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Monthly Archives: January 2009
ATTENTION: NAVTEQ TRAFFIC
Several times a week, I hear you report that southbound Lakeshore Drive is slowing around Chicago Avenue. On occasion, I have even managed to be in the immediate vicinity of these supposed slowdowns, though I have yet to observe any … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Chicago, traffic
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Valparaiso Chapel
From the flat lands of the exurban town of Valparaiso, Indiana, the Chapel of the Resurrection rises like a Gothic cathedral, soaring above its everyday surroundings. And a cathedral it is, in spirit if not fact. Begun in 1956, the … Continue reading
Posted in Charles E Stade, Midcentury churches
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Carbide and Carbon Building
Mostly I just wanted an excuse to post this composite photograph. Betcha can’t spot where I spliced ‘em together! The Carbide and Carbon Building went up in 1929 to the designs of Daniel and Hubert Burnham (sons of the famous … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deco, The Loop
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Midcentury Suburbs Part 5: Fabulous Escutcheons
Those fantastic Midcentury pattern doors needed hardware to match, and companies like Schlage and Kwikset were happy to provide them. (Both companies are still major door handle manufacturers four decades later.) The two open-backed designs below are both from Schlage, … Continue reading
Posted in Midcentury Modernism
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Mather Tower
The AIA Guide to Chicago likens it to “a terra-cotta Gothic rocket poised for takeoff”. Unbelievably slender, the Mather Tower rise some 42 stories above the Chicago River at the north edge of the Loop. It is one of a … Continue reading
Posted in The Loop
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Tracking MidCentury Architecture
I’ve been keeping tabs of my travels and explorations, and compiled them into a rough map over at Google. Chicago MidCentury Architecture marks notable churches, neighborhoods, and a handful of individual buildings from the 1950s and 1960s.
Posted in Midcentury Modernism
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