Posts tagged Architecture

Impressions of Chicago, 1932, Chicago. Gordon Coster

LaSalle St. Canyon, 1951, Chicago

State Street, 1956, Chicago

650 N Dearborn, at Erie, 1945, Chicago.

Built in 1882, the once notorious Raleigh Hotel still stands, converted to condos in the mid 1980s.

Looking west from the breakwater at Michigan Ave and Madison, 1865, Chicago.

Ryerson and Burnham Archives, Art Institute of Chicago 

Kodachrome, looking north on Michigan Ave, 1946, Chicago.

Merchandise Mart construction site, 1928, Chicago

Inside the offices of the architectural firm, Bertrand Goldberg and Associates, 1965, Chicago.

Bertrand Golberg Archives

Grand Basin, Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago. Thomas Moran

Oak Street Beach, 1960, Chicago

Photograph of the famous Chicago model Wilhelmina amongst ruins on the south side, 1960, George Kufrin.

Wilhelmina would go on to found one the most famous modeling agencies in the world.

Van Der Rohe’s 860-880 Lake Shore Drive, 1955, Chicago

photo via Hedrich-Blessing

Summer view from the museum campus, 1960, Chicago

Untitled, 1954, Chicago. Fritz Goro