Ministry of Education & Health Building / Palácio Gustavo Capanema, Rio de Janeiro
The big bang of Brazilian modernism...but someone else won the initial design competition.
Radio City, San Francisco
Born a white elephant, one of the least streamlined Streamline Moderne buildings.
Crematorium, Chapel & Vault, Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago
Soon after first firing the crematorium here in 1909, the management at Oak Woods Cemetery turned around and instituted a color line—racist even in death, “we only burn white bodies here”.
Hotel Blackhawk, Davenport, Iowa
Once the boast of a bustling downtown that had arrived, hotels like the Blackhawk are a key source of energy, prestige, and cultural capital for a downtown coming back.
Borden Buildings, Spadina Crescent, Toronto
The Borden Buildings on Toronto’s Spadina Crescent went from churning out butter, milk, and ice cream to churning out…sociologists, anthropologists, and foresters?