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FEATURE Image: King Solomon, First Presbyterian Church of Evanston (1895), 1427 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, architect DANIEL H. BURNHAM (1846-1912). October 2015 7.81mb 98%. Author’s photograph.
My Architecture & Design Photography: LOEBL, SCHLOSSMAN & BENNETT, Chicago Loop Synagogue (1957), 16 N. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois. (24 Photos).
FEATURE image: Chicago Loop Synagogue with stained glass window, Let There Be Light (1960) by American Expressionist artist Abraham Rattner (1895-1978). The synagogue was built in 1957 with this wall of stained glass. The colorful and semi-abstract artwork contrasts and complements with the architectural minimalism of the rest of the sanctuary. Text and all photographs…
My Architecture & Design Photography: First Presbyterian Church of Evanston (1895), 1427 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, DANIEL H. BURNHAM (1846-1912). (11 Photos & Illustrations).
FEATURE image: Aeolian Skinner organ, sanctuary, 10/2015 6.27mb. Text and Photographs by John P. Walsh. SOURCES: https://firstpresevanston.org/connections/worship/- retrieved January 9, 2024. https://openhousechicago.org/sites/site/first-presbyterian-church-of-evanston/ – retrieved January 9, 2024. https://www.garrett.edu/about/our-history/ – retrieved January 10, 2024. http://www.famousamericans.net/minerraymond/ – retrieved January 10, 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110905407/elizabeth-raymond – retrieved January 10, 2024. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167076695/miner-raymond – retrieved January 10, 2024. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1938/06/26/99547469.html?pageNumber=27 – retrieved January…
My Architecture & Design Photography: Alice Millar Chapel, 1962, 1870 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois, EDWARD GREY HALSTEAD (1909-1992). (20 Photos & Illustrations).
FEATURE Image: Alice Millar Chapel, 1962, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Text & Photographs John P. Walsh. The Purpose of the Alice Millar Chapel Breaking ground on Easter, April 21, 1962, the Alice Millar Chapel is on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The large chapel structure displaced 5 houses for the site’s four buildings…
Ten miles west of Chicago: A Miraculous Crucifix in Hillside, Illinois, where the Virgin Mary is reported to have appeared in the 1980s and other unexplained “miracles.”
FEATURE Image: Old Testament prophets window, Mausoleum, Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Illinois. This is one of scores of original stained glass and artifacts in the mausoleum in Chicago’s near western suburbs. The crucifix today is located in a southern section of Queen of Heaven cemetery in Hillside, Illinois. The cemetery is almost 500 acres…
UNITED STATES. My Architecture & Design Photography: YAROSLAW KORSUNSKY (1926-2009). Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Church (1975), 739 N. Oakley Boulevard; Chicago, Illinois (22 Photos).
FEATURE image: Stained glass, paintings, banners, and chandelier blend together and provide a more complete picture of people and episodes of the faith. North wall and ceiling. Chicago. Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Church. October 2016 5.88 mb Author’s photograph. Exterior of Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Church with its gold domes. The tradition-minded parish, founded in…
UNITED STATES. My Architecture & Design Photography: WORTHMANN & STEINBACH; POINTEK. St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral (1915); 2238 W. Rice Street; Chicago, Illinois (19 Photos).
FEATURE image: Chicago. St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral. At the western main entrance are the stars and stripes of the U.S. flag and the blue and yellow Ukraine flag. An avenue of trees lines the south side of the cathedral building. With its huge size and detailed architecture, St. Nicholas stands prominently on its 20…
UNITED STATES. My Architecture & Design Photography: MCCARTHY, SMITH & EPPIG. St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 1939, 524 Ninth Street, Wilmette, Illinois.
FEATURE image: St. Francis Xavier Church was erected in 1939 in an established well-maintained residential neighborhood in Wilmette, Illinois, just blocks inland from Lake Michigan. The attempt was made by the area’s Roman Catholics to fit in unobtrusively and harmonize with its neighbors on Chicago’s Northshore. 6/2014 3.56mb The English Gothic-style church is usually associated…
My Art Photography: Stained Glass, TYROL ART GLASS COMPANY OF INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA. Ascension of Jesus and Assumption of Mary into Heaven (1927), Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Naperville, Illinois. (21 Photos & Illustrations).
BETWEEN 1870 AND 1930, ART GLASS OF GERMANY AND AUSTRIA COMES TO AMERICA, PARTICULARLY TO CHICAGO’S CHURCHES The colorful stained-glass windows in Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, were ordered, produced, and installed towards the end of a 60-year-long run for the predominance of German and Austrian-made…
My Art Photography: Angels in stained glass, made in 1902 by FRANZ MAYER & COMPANY, Munich, Germany, in St. Michael Church, Chicago (Old Town), Illinois. (11 Photos).
ASSUMPTION WINDOW (central panel/detail), 1902, St. Michael Church, Chicago. Franz Mayer & Company, Munich, Germany. INTRODUCTION: St. Michael Church in Old Town on Chicago’s north side is one of the oldest parishes and church buildings in the city. Founded as a parish in 1852, the church building’s brick walls from 1869 withstood the flames of the Great…
