Superior Chevrolet, Indianapolis
A multi-story car dealership and service center in prime urban renewal territory on the edge of Indianapolis’ downtown core—I’m a little surprised that this one hung on.
Hotel Moana, Chicago
Borrowing the Polynesian word for ocean to give an exotic sheen to an otherwise ordinary middle-class residential hotel, the Hotel Moana in Chicago housed mechanics, soldiers, typists, students, bail bondsmen, and elevator operators after it opened in 1917, designed by T.R. Bishop.
Eagle Paper Box Manufacturing Co., Chicago
Once a productive portion of a major industrial district, this former paper box plant is still hanging in there—barely.
Hotel Lankershim/Hotel Zetta, San Francisco
One of the hundreds of San Francisco residential hotels converted to tourist use.
Carmo Archaeological Museum, Lisbon
Romantic with a capital R, the former Church of Carmo in Lisbon—now an archeological museum—is both a real ruin and a manufactured one.