Connecting the Windy City

Stuck.  {Chicago Tribune, November 1, 1925} The wind is straight out of the north today with gusts close to 50 m.p.h.   I just squeaked...

The Chicago River in 1902 at State Street (City Files Press) Last night I was fortunate enough to spend a couple of hours with some grea...

Farnsworth House (www.e-architect.uk) In his 1974 book Mies van der Rohe at Work Peter Carter wrote of Farnsworth House in Plano, Illi...

Rockefeller Chapel Main Entrance (JWB Photo) “In a ceremony of impressive dignity matching that of the edifice itself, the University o...

I’m afraid that the last warm front is on its way east and with the time changing over the weekend, we are headed for the months that t...

Running on a strict schedule, Union Pacific’s streamlined train, the M-10001, came to Chicago on this day, October 24, in 1934, midway ...

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