Walked past a clinical chemistry trade show at Chicago’s vast McCormick Place convention center.
Category: Illinois
Louis Sullivan Ironwork
Paused at this ironwork above the entrance to a Target store in Chicago’s loop. Legendary architect, Louis Sullivan, created this for the Carson Pirie Scott department store which originally occupied this building.
57 St. Design
Visited 57 St. Design in an industrial area of Chicago’s Southside to discuss furniture.
Chicago July 2018
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Iron Road to Dixie
This week I ride the rails south from New York City towards an America that is, in some ways, a foreign country to me. Each night I’ll sleep in a hotel, pausing in Washington, DC, and Charleston, SC. In Savannah, GA, a friend will join me for a couple days. This will be the first… Continue reading Iron Road to Dixie
Tiffany Dome
Explored Tiffany art glass, including this dome at a Chicago Macy’s. (I’m looking up, 6 floors below the dome.)
Iron Road to Gotham
This week I head slowly to New York City by Amtrak. In Life, Phase 3, you don’t have to rush or be perturbed by inevitable delays. Each night I’ll be in a hotel rather than a train, which gives me a chance to go walkabout in Chicago and Cleveland. My partner will join my in… Continue reading Iron Road to Gotham
A Free Hotel Night
A contrite email: “We overbooked, we pay for a 4-star hotel.” (My hotel tonight: Chicago’s Palmer House Hilton, $0.00.)
Glass Houses and Buried Museums
The Farnsworth House A Glass House in Illinois Completed in 1951, the Farnsworth House, near Plano, Illinois, is widely regarded as one of the major architectural achievements of the twentieth century. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe took his belief that “less is more” almost to the limit by designing a steel-framed, glass-walled box. The box floats… Continue reading Glass Houses and Buried Museums
Chicago Skyline
On my walk today: one final view of the Chicago skyline before heading to O’Hare.