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Brian Nadig@NadigNewspapersFeb 10
A local historian is spearheading an effort to save an elaborately carved wooden facade of a former nightclub where the Smashing Pumpkins played its first concert in the late 1980s @SmashingPumpkin @Pres_Chicago nadignewspapers.com/effort-a…

Effort afoot to preserve facade from site of first Smashing Pumpkins concert - Nadig Newspapers -...

by CYRYL JAKUBOWSKI A local historian is spearheading an effort to save an elaborately carved wooden facade of a former nightclub where

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Phil Thompson
@wonder_city_29 Jan 2024
A Romanesque Revival of Chicago.
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Mr. Illinois@mr1llinois27 Jan 2024
Cool modern(e?) buildings on Burton Place in Chicago.
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MWRD@MWRDGC24 Jan 2024
Historical Photo of the Day: Construction of the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) on June 2, 1922. Join us on Tuesday, February 14, at 2 p.m. on our next virtual tour ⬇️ mwrd.org/education/tours/vir… 🏗💧💩🧪🧫🔬🌊🌞
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Jacob Kaplan 🇺🇦@JacobFC25 Feb 2023
Love seeing this on the front page of @Wikipedia today!
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1300 S. Albany, Chicago 1972.
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Mary@meromero362711 Jan 2023
Replying to @KevinIrvineChi @ChiGhostSigns @ForgottenChi @robertloerzel @kofchicago
I drove by last night.. interesting.. well go by today to see if I can get a better pic of the goast sign above it..📸
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Midwest Modern
@JoshLipnik5 Jan 2023
Replying to @posts_cards
third location in Oak Brook xitter.cf/joshlipnik/status/1232…
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@JoshLipnik26 Feb 2020
Richard Acott & Associates, Crate & Barrel Store (1971) Oak Brook, IL This store in suburban Oak Brook was the Chicago-based retailer’s third location after its original Old Town shop and another in Wilmette. Photos: Hedrich-Blessing Via Record Interiors of 1972
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#Poland in Chicago
@PLinChicago29 Dec 2022
Yes we did, and you guys did for us a wonderful piece of art. Thank you!
Phil Thompson
@wonder_city_13 Dec 2022
The Polish Consulate in Chicago asked us to draw their building.
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John Crouch@JCrouchPhoto22 Dec 2022
I have a question for the Chicago history sleuths out there (paging @ForgottenChi). purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/a… What was this large structure on the near northwest side of Chicago? It looks absolutely enormous. Was it near goose island?
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Phil Thompson
@wonder_city_13 Dec 2022
The Polish Consulate in Chicago asked us to draw their building.
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Jeff Nichols🌻@backwards_river4 Dec 2022
Ashland and Cortez, Chicago 1963
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✶ ✶ ✶ ✶@chi_urbanist1 Dec 2022
Not Lake, Monroe, or Jackson, but a secret fourth thing.
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Saint Adalbert Roman Catholic Church in Chicago was designed by architect Henry J. Schlacks. Its interior is modeled after the papal basilica of San Paolo fuori le mura in Rome.
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RPWRHS@RPWRHS30 Nov 2022
c. 1962 photo: Street scene - 155 Howard Western Bus in West Ridge
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Colin Boyle@colinbphoto27 Nov 2022
There was construction on northbound Halsted Street, which was a blessing in disguise because we wound up at the Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church. A kind employee saw us gazing at the building and welcomed us inside for photos + a nearly 30min convo about machine politics.
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Dayton and Clybourn, 1971. UIC
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ian bremmer
@ianbremmer11 Nov 2022
my kinda town (chicago is)
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