Architecture
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Askariya Shrine in Ruins
This is very bad. Like civil war/ no turning back/ Archduke Ferdinand bad. Here’s Robert Worth’s lead in the NYT today: A powerful bomb shattered the golden dome at one of Iraq’s most revered Shiite shrines on Wednesday morning, setting off a day of sectarian fury in which mobs formed across Iraq to chant for…
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Highwood Public Library
Yesterday was a bright & sunny day in Chicago. Temperature in the 40s/ low 30s. Crisp and fresh. So it was a great day to get out and take some photos for a friend of mine who runs a
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Raleigh, North Carolina: Architecture of Fayetteville Street
I traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina quite a bit for business last year. Here’s an annotated look at some of the downtown architecture in Raleigh. Here’s a pretty detailed take on the area in question. And here’s a crazy-detailed architectural survey of Raleigh from 1992.
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Lockport, IL, September 2003– Canal Building
Lockport, IL is a cool little town founded in 1830. It is one of those key cogs in the rise of commerce that is easy to forget. I spent a couple hours in Lockport in September 2003 before an appointment. Here are some pics. Here’s some text from their city website: Lockport’s rich canal heritage…
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Lincoln Park Zoo Lion House
Here’s a look at the ceiling of the Lion House at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. The Chicago Commission on Landmarks recently granted it preliminary landmark status. Here’s some text about it from the Inside Newspaper: Now known as the Kovler Lion House, the Beaux-Arts and Prairie-style building exemplifies an important period in Chicago…