Architecture

  • Alfred Caldwell Lilly Pool

    One of my favorite places in Chicago is the Alfred Caldwell Lilly Pool. It’s one of those hidden, thankfully under-appreciated places where you can go and forget you’re in the third largest city in the country. Forgot you’re next to a zoo. Forgot you’re a block away from a highway. Here’s from the city website:…

  • Flickr User Nolareno is a Richard Nickel of Antedeluvian New Orleans

    Valence St. Church May 7th (16), originally uploaded by nolareno. I have tracked the photos of Nolareno, a Flickr user, for a few months now. They are stunning, mundane documents about the current architectural truth of New Orleans. Nolareno photographs the demolition of supermarkets, shoots wonderful snips of architectural detail, and otherwise walks and snaps…

  • Train Tower at Lake Street

    Train Tower at Lake Street, originally uploaded by juggernautco. Great building.

  • Walk in Humboldt Park, New Year’s Day, 2007

    Humboldt Park Formal Garden, originally uploaded by juggernautco. Today we took a long walk in Humboldt Park. I had been to the Formal Garden with Dee before,  and driven through there many times, but never took the time to really stroll the joint. It was stunning and plain. Jarringly different and no big deal. One…

  • Rainbo Roller Rink Chicago

    Raino Sign, originally uploaded by juggernautco. I was driving by Clark & Lawrence last night after having some soup over at Tank Restaurant. I saw that they were building condos or something where Rainbo Roller Rink used to be. I used to skate there when I was in 8th grade in Uptown. Couples skating. Sweat…