October 27 2025

Museum Monday: PPIM on AirBnB

It’s taken a while, but we’ve doubled the square footage of the museum into the upstairs – which is a 3 bedroom apartment FULL of museum stuff…… I guess we are now looking for a 10-12,000 sq ft space to take this to the next next level!

In the meantime, you can come and enjoy museum stuff without me telling stories: listen to some test pressings from the vinyl library, some cassettes, or read a few books from the growing library! The neighbourhood is really wonderful, too! If you are an artist hit me up for a friendly discount. Here’s the listing info:

8 guests, 4 bedrooms, 5 beds, 1 bath

About this space:

Stay inside Chicago’s creative underground. This unique 2000sq ft apartment sits above the Museum of Post-Punk & Industrial Music. Full of authentic music memorabilia, art pieces, vinyl, cassettes, books, and curated design make this more than a stay, it’s part of Chicago’s Industrial history. Set in vibey Bridgeport, all you need is within walking distance – (96/100 walking score) – books, vinyl (2), coffee (6), pizza (4), dive bars (3), restaurants, art spaces and more. Close to downtown & Sox.

Living Room:

(16’x18′) Luxurious, bright living room, 75″ TV features custom content, curated record collection & turntable includes White Label Test Pressings and other rarities, comfortable 7-seater couch, art from China Dub, Sheep on Drugs & other projects.

Master Bedroom:

(16’x9′) Comes with a custom built industrial four poster bed, home to a piece of the Fook backdrop, over 15 8×10 photographs, original 1982 Amanda Uprichard Suit from PiL, Paul Raven’s Killing Joke Bass Case, and more.

Bedroom 2:

(16’x9′) 2 twin beds, and display case featuring early Ministry disks, Chemlab tapes, Cynthia Plaster Caster memorabilia, the head from Pigface’s Notes from Thee Underground, Joy Division posters, and more.

Bedroom 3:

(14’x8′) This room has more of a Chicago flavor with a cocktail table from Club Neo, and deeper artifacts from Wax Trax, Lead into Gold Album photographs, and a manual typewriter.

Bedroom 4:

Coming Soon…

Bathroom:

(8’x10′) Original to 1905 – charming with original light fixtures, think of a mantra to practice while you wait for the hot water.

Dining Room:

(11’x14′) This open dining area has a 30″x96″ table with 8 padded stools, a charging bank, a library containing of over 250 books, a display case featuring artifacts from Gang of Four, a 55″ TV with custom content, and other artifacts.

Kitchen:

(9’x14′) The Kitchen houses a 4 burner General Electric Profile stove and oven, microwave, toaster, a spacious refrigerator, dishwasher, and a coffee maker with Dark Matter coffee.

The Neighborhood:

Bridgeport is historic with character – a walkable, locally vibrant neighborhood. A wonderful mix of residential areas alongside creative spaces — historically Lithuanian and Italian, now a blend of Chinese-American, Mexican-American, artists, and long-term Chicago families. It’s quiet but close to downtown with great transit access to the Orange and Red Lines.

Full of independent food, art, and coffee options. With half a dozen coffee shops within a few blocks, it’s a coffee-lover’s paradise. The creativity seems to be growing exponentially with resale shops, skate shops, bars, printmakers, art spaces, art walks, tattoos and lovely dive bars and creative markets at Antique Taco & Ramova on a Sunday, yoga and other workshops at Tangible Books sometimes on weekends. The neighborhood has a safe, residential feel, yet is close to any amenities you’d need.

This is a great location from which to base camp and discover larger Chicago events, but you might just want to decide to walk around and have a recharging, different, unplugged kind of experience through Bridgeport’s cultural richness. Nevermind ‘discover Bridgeport’ how about ‘discover yourself!’

Getting around:

Bridgeport is very walkable as well as bike friendly. Almost anything you could need is a short walk away.

Parking in the area is generally free street parking – with paid parking on Halsted itself. There are also a few restrictions on parking during game days the closer you get to Rate Field.

There is free street parking in front of the apartment.

Nearest Transit Stops:

Ashland (Orange Line) – 1.2 mi / 28 min walk

#8 Halsted Bus – 4 min walk

#35 31st Street Bus – 7 min walk

Sox–35th (Red Line) – 1.1 mi / 26 min walk

Downtown (Loop) travel time:

~15 min drive or ~22 min by train.