Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Thursday, April 18, 2019
PHOTO - CHICAGO - PRESERVED ENTRANCE ARCH TO LOUIS SULLIVAN'S BELOVED STOCK EXCHANGE BUILDING (DESIGNED 1893 AND RAZED 1972) - WASHINGTON AND LASALLE - THE IMAGE IS ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC OF MANY I'VE SEEN - ON A TERRACE NEXT TO THE ART INSTITUTE - THE ART INSTITUTE HAS LOTS OF BITS AND PIECES OF THE BUILDING ON DISPLAY INSIDE - BUT WHAT A SHAME THE BUILDING COULDN'T HAVE BEEN PRESERVED - 1978 - EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER
PHOTO - CHICAGO - GRANT PARK AND A COUPLE OF DISTANT BUILDINGS - NOTE PARKING LOT - MARINA BEHIND TREES - VIEW LOOKING N - FROM TOP OF FIELD MUSEUM STAIRS WITH BRONZE DECORATIVE LIGHT STAND (NOTE: THERE'S ONE OF THESE ON EACH SIDE OF THE BROAD STAIRS) - THIS WAS TAKEN WITH A LONGER, LESS WIDE-FIELD LENS THAN THE IMAGE BELOW - 1968 - EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER
PHOTO - CHICAGO - SHIP SS AQUARAMA - ALSO NOTE HAMBURG CHICAGO LINE SHIP - UNKNOWN LOCATION - THE SHIP WAS A LUXURY CRUISE SHIP ON THE GREAT LAKES - A LATE TROOP SHIP FROM WWII IT WAS CONVERTED - IT SPENT THE SUMMER OF 1955 AT NAVY PIER AS AN AMUSEMENT CENTER - 1960 - EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)