with camera gear and tripods in hand and around my shoulders, i entered the chicago athletic association building for another highly anticipated afternoon spent photodocumenting the chicago athletic association building and annex - known as the "michigan building" and "madison building" respectively. after arranging my camera...

the tower club was initially known as the electric club, founded in 1916 by opera enthusiast samuel insull, who established commonwealth edison and, according to legend, was the inspiration for monopoly character rich "uncle pennybags". the club, located at north dearborn street and west calhoun...

completely and utterly exhausted. worked 13 hours straight. removed several truckloads of salvaged items from the chicago athletic club. fortunately, nearly all of the historically significant architectural elements from the original 1893 building (henry ives cobb, architect) and the 1907 "michigan building" addition (schmidt, garden...

ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS/NEWEST POSTS WRIGHT STUFF  An Architectural blog struck gold with photos and intel from a reader that suggest Frank Lloyd Wright's William Winslow House is being prepped for sale in River Forest for around $2M. The tipster, Anthony Thompson, befriended the owner and wound up inside the large 1893 home— one of...

The sheer variety of rare and unusual pieces here is mind-blowing. Between the huge warehouse in Chicago’s West Town and the online catalog, this architectural antique store is like a museum where everything is for sale. From stained and leaded glass windows, to historic building hardware...

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