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Lesser building nerd
5139-49 N. Lincoln (1928-29, Paul Hansen architect), eschewing perfect symmetry
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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another lovely, mild, sunny day in Chicago— have i mentioned lately that I love this friggin city? #dailylakeglass
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Marion Mahony Griffin Beach 💙💙💙
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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an impressive building by any standards, it used to serve as a CPS high school and now is a CPS elementary school

sometimes you have to back up from a building and look up to find one of its coolest details 🦁
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
2238 S. Wentworth, gorgeous terra cotta facade from 1932 (Michaelsen & Rognstad architects), home of the Ling Long Museum until around 1983, before becoming Emperor's Choice restaurant.
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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📍Englewood, Chicago 🍁
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Sublime brickwork on former fire department engine house at 1242-44 N. Wells, Chicago.
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The charms of a curl, 3954-56 N Bell (Hall, Lawrence, Rippel & Ratcliffe, ca. 1927)
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Mods are asleep, post trad breeze blocks
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Mercy, this little tree (looks to be a lemon) is so good
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Beautiful detail including faience and mosaic
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Paulina Mansions (Turbyfill & Mohr, architects), at the corner of Garfield & Wesley in Oak Park. Listed in American Builder's "1928 Exhibit of [Really Goddamn] Good Buildings."
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November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Milwaukee, one year ago today
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Brick buddies from different decades of refaced facades on old cottages
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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A little pinky purple goodness at sunset in Beverly
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
606 walk featuring brutalist, Renaissance Revival, neo-eclectic, and Very Brick styles
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
MCM cousins in West Ridge, 2956 W. Bryn Mawr and 2814 W. Morse, both likely mid-1950s
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Before the world knew Prince, he was just a kid in North Minneapolis learning piano by ear in this modest rambler. Now his childhood home has been recognized by the City as a local landmark. minneapolismn.gov/resident-services/property-housing/preservation/landmarks-districts/landmarks/nelson-house
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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There are few things I love more than a bonkers ass door surround on a residential entrance. Going hard AF just for the love of the game.

Architect: W Mead Walter, 1908
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Feeding my head, heart and soul with art and architecture downtown on a gorgeous fall day.
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Old St. Joseph/St. Clare Hospital in Alton, a beautiful late art deco behemoth from 1937
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Underrated maple tree foliage in Indian Boundary Park
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Former J. Barabas Mens Wear, 1725 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago. The building was built in 1925, Worthmann & Steinbach, architects.
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Literary technology in windows in SLU’s former library.
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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1733 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago. The building is from 1929, B. A. Comm, architect. That angry bats are so random.
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM