Showing posts with label Daniel Burnham. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daniel Burnham. Show all posts
Monday, August 18, 2014

Butchered Burnham Monday - Will New Owners at the Bankers and Edison Buildings Rescue Massively Botched Facade Repairs?

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The short answer would be appear to be “No”, but there's always room for hope. Two vintage office buildings sit kitty-corner to each o...
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Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Buddhist Burnham and Root

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click images for larger view (and apologies for the sun catching a spec of dust on the lens)  It's one of the few surviving works b...
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Monday, May 06, 2013

Lipstick Glowing on the Off Ramp: Congress Parkway's New Lighting

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click images for larger view Can you really redeem something created in the urban equivalent of original sin, when even the two parts of...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

A restored Emanuel Swedenborg returns to contemplate what Daniel Burnham Wrought

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click images for larger view As you walk through Lincoln Park, south of Diversey, it may seem that Emanuel Swedenborg is turning his bac...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Chicago Streetscene: Culture Clash

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Sunday, April 29, 2012

At Daniel Burnham's landmark, Goodbye Santa Fe, hello Motorola

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click images for larger view The agenda for this Thursday's Permit Review Committee meeting of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks ...
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Chicago Streetscene: Tree on Root

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Mies Burnhamized - ICA&CA approved

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click image for larger view A reflection of D.H. Burnham Company's 1907 Edison Building transforms Mies van der Rohe's Federal Cent...