Architecture
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The Sadness of Deferred Maintenance at the State of Illinois Building
I have always loved goofball architecture. I can’t pass a Brutalist structure without stopping to marvel at it. And there was nothing goofier than the State of Illinois Building (160 North LaSalle St.) when it opened in 1985. I went by there the other day and was bummed to see how muffed up the place…
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Prentice Hospital is Worth Saving
There's a lot going on around Prentice Women's Hospital (250 East Superior Street) right now. It was made in 1974, but I think it deserves protection as a historic place. I love the sublime honeycomb structure– it makes me remember that it's possible to build something fresh. That not everything has to fit the box.…
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Architecture of Wabash, Indiana
SL and I went to Wabash, Indiana, for a family function over the weekend, and I took some shots of the Wabash, Indiana downtown. Really good stuff.
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Logan Square Land Use: Mega Mall Block Through Time — Emptiness, Movie Theaters and Auto Dealerships
Lately, after having been schooled by architecture & design educator Jen Masengarb on the topic, I have had a mini-obsession with Sanborn Fire Maps in Chicago. She obtained a set of maps for the area around my apartment in Logan Square for 1896, 1921, and 1950 and helped me (and some other nerds) analyze these…
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Trip to Boulder
Boulder Comes in to Focus, originally uploaded by juggernautco. Here's a set of images from my recent trip to Boulder, CO.