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.
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.
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.
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.
Frederiksborggade from Søtorvet, Copenhagen
Georges-Eugène Haussmann’s renovation of Paris directly inspired Ferdinand Meldahl’s plans for Søtorvet, a four building development envisioned as a grand new northern gateway to central Copenhagen.