Very cool. I got the pleasure of hanging out with Bob a few years ago, and having lunch with him at the restaurant in the Chrysler Museum. I picked his brain about photography, and had a nice time. Hell of a nice guy.
Im glad to see an image of his that is different from any ive seen.

The Sauganash neighborhood on the NW Side of Chicago used to be reknown for its Christmas decorations, hence the impetus for the Look article. Here is that house today, where the homeowners thankfully have removed the aluminum door and left the natural wood intact.

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I also noticed the storm door, somewhat wistfully. We had the door, we had the grill, but I could never get Dad to spring for the letter. That empty space mocked me day after day. My humiliation knew no bounds. Meanwhile, my highfalutin aunt in Orlando had one with a flamingo!

The house on the right has the letter "A" in the front door's grillwork, presumably the owners' monogram. I remember seeing such decorations some years ago, a few of my childhood friends lived in houses with them, but they seem very scarce today. Most door monograms available these days are carved in wood.

[The Prynnes! - Dave]

Turned up as aluminum storm/screen doors with your initial in a circle, in the middle of that scrollwork. It seems like nearly every house had one.

When I was a kid (early 60's) there was a "Christmas Tree Lane" in out town where everyone on the block went all out to make special decorations, a thing of wonder to a 4 year old, this reminds me of that.

And who knew the Griswolds went back 60 years?