JG - Postcard Past / Present Photo (Page 17)

Feb 6, 2023 Indianapolis

The Ban-Dee Restaurant & Cocktail Lounge, Indianapolis

Where you could once see bands like Bill Black’s Combo and get a bite to eat until 4am, you can now...uhhhh, huff exhaust fumes? This stretch of Fountain Square was, of course, bulldozed for highways.

Jan 30, 2023 Indianapolis

Universal Finance Corp., Fountain Square, Indianapolis

Two different fountains have been the fountain in Indianapolis’ Fountain Square - but since 2010, they’ve shared the square. Well, sort of.

Jan 27, 2023 Copenhagen

Østerbro Stadium, Copenhagen

You can almost sense the first pangs of Functionalism in Wittmaack & Hvalsøe’s austere neoclassical design for the monumental gateway into Østerbro Stadium. Built in 1926, Wittmaack and Hvalsøe’s grand entry portal was part of a broader expansion to the first athletics stadium in Denmark.

Jan 24, 2023 Copenhagen

Enghave Plads with Christ Church, Vesterbro, Copenhagen

This is one where the gap between the postcard and the present-day photo hides something big - a whole-ass metro station, which was built under Enghave Plads in the 2010s as part of Copenhagen Metro’s Circle Line.

Jan 22, 2023 Chicago From the archive

Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral, Chicago

A terrific bit of Orthodox vernacular architecture stashed on a Chicago side street, Holy Trinity was designed by Louis Sullivan of all people.