JG - Postcard Past / Present Photo (Page 10)

Jul 5, 2023 Copenhagen

Textilarbejdernes Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark

I did this one because I thought it was Denmark’s first curtain wall, designed by Arne Jacobsen. …lol, nope—that is Nyropsgade 18, next door. This is Nyropsgade…14, designed a few years later by the significantly-less-famous August Rasmussen & Torben Miland Petersen and completed in 1958.

Jun 29, 2023 Chicago From the archive

Milwaukee & Ashland, Polish Triangle, Chicago

It’s hard to imagine given how small this scruffy little plaza is today, but there used to be a whole building on top of Chicago’s Polish Triangle.

Jun 26, 2023 Quad Cities Illinois

Masonic Temple, Rock Island, Illinois

Rock Island’s Masonic Temple is a funny little example of the declining influence of fraternal organizations in the US.

Jun 21, 2023 Quad Cities Illinois

CRI&P Railroad Depot, Rock Island, Illinois

The Rock Island Line may have been a “mighty good road”, but the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific passenger station in its namesake city is surprisingly humble. Built in 1902 and designed by Frost & Granger out of Chicago, this was the CRI&P’s third (and final) passenger depot in Rock Island.

Jun 6, 2023 Quad Cities Illinois

Fort Armstrong Theatre, Rock Island, Illinois

A flamboyant brick and terracotta movie theater opened in 1921, the Fort Armstrong Theater is a preservation success story from an era where those were rare for small cities like Rock Island.