A major reason why Chicago has tremendously flourished in those 70 years was its architecture, known as the Commercial Style, or the Chicago School.
Famous neighborhood architecture from Pullman to Edgewater that showcase the city’s history
Percent of grads employed 9 months out: 97%Median starting salary: $160,000
Original Caption: Youngsters Returning To Class Following A Fire Drill In A Chicago Elementary School. Fire Drills Assume A Greater Importance In The Ghetto Schools Where Area Buildings Are More Vulnerable To Vandalism And Fire. Note The Vacant Building With Broken Windows In The Background, 10/1973 U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-13813 Photographer: White, John H, 1945- Subjects: African-American Chicago (Cook county, Illinois, United States) Environmental Protection Agency Project DOCUMERICA Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=556265 Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. NARA maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted
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WBEZ finds that recent and proposed school construction projects disproportionately go to schools serving white middle-class students. It also keeps some schools racially and economically isolated, ignoring opportunities to create more diverse schools. WBEZ’s Becky Vevea and Sarah Karp report.
THIS WAS THE FIRST MODERN SKYSCRAPER, FIRST BUILDING TO HAVE A STEEL FRAME, BUILT IN 1881 TORN DOWN 1931 WILLIAM LEBARON JENNEY ARCHIRECT. THE HOME INSURANCE BUILDING IS GENERALLY NOTED AS THE FIRST TALL BUILDING TO BE SUPPORTED, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, BY A FIREPROOF METAL FRAME. IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1884 IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA. AND WAS THE FIRST TALL UILDING TO USE STRUCTURAL STEEL IN ITS FRAME, BUT THE MAJOTITY OF ITS STRUCTURE WAS COMPOSED OF CAST AND WROUGHT IRON. WHILE THE DITHERINGTON FLAX MILL WAS A EARLIER FIREPROOF METAL FRAMED BUILDING, IT WAS ONLY FIVE STORIES TALL.
After one year in the top slot, the University of Chicago's biz program fell to a tie for No. 3.
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north half (foreground) consists of 2 16-story buildings, the Monadnock and Kearage, designed by Burnham & Root, completed 1891 • tallest load-bearing masonry buildings ever built • south buildings, the Katahdin and the Wachusett, designed by Holabird & Roche, completed 1893 • on completion was largest office building in world • 1938 remodeling by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill • vintage photos • Wikipedia • designated Chicago Landmark, 1973 • National Register #70000236, 1970 • South Dearborn Street/Printing House Row Historic District National Register #76000705, 1976
tallest of the Gage Group Buildings (1890-1900), 30, 24 and 18 S Michigan Ave • late Chicago School skyscraper by Holabird & Roche • buff-colored terra cotta facade designed by Louis Sullivan, called in by Holabird & Roche at insistence of Gage Bros. • one of Chicago's 5 Sullivan buildings still standing 4-story addition by Holabird & Roche, 1902 • 1952 remodeling removed Sullivan's cast iron ornament from 1st floor facade • 1986 remodeling preserved original design • designated Chicago Landmark, 1996 • facade restoration begun, 2004 • National Register #85002840,1985 part of the "Michigan Avenue Streetwall" aka "The Cliff" • designated Chicago Landmark, 2002 • placed on National Trust for Historic Preservation's 11 Most Endangered Places list, 2008 • Wikipedia
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Chicago ( /ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/, locally also /ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊ/), officially the City of Chicago, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the third most populous city in the United States. With an estimated population of 2,705,994 (2018), it is also the most populous city in the Midwestern United States. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, the second most populous county in the US, with a small portion of the northwest side of the city extending into DuPage County near O'Hare Airport
private social club designed by Martin Roche (1853-1927), Holabird & Roche, Chicago • arguably first gothic skyscraper • organized mainly by alumni of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, 1887, to foster appreciation of literature and the arts • home page
The Chicago Theatre was among the earliest theaters in the nation to be built in Rapp and Rapp's signature Neo-Baroque French-revival style. It is the oldest surviving example of this style in Chicago. The original 1921 interior decoration of the auditorium included fourteen large romantic French-themed murals surrounding the proscenium by Chicago artist Louis Grell (1887-1960), a common feature that Rapp and Rapp architects included in their movie palace designs. This image was taken in October 2017. Production and Shipping Time: Glossy Photo Paper: 5 days for printing, 5 days for shipping. Ready-to-Hang Canvas: 5 days for printing, 5 days for shipping. SHIPPING DETAILS There are 3 ways to print these images. 1) Premium Glossy Photo Paper are high quality, professional paper-prints. Sharp, Vivid and rich Color sets this apart from a casual photo print. You'll feel like you're there. Premium Glossy Photo Paper will last a long time. This option is available in 8x10 inches, 11x14 inches or 16x20 inches. They are designed to be placed in a glass frame, which can be purchased separately (starting at a few dollars at your local Target or online). 2) Ready to Hang Canvas are ready to hang right out of the box with zero assembly required. Ultimate convenience. Gorgeous finished look. It comes out of the shipping box finished and ready to hang with a simple nail in the wall. Canvas Prints are a well-known, high-end way of displaying photographs. .75 inch thick wooden stretcher-bars that give it shape, in the same way an oil painting is traditionally assembled. There are no staples or ugly lines visible on the sides (very important). Estimated delivery time for printing, assembling, packing and shipping is around 10 days. 3) Ready to Hang Canvas (split into 3 panels) This is for larger pieces, and the photograph is split into 3 even panels, 3 separate canvas panels which put together make a single large image. This gives a modern look, and allows spectacularly large sizes on your wall! 4) Aluminum Metal Prints Create elegant wall decor that shines with high-end, exclusive and unique aluminum metal prints. Create a polished addition to any home or office. 3/64" thick aluminum panel. Features a glossy coating and rounded edges. UV resistant ink prevents fading. All metal sizes are ready to hang on your wall, right out of the box. 5) Acrylic Prints Create eye-catching home decor with modern acrylic prints. Light refracts through the museum-quality acrylic bringing vibrancy and depth to your photos. The .22" thick clear acrylic produces superb image quality from edge to edge and absolutely stunning, brilliant color! UV resistant ink prevents fading. All metal sizes are ready to hang on your wall, right out of the box
Refurbishment of Sogeprom Headquarters designed by Ateliers 2/3/4/, The present building is showing off a typical facade of the eighties office towers’
1880’s-1910’s The Chicago School comprises an intellectually elite group of progressive architects in late-19th-century Chicago, Illinois. They introduce the skyscraper, a new building …
The Chicago Theatre, originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre, is a landmark theater located on North State Street in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Built in 1921, the Chicago Theatre was listed as a Chicago Landmark January 28, 1983. The distinctive Chicago Theatre marquee, "an unofficial emblem of the city", appears frequently in film, television, artwork, and photography. This image was taken in July 2018. Production and Shipping Time: Glossy Photo Paper: 5 days for printing, 5 days for shipping. Ready-to-Hang Canvas: 5 days for printing, 5 days for shipping. SHIPPING DETAILS There are 3 ways to print these images. 1) Premium Glossy Photo Paper are high quality, professional paper-prints. Sharp, Vivid and rich Color sets this apart from a casual photo print. You'll feel like you're there. Premium Glossy Photo Paper will last a long time. This option is available in 8x10 inches, 11x14 inches or 16x20 inches. They are designed to be placed in a glass frame, which can be purchased separately (starting at a few dollars at your local Target or online). 2) Ready to Hang Canvas are ready to hang right out of the box with zero assembly required. Ultimate convenience. Gorgeous finished look. It comes out of the shipping box finished and ready to hang with a simple nail in the wall. Canvas Prints are a well-known, high-end way of displaying photographs. .75 inch thick wooden stretcher-bars that give it shape, in the same way an oil painting is traditionally assembled. There are no staples or ugly lines visible on the sides (very important). Estimated delivery time for printing, assembling, packing and shipping is around 10 days. 3) Ready to Hang Canvas (split into 3 panels) This is for larger pieces, and the photograph is split into 3 even panels, 3 separate canvas panels which put together make a single large image. This gives a modern look, and allows spectacularly large sizes on your wall! 4) Aluminum Metal Prints Create elegant wall decor that shines with high-end, exclusive and unique aluminum metal prints. Create a polished addition to any home or office. 3/64" thick aluminum panel. Features a glossy coating and rounded edges. UV resistant ink prevents fading. All metal sizes are ready to hang on your wall, right out of the box. 5) Acrylic Prints Create eye-catching home decor with modern acrylic prints. Light refracts through the museum-quality acrylic bringing vibrancy and depth to your photos. The .22" thick clear acrylic produces superb image quality from edge to edge and absolutely stunning, brilliant color! UV resistant ink prevents fading. All metal sizes are ready to hang on your wall, right out of the box
A walk around Chicago is an epic journey through the city’s flamboyant eras. You’ll be equally delighted by the Loop’s Art Deco skyscrapers, the exciting
Famous neighborhood architecture from Pullman to Edgewater that showcase the city’s history
Classics Quad at the University of Chicago.
Oriental Institute reading room, University of Chicago A wonderful place to read, if you’re serious about it… Quiet enough to hear the pages turning.
Gensler was tasked with bringing the first ever Student Center to Columbia College Chicago, located in Chicago, Illinois. Columbia College Chicago’s five-story, 114,000-square-foot student center […]
Lane Technical College Prep High School (architect John C. Christensen) is a Gothic icon on Western Avenue, a break from the relentlessly d...
Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) completed the Academic and Residential Complex, a flexible learning and living environment at the University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago, […]
