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Law as public art (Lagrange Catholic school building)

I think this instagram filter captures the deeply unpleasant color and sheen of the river today

goldberg variations from a young recent northwestern grad. i like it a lot.

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lookupchicago:

In the entryway of the vacant building at 1725 W. Chicago Avenue in West Town is a terrazzo floor with a beautiful design for the business that used to be housed there. I just noticed this earlier this week after passing by it nearly a dozen times.

Joe Barabas started a men’s furnishing company here sometime in the mid-to-late 1920’s. The style screams art deco and I can’t hum “Puttin’ on the Ritz” every time I look at it. I hope another business eventually moves into this building and keeps the floor. It’s been vacant for more than 5 years. You can find more photos on Flickr (without the gate) from attorney and frequent Chicago photographer Mark Susina.

I wonder if the business survived the Great Depression.

At my pastor friend’s installation

Good morning, election day

Daytona Beach, boardwalk

calumet412:

A gas station designed by Bertrand Goldberg (Marina City), corner of Clark and Maple, 1937, Chicago.

bertrandgoldberg.org

(thanks to chicagogeek for catching my error!)

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Taken with Instagram

collective-history:

June 28, 1956: Smog testing with human subjects 

L.A. Times