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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 13h

Chicago forever problems for now

A photo of the Chicago skyline in the distance beyond some open dim blue water. The sky above is pastel blue with a band of orange in the lower left and clouds lit up with orange blush in the upper right

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Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · 17h

Neighborhood scene

A photo of a wide two story 1880s red brick rowhouse with a symmetrical facade arranged around a central front door which is flanked by two different address numbers, suggesting multiple dwelling units inside. The upper floor of the building is covered in a tall mansard roof, with a central section above the front door consisting of a pitched section with two narrow windows beneath it and two additional banks of windows on either side. On either side of a front entry sidewalk, the property is marked by a set of shoulder-height hedges that were perhaps once carefully tended, retaining a vaguely rectangular shape, but which are currently overgrown.

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago tire shops are excellent.

Two-story fram building decorated in black and white stripes with a red, green, and white sign that says Jose's New & Used Tires & Rims.

One-story orange brick building with a stepped parapet wall with an arch in the center. The door is in the center, and above it is a yellow square with a hubcap mounted on it. On either side of the door are two tires, painted yellow attached to the wall below yellow and black signs in English and Spanish.

One-story brick tire shop painted bright orange-red. There is a customer door at the left, topped with a painting of Jesus. Next to that is a large glass block window and on the right is the garage door. There are paintings of tires at various places above the garage door. "4 Brothers Tire Shop, Inc." is painted in black and white at top left.

One-story brick building with a flat roof. The brick is painted dark red, pale yellow, and brown. Pictures of tires, painted in black, white, and yellow, decorated the front. On either side are the words "TIRE SHOP", painted vertically. The address is painted yellow in the center of the building.

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 1d

The nudism-modernism connection is ... apparently a thing?
moscow.sci-hub.se/3964/7b20a7b...

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 1d

"F. Aschuler" is architect on permit, I believe referring to the firm of Friedman, Alschuler & Sincere

Building permit for 6552 N. Sacramento Ave. Dated Nov. 5, 1992, final report 5/5/53. Owner A. Dobrin, architect F. Aschuler. Contractor: E. Peterson. 1-story residence, 41 x 59 x 8. Cost $19,250.

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 1d

Modernist bestie in the neighborhood, 6552 N. Sacramento (1952-53)

Color photo of a 1-story modernist single family home. Slim floor-to-ceiling window on left but rest of facade dominated by section of Roman brick in warm tones. Four sets of rectangular windows above, then brick section continues as wall for patio/entrance area, entered from side. One row of clear glass blocks from this section visible above wall. Flat roof, naturally.

Photo of same 1-story modernist home at an angle. You can see better a short set of steps to front patio/entrance area. Wall of glass blocks along one side.

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 1d

Phew! Glad to hear you weren't hurt.

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, no! Hope you are okay.

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 1d

Ha, no problem! Hope to see you out at OHC this year!

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for recognizing that the gingerbread bargeboard and flared gable weigh against calling this Tudor Revival 👏

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Chicago Film Archives @chicagofilmarchives.org · 2d

On this day in 1991, Chicago's Harold Washington Library Center opened to the public!

This clip was shot about a week later as 16mm B-roll for "Skyline: Chicago," a series on the city's history and urban design that aired on @wttw.bsky.social It's part of CFA's Judith Paine McBrien Collection.

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 2d

I love the type. Here is probably my favorite.
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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · Feb 20

I will always fall for a decorative bell tower. 8000 S. Indiana (Kocher & Larson architects, 1927-28)

Color photo of two-story buff brick apartment building. Front facade in four parts, with bays in second and fourth parts, each with combination castellated/Mission parapet. Entrance is in third part topped by a decorative bell bower. Bell tower and false mansard on first part have green ceramic (or like) roof tiles.

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 2d

Low-key castle appreciation post

Every Lot Chicago @everylotchicago.bsky.social · 2d

5505 West Crystal Street

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Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social · 3d

All these elements--the gate, the brick, the windows, the door--scream "courtyard building" to me, so this super-slender thing looks very goofy to me.

A slender four-story yellow brick building behind a gate

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K Taylor @onegalstoronto.bsky.social · 3d

Great tiles, marvellous stained glass.
- Roncesvalles Ave, near Fermanagh.

A narrow side entrance to apartments above a storefront. The walls are tiled in small brown and cream square tiles, the walk is tiled in white with a decorative border in red and green. Above the brown, wooden door is a beautiful stained glass transom.

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 3d

I can't read that scan, but I found a mention in the American Contractor, listing A.G. Morey as the architect.

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Scan of building permit listing: $30,000. 4910-16 S. Robey st. Brk. ice plant. 95x114. Owner Leo Szczepanski, care archt. Mas. Wm. Reichard. Archt. A. G. Morey, 189 W. Madison st.

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 3d

1914 Tudor Revival house in Lemont, Illinois

Two-story Tudor Revival residence with cross-gabled roof. The house is white stucco with brown half-timbering on the second floor.

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 5d

Damn, this firm was good at tall Deco numbers
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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · Mar 12

Went to Springfield, IL for work and all I got was these pics of the brilliant Illinois Building.

YEEEAH. In the foreground later 1800s store buildings, including Italianate and Romanesque Revival examples. Behind them a wide Art Deco high-rise in limestone and green window spandrels. Building nicely narrows toward the top, with pilasters ending in little nubs on the balcony/parapet.

Corner shot of a 14+ story Art Deco building in limestone with green window spandrels.

Color photo of the fabulous entrance to an office building. Above revolving door and two hinged doors is section of bronze-color metal with chevron and fin designs. Central section looks like recreation but carries Deco theme, with ferns and similar vegetation aplenty. All on a green marble-lookin' background. The building name ILLINOIS BUILDING is framed on each side by an octagonal lantern.

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☠️ The Mazzacre Zone ☠️ @the.mazz.zone · 5d

A disturbingly beautiful day for some October water taxi rides with the kiddo

View of merchandise mart from the fork in the Chicago river on a impossibly sunny October day in Chicago

View from main branch of Chicago river from a yellow water taxi looking east from near Reid, Murdoch and co Building

Chicago skyline past the breakwater near Monroe harbor in lake michigan

View of Chicago harbor lighthouse in distance and lake michigan surrounding it on a gorgeous Day for a water taxi ride

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 5d

Details!

Color photo of top of limestone building. Pilasters end in a pattern of diamonds and abstract flowers. Above are two triangular prisms (mostly) with scroll and triangular patterns on the sides.

Color photo of the top of a window on a sand-colored window. Windows divided into large rectangles. Sections of minimalist pilasters on edges. Pattern of Deco triangles and arrowheads above.

Color photo of a tan window spandrel, depicting a spotlight shining on a generator, a dynamo I'm told. Lightning shoots across the panel.

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 5d

Braved the October heat in Madison to appreciate these Art Deco beauts near the Capitol, all, it turns out, designed by Law, Law, & Potter

Color photo of a 10-story Art Deco skyscraper clad mostly in limestone blocks. Above base each story has 7 windows. Chunkier sections on end but middle windows and green sprandrels alternate with minimalist pilasters. Top has four fins and, higher, a rectangular parapet.

Color photo of a 3-story commercial building in a sand-colored stone (sandstone?). Six large windows with divided lights on top 2 stories, gray spandrels in between.

Color photo of a 10-story limestone skyscraper, taken from corner. Not a lot of ornamentation visible but subtle tan spandrels between inner rows of windows. Parapet rises in short rectangles to barely perceptible point.

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Every Lot St Louis @everylotstlouis.bsky.social · 6d

6583 THOLOZAN AV, ST LOUIS, MO, 63109

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Lady Topham Catt @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · 6d

CHINGA TU MIGRA

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 6d

I've long posted your pics on my burner SmugMug account so we are even

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 6d

Sternberg Manufacturing Co. around since at least 1924. Here is their factory in a 1951 fire insurance map (later replaced with streamlined building their now). Also clearing-out ad from 1970s, before company's move to burbs.
www.sternberglighting.com/company/hist...

Section of fire insurance map. At one corner of street and alley, at the address 4510, a 1-story slim parallelogram shaded yellow. Notation reads: Ornamental Iron Fac. Power: Elec.

Old classified list: MISC.--Unique old decorative wrought iron and caste filigree pcs. Suitable for interior, exterior decoration. Up to 3'x3'. Many one of a kind. Sternberg Mfg., 4510 W. Addison, Chicago. Sun 1-4, Mon 3-6 p.m. only.

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