A man writing an incredibly gendered guide to pregnancy called My Boys Can Swim!. Brags that it doesn't have any of that touchy feely stuff you find in those books written for women.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/menwritingwomen
All Saints Episcopal Church, Ravenswood. Built in 1883, it is Chicago's oldest wood frame church.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
A 2,500-year-old glazed brick lion that graced the path to the Ishtar Gate in ancient Babylon. Now at the University of Chicago [2338 × 2338] [OC]4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Little Italy, Chicago townhouses clad in limestone from Joliet, Illinois. This creamy yellow stone was the most desirable building material in pre-fire Chicago and was marketed as Athens Marble. After 1890, smooth grey Bedford Limestone from Indiana took over as the most popular stone.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Bloom High School, Chicago Heights. An art deco gem in southern Cook County, built 1931.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
A 1909 apartment building designed and built by a local brick mason. Chicago.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/bizarrebuildings
There is a tiny Darth Vader carved in stone on National Cathedral in Washington, DC.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
Chicago Town and Tennis Club. Built 1924. Demolished 2020, despite a private offer to move the building to a Chicago park. Future site of a dormitory.3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Bloom High School, Chicago Heights. Built 1931, designed by Royer, Danely & Smith.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
The modernist Silhan House, Berwyn, IL. Designed and built in 1937 by Czech contractor Robert Silhan using recycled glazed brick.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
One of the best entrances in Chicago - the Art Deco St. Thomas the Apostle School. Built 1929, Hyde Park.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
A gorgeous glazed brick building in Back-of-the-Yards. Built in 1915. Designed by Joseph Fortin, bricks laid by Joseph Daleo.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
The former parish house of St Michael the Archangel. Built 1892. South Chicago.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
[building] Glass block and brick blend together on a new community development center in Little Village, Chicago.4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
A Craftsman/Abstract take on an Ionic column by architect Hermann Gaul, 1912.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
The former Belmont Theater, built 1926. Closed in the 60s, the building was gutted in 1996 and converted to condos with the original terra cotta facade remaining.11mo ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Garfield Park's former Egyptian Varnish Co, on of a handful of Egyptian Revival buildings found across Chicago.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Chicago West Loop's Checker Taxi Building. Built (probably) 1966 and covered in green and checkered bricks (the colors of Checker Taxi). An odd midcentury facade. During a 1978 labor dispute, someone chucked a grenade in the entrance.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Henry Dubin House, built 1929 and designed by Dubin. Nicknamed the Battledeck House because of its steel frame, welded steel floors, and similarity in appearance and construction to a ship deck. Highland Park, IL.3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
Chicago Fire Department, Engine Company 99. 3042 S Kedvale, Little Village. Built 1913.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Hoxie Mansion, at S Michigan & 45th in Grand Boulevard. John Hoxie came to Chicago in 1859 and made a fortune in the railroad. The Hoxie family lived at this corner from 1873-1922, commissioning this house in 1893.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Terra cotta and incandescent bulbs on Louis Sullivan's final design, the Krause Music Store. Built 1921, Chicago.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
A tiny Art Deco gem in Wicker Park. 1366 N Milwaukee Ave, built in 1927 and designed by Edward Steinborn. Steinborn also designed the Music Box Theater.3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
NBC Tower. Designed by Adrian Smith and built 1989 in a modern Art Deco style inspired by Rockefeller Center.11mo ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Brick detail on the Cenacle Retreat and Conference Center. Lincoln Park, Chicago. [building]4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
The Robert and Katherine Silhan House, built 1937. Berwyn, IL.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/ModernistArchitecture
Louis Sullivan's National Farmers Bank. The first of his Jewel Box Banks. Built 1908 in Owatonna, MN. [building]4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
A recently restored 1920s commercial building and ballroom at Cottage Grove and 64th in Woodlawn2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
[OC] The massive air vents of the brutalist St Mary's hospital, Chicago. The columns between the windows contain patient bathrooms.3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/brutalism
2457 W Chicago Ave. Built as the Ukrainian Labor Hall in 1927, it was also known as The People's Auditorium and subject to many anti-communist raids in the 40s and 50s. Today it is the American Ukrainian Children's Assoc.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
St Thomas The Apostle School. Hyde Park, Chicago. Arch, Barry Byrne.4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
The former Bank of Ravenswood at Lawrence & Walcott. It was built in 1963 and torn down this past month.3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
A block of beautiful brick two-flats in Austin. 4900 block of W Iowa St, built in 1913-14.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
St. Mary's Hospital, Chicago. Built 1975, designed by E Todd Wheeler. [OC]3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/brutalism
[building] A stunning terracotta gable on a house in Evanston, IL. Built 1879.4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
[building] Greek key brick detailing on Herzl Elementary School. Designed by Arthur Hussander, built 1915 in North Lawndale, Chicago4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
Boeing International Headquarters. Designed by Perkins & Will, built 1990 originally for Morton Salt.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/ModernistArchitecture
The National Puerto Rican Museum. Built in 1895 as the Humboldt Park Receptory and Stables.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Wolves fan here. Just wanted to say that y'all have the best looking court in the league.3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/UtahJazz
NBC Tower, Chicago. Built in 1989 and designed by Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/ArtDeco
Logan Square's Norwegian Lutheran Memorial Church (left, built 1908) is based on Norway's Bragernes Church (right, built 1871). Norwegian and Scandinavian immigrants flocked to Logan Square following its annexation into Chicago in 1889.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
First Church of Deliverance. Designed by Illinois's first licensed black architect, Walter T Bailey. Bronzeville, Chicago.4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
The brutalist St Mary's Hospital, Ukrainian Village. Its big innovation was making every patient's room a single room. The columns on the tower contain patient bathrooms.3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
[building] Glazed blue bricks on a midcentury modern building in Chicago4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
I got to tour the Chicago Fleet Maintenance Center where the city repairs all of its fire trucks, snowplows, and other large vehicles.4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/Justrolledintotheshop
[Misc] I’m an architecture and brick photographer. Here is my very particular book (and brick) collection.4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
[building] Terracotta cartouche on Louis Sullivan's National Farmer's Bank. Built 1908 in Owatonna, Minnesota.4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
The delightfully postmodern Houston branch of the Federal Reserve. Michael Graves, 20052yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/bizarrebuildings
I.W. Colburn's modernist take on gothic tower. Hinds Laboratory, University of Chicago, 1969.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/ModernistArchitecture
The entrance to 2936-2934 W Logan Blvd in Logan Square. Designed by Frederick Schock and built in 1909, it is a rare example of Art Nouveau design in Chicago.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
3820 S Albany Ave. Built in 1909 by mason and contractor Emil Miehlke, he used a dozen different types of brick for the building's facade. His name is written in brick on the corner as well.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
SR Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1956.3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/ModernistArchitecture
[building] Brick and terra cotta details on Duluth, Minnesota's Fire Station No. 1 [OC]4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
Ohio Valley-style pizza: baked crust and sauce, uncooked cheese and toppings added after. 1/10 for looks, 7/10 for taste.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/PizzaCrimes
I'm a brick photographer, and I'm back with more of my favorite brick walls from across Chicago6yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
[building] A 1882 Moorish revival apartment building in Duluth, Minnesota.4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
2050 W Monroe. Built in 1884 as a home for John F Wolff and family. Wolff ran a large plumbing manufacturing and supply company. At one point Wolff supplied plumbing fixtures for 95% of all Chicago Public Schools.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
For the past 9 months I've been taking pictures of bricks and brick walls across Chicago. Here are some of my favorites:7yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
[building] The Chicago Town and Tennis Club. Designed by George Maher, built 1925. [OC]5yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
Chicago Bulls and Vucevic donate to help give 450 Thanksgiving meals to Lawndale and Little Village residents!2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicagobulls
Ogden Corners Apartments, Old Town. Built in 1970 on a new block that was created by the removal of Ogden Avenue. Ogden was extended from Union Park to the lake in the 1930s before being removed north of Division in 1967.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
[building] Sitzmann Hall, St. Thomas University. A mansion built in the late 1920s on St. Paul, MN's historic Summit Avenue.5yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
The Winchester Apartments, Pittsburgh. Designed by Herbert Seigle, built 1972.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/ModernistArchitecture
The Austin Fire Station, built in 1899, was the last municipal building built in Austin before the township was annexed into Chicago later that year.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
The Medinah Temple, 600 N Wabash. Built in 1912 as an auditorium it was most recently the flagship Bloomingdales.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Netsch House - Old Town, Chicago. Designed by Walter Netsch, built 18743yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/ModernistArchitecture
This Art Deco mini-skyscraper at Western & Madison was built in 1929 as headquarters for the West Town State Bank. The bank failed in 1931. Later it was home to pioneering Black radio stations, hosting programs from Jack L Cooper and Al Benson.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Two-flat for Emil C. Uber, Logan Square. Designed by Herman Gaul and built in 1912.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
One of my favorite Art Deco buildings in Chicago! ComEd power substation at 1042 N Western in Ukrainian Village4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Fisher House, built 1929 and designed by Howard T Fisher. One of the earliest modernist houses in the Chicago region.3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/ModernistArchitecture
Roseland Post Office. Roseland, Chicago. Designed by John Bollenbacher and built in 1936 with PWA funds.3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/ArtDeco
An former auto dealership on S Michigan Ave in Motor Row, built 1915. Designed by the firm Holabird & Roche, its was home to Ralph Temple Auto, then Jordan/Liberty Automobiles, and finally Stutz Motors. It is now loft apartments.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
The futuristic St Joseph the Betrothed (built in 1977) towers over Norridge and the western edge of Chicago.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
The Roseland Post Office. An art deco beauty on Chicago's far south side!3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Stephen Colbert and David Schwimmer in their Northwestern University improv troupe, No Fun Mud Piranhas 1984 [450 x 657]10yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
IIT Main Building, 33rd & LaSalle. Built in 1891 as the Armour Technical Institute.3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Bronzeville's First Church of Deliverance, built 1939. A rare example of a Streamline Moderne style church. The inside features lots of green, stainless steel trim, and a huge neon cross.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
[LOTW] EF 17-40mm f/4L - 17mm, 1/13s, f16, ISO400, 6D - Projecting Brickwork3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/canon
Second Presbyterian Church, S Michigan Ave. Built in 1874, its yellow limestone has tar deposits in it that weep out, slightly spotting the stone. The stone was quarried in Chicago, near Western & Augusta.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
St Michael the Archangel towers over 83rd and South Shore in South Chicago. Built in 1909, US Steel donated most of the building's steel as a majority of the Polish Catholic parishioners worked in their nearby mills.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
The Western Blvd Pumping Station in Back-of-the-Yards. Water is pumped to the station from Lake Michigan through tunnels under 73rd St. and Western Ave. This station provides water pressure for most of the Southwest Side of Chicago.3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Frank Lloyd Wright's Winslow House in River Forest, IL. Built in 1893, it was his first independent commission after leaving Adler & Sullivan.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
The Holden Block in the West Loop. Built in 1872, it was financed by C.C.P. Holden, an alderman who was in charge of relief efforts after the Great Chicago Fire.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
I'm a brick collector and Mr Rogers devotee. I finally managed to add a McFeely firebrick to my collection! McFeely firebricks were produced by Mr. Rogers' grandparents.4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/ChurchofRogers
Uptown's Wilton Hotel. Built in 1926, it was designed by the same team who designed the Aragon Ballroom.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lithuanian Catholic church in Marquette Park on the southwest side. Built 1957, combining baroque and modern design.1yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
I've always loved the architecture of St. Paul's historic apartment buildings. Especially this 1924 Tudor revival on Grand Ave [OC]4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/TwinCities
Three generations of Chicago train stations: Chicago and North Western Wells St. Station (built 1881, demolished 1910), Chicago and North Western Depot (built across the river in 1911, demolished 1984), and Ogilvie Transportation Center (built on top of the previous station 1984-87).5yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
I take pictures of bricks and brick walls, mostly in Chicago. Here are some of my favorites.7yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
Weeping mortar and prominent flash points (spots) on brickwork. South Shore, Chicago. [technical]4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
St. Paul Central High School. Built 1912. The 1912 building was gutted and the new building was built on top of it in 1979.5yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Fun Fact: Chicago's municipal buildings are built multiple times with the same design. This is the 1914 type fire station in North Lawndale, Ravenswood, Burnside, and South Shore. This practice is still used today.3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Between 1893 and 1918, the Chicago Department of Health built 21 public bathhouses to encourage hygiene at a time when many homes lack proper facilities. The last closed in 1978. Pictured: Medill Public Bath (built 1906, now a private residence)4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
The Chicago Fire Academy at 558 W DeKoven Ave. It was built in 1960 on the site of the O'Leary barn, the starting point of the 1871 Great Fire. It is the only building on the only remaining block of DeKoven Ave.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
St Columba Catholic Church, St Paul, MN. Designed by Barry Byrne, built 1949.2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
Neon Swedish flag in the window of Simon's Tavern in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago.7yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/vexillology
I'm an architecture and brick photographer. Here's my very specific book collection!5yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/bookporn
Adler Residence, Chicago. Designed by Dankmar Adler (partner of Louis Sullivan) as his family home. Built 1885, demolished 1961. The two other Adler designed townhomes on either side of the residence were demolished earlier that same year.5yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
National Farmer's Bank in Owatonna, MN. Designed by architect Louis Sullivan and built in 1908.4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/minnesota
Chicago Coliseum. Built 1899, demolish 1982. Home of the Chicago Blackhawks from 1926-1929 and the first ever Roller Derby in 1935.5yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Chicago Public Schools has some really amazing architecture. This is one of my favorites, Gary Elementary in Little Village. Designed by then chief architect Dwight Perkins and built in 1909.4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
3 New Chicago Libraries + Senior Housing. Designed by (top to bottom) Skidmore Owings Merrill, John Ronan, and Perkins & Will2yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
Federal Reserve, Houston Branch. Designed by Michael Graves Architects & Designers, built 20052yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
Chicago Ave. Bridge - Chicago, IL. Built 1914. Demolished 2018.5yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
Projecting brickwork on the Green Line Performing Arts Center. Washington Park, Chicago. Designed by Morris Architects and Theaster Gates4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
I'm an architecture photographer and I spent a couple great days in Duluth. Here's my favorite building I saw, a 1882 Moorish Revival building in Central Hillside!4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/duluth
Riders look out at the newly renovated Banff Springs Hotel, 1929. [760 x 600]11yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
St Paul Church towers over Pilsen. Built from 1890-1900, the bricks were hand laid by the parishioners.4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Visited Crosby Farm recently - my favorite place growing up in St. Paul6yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/TwinCities
Roman bricks and bright mortar beds emphasize the horizontal line on Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House (1909, Chicago)3yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/architecture
Stone Temple Baptist Church, North Lawndale. Throughout the 50s and 60s, Stone Temple was an important forum for the Civil Rights Movement in Chicago and hosted MLK several times.4yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/chicago
Southside Masonic Temple, Chicago - Built 1921, demolished 2018.5yr ⋅ ThanHowWhy ⋅ r/Lost_Architecture
