Larry Shure
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Preservation planner and architectural historian in support of public transit. Weekend artist.
Tiny watercolor paintings of Tudor revival-style homes in Chicago.
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Scully Storage and Transfer Building over the years... 8105-8107 Skokie Highway. Rendering from
irm-cta.org/NSL/Highball...
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Some 1960s Chicago townhouses. Top to bottom: Pei & Weese (1969), Anderson & Battles (1967), Keck & Keck (1969), Tigerman & Koglin (1964).
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Pen drawings of Chicago substation stone details. Left is at 2950 E. 80th, and right is at 6910 N. Glenwood (now the Lifeline Theater).
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This 1977 CTA publicity shot may not have made Chicago transit look as welcoming as intended...
3 months ago
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Some mid-century homes in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood rendered in watercolor and ink.
3 months ago
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Mid-century housing in Chicago's Rogers Park and West Ridge neighborhoods. Watercolor and pen.
#chiarchitecture
9 months ago
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If you see this, post something orange.
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11 months ago
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Deigo
11 months ago
North Pulaski Fresh Market 3850 W North Ave Chicago
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Kathleen Conti
11 months ago
Creating a Historic Preservation starterpack! Comment or DM to be added, or let me know if I missed anyone.
go.bsky.app/D9w1NYJ
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meg
12 months ago
Alright, finally making the leap... (pic to test/send holiday wishes.)
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I just named a file "reversed floor plan probably not going to work out.psd." I guess I'm ready for the holiday break...
12 months ago
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CTA's "Aerial Galleria" considered in their 1974 Chicago Central Area Transit Plan.
irm-cta.org/Documentatio...
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Certified Illinois Expert
12 months ago
Stumbled upon a streamline utopia in Riverside yesterday. All these plus a couple more within about a block of each other. Had there not been a depression/war to interrupt housing construction, perhaps we’d have whole neighborhoods of these all over.
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Places Journal
12 months ago
"No other publication is grappling with the future of our cities with the depth + ambition of Places. On behalf of the Arts & Culture Program at Columbia Journalism School, I urge you to support this valuable publication and bolster independent cultural journalism on the highest level." —David Hajdu
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Some Georgians of West Ridge.
12 months ago
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Flatiron Buildings of Rogers Park, #3.
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starch mogul
12 months ago
fingers crossed this is how the new chicago housing and economic development bond will work
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Flatiron buildings of Rogers Park, #2.
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This is the second time this project has initiated approvals and Class L funding…
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12 months ago
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Chicago Tudor Revival AF
12 months ago
Such a nice day, I biked on California Ave. from Howard to 111th.đź§µ with sights.
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Marc Fischer
12 months ago
JOHNNIE ANDERSON'S BOTANY & ZOOLOGY DRAWINGS A recent drawing-focused publication from Public Collectors— dedicated to a young man's Botany and Zoology homework, circa 1931. This booklet is available for $13.00 here:
halfletterpress.com/johnnie-ande...
15% off of that price through the end of 2024.
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Flatiron buildings of Rogers Park, #1.
12 months ago
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Thinking of the eight single-family homes approved on the former Cenacle site in Mid-North...
chicagoyimby.com/2024/06/firs...
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12 months ago
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beautiful women updates
12 months ago
this is the laundromat where i found this sign complaining about a 9 year-old tax increase that happened 2 mayors ago
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Marc Fischer
about 1 year ago
Half Letter Press sale! Everything is 15% off for the rest of the year. You'll see the discount applied in your cart when you check out. Free shipping on U.S. orders of $40.00 or more. Get those fussy family members & friends the books and zines they need.
halfletterpress.com/publications/
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https://halfletterpress.com/publications/
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starch mogul
about 1 year ago
since there was nothing else on the internet about st. columbkille, decided i may as well write something up for anyone else who was wondering why Grand & Paulina feels so off (but obviously i had to put it in my cursed format)
www.postcard-past.com/st-columbkil...
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Deigo
about 1 year ago
3624 W North Ave Chicago
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Some cottages of Chicago. Still one of my favorite series!
about 1 year ago
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1509-1515 W. Morse Avenue, 1968. K.M. Knight Construction Co.
about 1 year ago
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Four historic Chicago auto shops. Although to be fair, one of them has been demolished...
about 1 year ago
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Some mid-century townhouses of West Ridge.
about 1 year ago
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Not sure what to post... How about a bunch of stucco cottages in West Ridge built by Niels Buck in 1919?
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