Monthly Archives: June 2010

While the historic factory town of Pullman, in Chicago, is filled with original workers’ houses, a hotel, churches, factory buildings and stables from the early 1880s, the visitor center is somewhat peculiarly located in a former American Legion Building, constructed … Continue reading →

This building is the A.W. Steudel Technical Center, part of the Sherwin-Williams Co. Located at 549 East 115th Street, just south of the Pullman neighborhood on Chicago’s Southside, it was built in 1969.

Although it’s outside the timeframe I use for this blog, I had to include the River City development in Chicago just because I feel like it evokes mid-century sensibilities. I would assume this was the early 1970s instead of 1986, … Continue reading →

Prolific Chicago-based architect Harry Weese designed this building on a prominent corner intersection in 1968. Weese, who is more well known for his triangular designs than circular ones, provided light to the site through a large skylight and light wells … Continue reading →