Architecture & Design.

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FEATURE image: Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mill Run, Pennsylvania. March 2010. Author’s photograph.

My Architecture & Design Photography: Details/Particulars, Beaux-Arts elevator bank (1907), Congress Plaza Hotel, 520 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Clinton J. Warren, architect (1893) and Holabird & Roche, architect (1902-1907).

Feature Image: December 2015. Beaux-Arts elevator bank (1907). Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago. 6.20 mb DSC_0617 (1). Author’s photograph. The initial North Tower was built in 1893 during The World’s Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago from May 1 to October 31, 1893. It was built by famed developer R.H. Southgate and designed by Clinton J. Warren (1860-1938),…

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My Architecture & Design Photography:  SKYLINE.

Feature Image: October 2015. Chicago. 5.85mb DSCN1452 (1). Author’s photograph. Wacker Drive and Wabash Avenue looking east, Chicago. From left: Trump International Hotel and Tower, Adrian Smith, architect (2009). Wrigley Building, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, architect (1921). Tribune Tower (partially hidden), Howells & Hood, architect (1925). 401 N Michigan Avenue (Equitable Building), Skidmore, Owings…

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My Art Photography: Stained Glass of New Testament Scenes by F.X. ZETTLER STUDIOS OF THE ROYAL BAVARIAN ART INSTITUTE, Munich, Germany, 1907-1910, in St. Edmund Church in Oak Park, Illinois.

Feature Image: Two apostles, detail, Institution of the Eucharist window, F.X. Zettler, 1907-1910, St. Edmund Church. Author’s photograph. September 2015. By 1910 F.X. Zettler’s mastery of the “Munich Style” – characterized by detailed scenes and vibrant colors on glass – made his German company one of the most popular designers in late 19th century and…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: Infrastructure, Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, 95th Street and S. Baltimore Avenue.

Feature image: July 2016. Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, 95th St. & S. Baltimore Ave 4.03mb DSC_0774 (1). Author’s photograph. This photograph of the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge (also known as the “Skyway”) is at the exact point where it spans the Calumet River and Calumet Harbor, a major harbor for industrial ships. Built by the…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: VILLAGE “ART” THEATRE (1916), 1548-50 N. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60610. Designed by German-born Adolphe Woerner (1851- 1926) in Classical Revival/Renaissance Revival styles. One of Chicago’s oldest neighborhood movie palace chain theatres, it was demolished in 2018 for condos. Its decorative façade was saved. (9 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE Image: February 2018. Village “Art” Theatre, 1548-50 N. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610. The use of masks had been used in theatre since ancient times. They were usually tied to their dramatic source material and the inherent psychology of the characters. The Landmark Designation Report for the Village Theatre described this polychrome character head…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: Founded in pioneer Hanover Township in 1852 for German settlers, Immanuel United Church of Christ on Old Church Road in Streamwood, Illinois is today in the Chicago suburbs. (4 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE Image: March 2016. Immanuel United Church of Christ, 1500 Old Church Road, Streamwood, Illinois. Built in 1868, it is the congregation’s second house of worship on the site and remains the congregation’s active sanctuary. 7.49mb _0979 IMMANUEL UCC in Streamwood, Illinois, has a unique history within the context of the similar histories of other early…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: BATAVIA, Illinois. (33 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE Image: May 2024. 143 First Street, c. 1863. 7.52 mb_6360. Since the 19th century Batavia, Illinois, 40 miles west of Chicago, was a railroad and manufacturing center in addition to its farmsteads. This mid-19th century limestone factory building is testament to Batavia’s industrial heritage. After the U.S. Civil War, Batavia was a major manufacturer…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: VITZTHUM & BURNS. Steuben Club Building (Randolph Tower), 1929. 188 W. Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60601. (3 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE Image: Steuben Club Building/Randolph Tower. 188 W. Randolph Street, Chicago. View from the west, August 2021. Author’s photograph. 12.72mb_9354 (1) The 1929 limestone tower whose shape may be the last surviving skyscraper reflective of the 1923 zoning law with setbacks and a telescoping tower presages Vitzthum & Burns’ mighty 1 N. LaSalle Street Building in…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD TOWER (1997/2010), Lohan Associates/Goettsch Partners, 300 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60601. (4 PHOTOS).

FEATURE image: Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower building, Day and Night. November 2017. It was designed by Goettsch Partners (GP) an architecture firm based in Chicago, with additional offices in Denver and Shanghai. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower sits on the northeast corner of East Randolph Street and Columbus Drive in Chicago, Illinois. It is…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: HAROLD WASHINGTON LIBRARY CENTER (1991), Hammond, Beeby & Babka; A . Epstein & Sons International, Assoc. Archs, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60605.

FEATURE image: November 2017. The Harold Washington Library sits on the northwest corner of State Street and Ida B. Wells (Congress) Drive. It is recognized as one of the largest public library buildings in the world. 5.02 mb. Author’s photograph. In 1987, Hammond, Beeby and Babka won the competition to design the main branch of…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: CYRUS L.W. EIDLITZ (1853-1921), Dearborn Street Station [Polk Street Station], 47 W. Polk Street, 1885, Chicago, Illinois. (24 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE Image: Dearborn Street Station in Chicago’s South Loop is an Italian brick Romanesque building with a granite base that was opened in 1885 at the cost of $500,000 (or almost $16 million in 2024). The architect was New York–based Cyrus L.W. Eidlitz who went on to build One Times Square (1904) in New York…

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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. Author’s photograph. Text by…

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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…

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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…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: EVANSTON, Illinois. (26 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE Image: 1432 Forest Avenue, Evanston, IL, 1885. Stylish single family home, nearly 5,000 square feet, has 6 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms. Author’s photograph. 6/2022 7.7.mb 53% Text & Photographs John P. Walsh. Sources: A Guide to Chicago’s Historic Suburbs on Wheels and on Foot, Ira J. Bach, Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, 1981, pp. 499-530.…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: WINNETKA, Illinois. (12 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE image: 822 Bryant, Winnetka, 1901. A grand example of the Shingle style working its way through the Arts and Crafts movement and influenced by the recent Prairie School’s horizontality and openness. Author’s photograph. 8/2014 99% 6.92mb. Test & Photographs John P. Walsh. Sources: A Guide to Chicago’s Historic Suburbs on Wheels and on Foot,…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: WILMETTE, Illinois. (10 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE image: Detail of 804 Forest Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois. The Prairie style house was built in 1906 by architect George Washington Maher (1864-1926) whose influence on the Midwest was profound and prolonged and, in its time, as great as Frank Lloyd Wright’s. Author’s photograph. 6/2014 3.95mb Sources: A Guide to Chicago’s Historic Suburbs on Wheels…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: LOUIS BOURGEOIS (1856–1930), Baháʼí Temple (1912-1953), 100 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, Illinois. (10 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE image: To convey the Baháʼí principle of the unity of religion, architect Louis Bourgeois incorporated a variety of religious architecture and symbols including for Hindus, Buddhists, Native Americans, Jews, Christians and Muslims. Text & Photographs by John P. Walsh. The Chicago Baháʼí Temple House of Worship is the second such house of worship constructed…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: GRAHAM, ANDERSON, PROBST & WHITE, Civic Opera Building (1929), 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois. (20 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE image: CIVIC OPERA BUILDING, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago. The world famous Lyric Opera of Chicago mounts its productions in one of North America’s most beautiful opera houses, the Civic Opera House at 20 North Wacker Drive in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Author’s photograph. Plan of Chicago Authors: The Burnham Plan, co-authored by Daniel H.…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: R. HAROLD ZOOK AND WILLIAM F. MCCAUGHEY, The Pickwick Theatre Building, 1928, 3-11 South Prospect Avenue/6-12 South Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, Illinois. (10 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE Image: The Pickwick Theatre Building, an Art Deco movie palace, opened in 1928. Its marquee is one of the most recognized structures in Park Ridge, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The marquee became famous nationwide when it was featured in the opening sequence of the nationally syndicated television show, Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert’s…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: S. CHARLES LEE (1899-1990). The Loma Theatre (1944-46), 3150 Rosecrans Boulevard; San Diego, California. (4 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE image: The Loma Theatre with its vertical sign in San Diego, California. was opened in 1945. This is a true transitional/hybrid building for American architect S. Charles Lee. The architect retains the curves (in the sign) of his pre-war theatre buildings and moves to the angles (in the main structure) that increasingly marked his…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: DANKMAR ADLER (1844-1900). Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church (Isaiah Temple) (1899), 4501 S. Vincennes Avenue; Chicago, Illinois. (6 Photos).

FEATURE Image: Signage of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, Chicago. The church is known as “the birthplace of Gospel music” since Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993) started his first modern gospel choir here in 1931. Author’s photograph, 10/2016 6.06 mb SOURCES: Alice Sinkevitch, AIA Guide to Chicago, 2nd Edition, Harcourt, Inc., Orlando, 2004, p. 417. chipublib.org/fa-ebenezer-missionary-baptist-church-archives/

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My Architecture & Design Photography: DANIEL H. BURNHAM (1846-1912) & CO., Fisher Building (1895-96), Chicago, Illinois. (8 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE image: FISHER BUILDING, 343 S. Dearborn Street, view from the south. Author’s photograph, December 2017. The success of the Reliance Building at 32 N. State Street built by Daniel H. Burnham (1846-1912) and John Wellborn Root (1850-1891) in 1890-91 and Burnham & Co. in 1894-95 led directly to the construction of the Fisher Building…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: RIVERSIDE, Illinois. (53 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE Image: 124 Scottswood Road, Riverside, Illinois, 1871, by William LeBaron Jenney (1832-1907). There is a full description of this house in the post below. Text & photographs by John P. Walsh. INTRODUCTION. The location of today’s Riverside, Illinois, has been an active and important historical area since before the 17th century. It was part of…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: Details/Particulars, Art Deco elevator bank (1929), 105 W. Madison Street, Chicago, Burnham Brothers.

FEATURE Image: December 2015. Art Deco Elevator Bank (1929). 3.99mb DSC_0958 (2). Author’s photograph. In the heart of Chicago’s Loop, 105 W. Madison Street (2 S. Clark St.) is an Art Deco beauty built in 1929 by the Burnham Brothers firm. The sons of Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846-1912), Daniel Hudson Burnham Jr. (1886–1961) and Hubert Burnham…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: PLAINFIELD, Illinois. (1 Photo).

FEATURE image: Flanders House (1841), 24044 Main Street, Plainfield, Illinois. See a fuller description below. Jason and Lucy Flanders House, 1841, Plainfield, Illinois. Plainfield was settled at the end of the 1820’s when James Walker constructed a sawmill on the DuPage River. The mill attracted settlers to the region and created Will County’s first permanent…

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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…

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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…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: LOUIS H. SULLIVAN (1856-1924). Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral (1903), 1121 N. Leavitt; Chicago, Illinois. (13 Photos).

FEATURE Image: Chicago. Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral. The walls of the church building are load-bearing brick covered with stucco. The bell tower and octagonal belfry, dome, and roof are made of wood with metal trim and latticework. 7/2015 2.80 mb Louis H. Sullivan designed the bell tower (above and below) with its ornamentation and eaves…

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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…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: GEORGE H. JOHNSON (1830-1879). Iron Block (1861/1899), 205 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (6 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE image: Iron Block, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, following its extensive restoration in 2014. Photograph by author taken in September 2016. The Iron Block at 205 East Wisconsin Avenue on the corner of busy Water and Wisconsin in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was erected in 1861. The architect was George H. Johnson (1830-1879) of New York City and…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: RAPP & RAPP. Oriental Theatre (1926), 24 W. Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois.

FEATURE image: Oriental Theatre completed in 1926 and renamed the Ford Center for the Performing Arts in 1997. It became the Nederlander Theatre in 2019. Author’s photograph taken in December 2017. Author’s photograph. In Chicago’s Loop, the Oriental Theatre opened on May 8, 1926. In the first half of the 20th century, Randolph Street was…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: ANONYMOUS/UNKNOWN. Row Houses (1873), 802-812 N. Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois. (2 Photos & Illustrations).

These early row houses were developed in Chicago’s Gold Coast/River North neighborhood in the early 1870s immediately following the Great Chicago Fire. That tw-day conflagration began on October 8, 1871 at 137 DeKoven Street (around 1100 South) and blew its destruction north through Downtown and into the Gold Coast area. The fire petered out to…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: COBB & FROST. The Cobden (1892), 418-424 W. Belden Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. (2 Photos & Illustrations).

The Cobden is a Richardsonian-Romanesque flats-above-storefront building that has anchored the northwest corner of busy Clark Street and residential Belden Avenue since 1892. It was designed by architect Charles Sumner Frost (1856 –1931) of the firm of Henry Ives Cobb (1859-1931) and Frost. Born in Maine and trained as an architect in Boston, Frost moved to…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: JEAN-PAUL VIGUIER. Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile (2002), 20 East Chestnut Street; Chicago, Illinois.

FEATURE image: Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile, Chicago, Illinois. architect: Jean-Paul Viguier. 6/2014 4.66mb Author’s photograph. Jean-Paul Viguier (b.1946) is a leading modern Paris-based French architect. In 2003 his Sofitel Chicago Water Tower (renamed the Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile) was chosen by the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) as the “best new building…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: HELMUT JAHN (1940-2021) Highlights in Chicago, Illinois.

FEATURE image: Helmut Jahn, State of Illinois (Thompson) Center, 100 W. Randolph, Chicago, Illinois, 1979-1985. The Thompson Center was officially bought by Google in 2022 for a reported $105 million. Author’s photograph. 5/2014 4.75 mb Introduction. Helmut Jahn was famous in Chicago and around the world for his prolific postmodern architecture particularly his work in…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: HOWARD VAN DOREN SHAW (1869-1926). The Mentor Building (1906), Chicago, Illinois. (1 Photo).

A Mentor building has stood on the northeast corner of State and Monroe Streets since 1873. Until 1906, a 7-story building was erected here.1 The 1906 building by Howard Van Doren Shaw (1869-1926) is 17 stories high with two basements on rock caissons.2  Shaw’s only skyscraper presents an unusual mixture of styles, a talent for…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: ANONYMOUS/UNKNOWN. Chicago Harbor Lighthouse (1893). Active lighthouse on Lake Michigan played a vital role in Chicago’s economic development and the U.S. Midwest.

FEATURE image: Chicago Harbor Lighthouse (1893), Chicago, Illinois, 2017. Author’s photograph. Known as the “Chicago Light,” the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse is an active automated lighthouse dating from 1893. About one-half mile beyond Navy Pier, the lighthouse stands at the north of the main entrance of the Chicago Harbor in Lake Michigan. The lighthouse has had a…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: NAPERVILLE, Illinois. (2 Photos).

FEATURE image: 15 S. Sleight Street, 1883, Naperville, Illinois. See its description below. Frame house, tower, clapboard and shingle patterns. The tower is cut on a bias (on an angle), approaching 45 degrees. This has the tower with less surface area than if cutting it square. The cut also can serve an aesthetic or other…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: SOLOMON, CORDWELL, BUENZ (SBD). Park Tower Condominium (1973), 5414 N. Sheridan Road; Chicago, Illinois. (2 Photos).

Park Tower Condominium is on the lakefront next to north Lake Shore Drive and across from Foster Beach in Lincoln Park. Its address is 5414 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago Constructed in 1973 by Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz (SCB), a Chicago architectural firm founded in 1931, the tower was planned as the first of three towers in a…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: KETLER-ELLIOT. The Chicago Avenue Bridge (1914), Chicago, Illinois. Demolished in 2018. (13 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE image: Portion of the open-grate pony-truss bascule Chicago Avenue Bridge and concrete house, erected in 1914, as it was in its last years of operation. Pointing to increased high traffic volume and load-bearing capacity issues, the 104-year-old bridge was demolished and replaced in 2018. Author’s photograph taken in May 2016. Built in 1914 by…

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FRANCE. “NOTRE DAME IS ON FIRE!”: architectural history of the 12th century Gothic cathedral and its shocking blaze of April 15, 2019.

FEATURE image: Notre Dame under re-construction, 2019. N.B. Following more than five years of restorative work gathering artisans, donors, and planners from across the spectrum of global society, Notre Dame de Paris was gloriously re-opened at a celebratory dedication ceremony attended by the world’s dignitaries, including 40 heads of state, on December 8, 2024. Begun…

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BELGIUM. My Architecture & Design Photography: 11th century COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF ST. GERTRUDE, in Nivelles, Belgium, designed by an anonymous architect, is named for the patron saint of cats, gardeners, and travelers.

FEATURE image: The Westwork of the Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude in Nivelles, Belgium, fronts an expansive historical building of the 11th century. Nivelles is an ancient settlement about 25 miles south-east of Brussels in Belgium’s French-speaking region of Wallonia. Author’s photograph. March 1992. WHO IS ST. GERTRUDE OF NIVELLES, PATRON SAINT OF CATS, GARDENERS AND…

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UNITED STATES. Works of DAVID ADLER (1882-1949), Chicago Beaux-Arts architect of “the Great House.”

FEATURE image: Staff members of The Charles A. Stonehill Estate on the beach, c. 1912. By John P. Walsh David Adler (January 3, 1882 – September 27, 1949) was an American architect who made major contributions in domestic architecture for mostly affluent clients in and around Chicago. Different than German-American modernist architect Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) who also practiced…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: JOHN AUGUSTUS ROEBLING (1806-1869). The Brooklyn Bridge (1869-1883), East River, New York City (3 Photos).

FEATURE image: The Brooklyn Bridge (looking westward), August 2005. Author’s photograph. The Brooklyn Bridge over the East River is the oldest extant bridge in New York City—a city of bridges—and is also the city’s most architecturally famous. The opening of the hybrid cable-stayed and suspension bridge in May 1883 has been called “the Dawn of…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: AUGUST WALLBAUM, architect, St. Michael Church, 1869, in Old Town. Founded in 1852, it is Chicago’s Oldest German Parish. (27 Photos & Illustrations).

FEATURE image: At the top of the high altar’s retable in St. Michael Church in Chicago’s Old Town is the figure of St. Michael the Archangel, the parish church’s patron. St. Michael is mentioned in several places in both the Hebrew and Christian scriptures. The near northside Chicago parish has been administered by the Redemptorist…

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My Architecture & Design Photography: FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (1867-1959). Fallingwater, 1935, Mill Run, Pennsylvania. (7 Photos & Videos).

FEATURE image: Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mill Run, Pennsylvania. March 2010. Author’s photograph. Fallingwater is a house designed in 1935 by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959). It is in the Laurel Highlands of southwest Pennsylvania, about 70 miles away from downtown Pittsburgh. The house was intended as a weekend retreat for the Edgar J.…

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