JG - Postcard Past / Present Photo (Page 19)

Jan 5, 2023 Indianapolis

Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis

Amazing what the Clean Air Act and a nice wash can do–Indianapolis’ Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral looks great. The seat of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, the actual parish here is pretty small.

Jan 4, 2023 Chicago From the archive

Bertini Bros., 535 N. Wells, Chicago

Small but attractive indeed–Norwegian-American architects Michaelsen & Rognstad designed this Italian Baroque-inspired terracotta jewel for olive oil importer William Bertini in 1922. A renovation of an Italianate originally built in 1877, the building is a neat microcosm of the path of River North.

Jan 3, 2023 Indianapolis

Thomas Taggart Memorial, Riverside Park, Indianapolis

A neoclassical flourish meant to cap the entrance to Indianapolis’ Riverside Park, the Thomas Taggart Memorial was built to honor the progressive three-term Mayor of Indianapolis who founded the city parks department and pushed for the creation of Riverside Park.

Jan 2, 2023 Chicago From the archive

Hotel Sutherland, Chicago

Lot going on here: begun as the Cooper-Monatah Hotel, but requisitioned by the federal government for use as a military hospital before it ever opened. Operated for years as a segregationist white-only apartment hotel. Home to a legendary jazz venue that served integrated audiences.

Jan 1, 2023 Copenhagen From the archive

Marmorkirken, Copenhagen

openhagen’s Marmorkirken: Scandinavia’s largest church dome, it took 145 years of start-stop construction to build it, and in that time basically every architect in Denmark floated a design proposal for the half-finished church.