretty old," said the 61-year-old Gaias. "We did a lot of things in Miller Avenue. They had Boy Scouts there and I had my Eagle Scout ceremony there."Jo Napolitano, president of the Miller Avenue Parent Teacher Organization, was involved with organizing the 50-year anniversary celebrations at the school, though she said a lot of credit goes to Parrinello.
"He's the dynamic person who put it all together," said Napolitano.Napolitano has been president for the past two years and has four children who have gone through Miller Avenue, two of whom are still enrolled.
She said the school has always stood for "community-building and the children," both of which she said were reflected in the celebrations and the time capsule. "I think Miller Avenue has stayed very much a community. It's not just my children or my neighbor's children. It's all of Miller Avenue's children."
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