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Re: the "Standard Oil Bldg"...
Notice the original Italian marble cladding. Much whiter! |
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People do some stupid shit sometimes:
Ski jump at Soldier Filed Circa 1954: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3640/...dcb39873_o.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3387/...73540c59_o.jpg deputy-dog.com Yikes... Has anyone downloaded and achieved all these photos? Someone should do that heaven forbid we lose this thread! |
^That, I'd like to see.^
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7760/wabash.jpg http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8776/stockx.jpg http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1047/statest.jpg http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/772...aterst1910.jpg http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/8708/lasallesta.jpg http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/6662/lasallehotel.jpg http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/437...storestate.jpg "Chicago, At the Turn of the Century Photographs" by Larry Viskochil, CHS |
The Turtle Wax building at Madison and Ashland. I thought it was really cool when I was a kid. Gone now.
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^There's some more talk about this building here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...urtle+building
Starting with Post #6576 |
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such a cool thread
chicago is truly a world class city |
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It later got built over Congress Pkwy/Eisenhower Expwy. Now it just sits there abandoned. The opening scene (bank robbery) of "The Dark Knight" was filmed there. http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/CRW_0001.jpg |
Is the Union Station tower officially dead? It does seem like it resurfaces every few years. Wasn't it first proposed in the mid-90's or so?
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Personally, I think the Union Station main building should be left alone. It already suffered the indignity of demolition of its beautiful train concourse. Ugly buildings stand there now. The least they could do is build the proposed new concourse as part of the high-speed rail corridor plan, and knock down the uglies. http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...scan192hu4.jpg http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/f...n_2020_01c.jpg |
Chicago the Beautiful, 1948 Traveltalks.
Here's a fun look at Chicago in 1948 through the lens of an MGM travelogue. Ah, look at all those streetcars! I wish we could bring 'em back.
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Traveltalks - 1948 Chicago the Beautiful
Isn't that a spectacular video!!!
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I think this is 1964. Obviously the focus is on the UIC campus under construction, and this shot gives a very detailed view of the original Netsch vision that included the elevated pedestrian 'expressways' between buildings (with a direct connection to the UIC L stop at the north end), with an obvious focus towards the Forum in the heart of campus.
Other things I see: 1. Check out the 'streetwall' of midrise industrial loft buildings lining the east side of the Expressway through downtown. Also just the sheer uninterupted midrise density of the industrial district (with skid row along Madison) between the river and the expressway. 2. Check out the US Gypsum building at the far right, a modernist gem that only lived for about 25-30 years (now the site of 111 S. Wacker). 3. I believe that is the elevator core for Marina City, just right of center in the upper half. 4. Just left of center, upper half, you can see the bright new construction of the Sandburg Village urban renewal highrises along Clark Street between Division and North. In the context of how dark and dingy everything looks, the near luminescence of the mid-century modernist planning and architecture that is maligned today starts to make a bit more sense. Click thumbnail size to see full size. http://www.uic.edu/depts/oaa/walking...h%20spineA.jpg |
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That MGM travelogue is very cool!
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