The Grotto, Portland
Carved into an extinct cinder cone volcano–Rocky Butte–in Portland, the Grotto at the Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother is pretty metal as far as Catholic shrines go.
Lander's Restaurant / Miller's Pub, Chicago
This one threw me for a loop, since I always assumed venerable Chicago tavern Miller’s Pub had been here forever.
One of the park blocks located in the heart of Portland, Oregon
Protestors toppled Portland’s Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider during the Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage in 2020. That it was toppled might be the most interesting thing about what was otherwise a pretty dull equestrian statue, sculpted by Alexander Phimister Proctor and installed in 1922.
St. Stephen King of Hungary Catholic Church, Chicago
Szt. István beaming down beatifically at the building, a rare Hungarian-language Chicago church, and an unusual Protestant-to-Catholic church conversion.
Chicago Metropolitan Mutual Assurance Co. and the Parkway Ballroom
The rise of Black insurers like the Chicago Metropolitan Mutual Assurance Company embodied “making a way out of no way”. Having made their way, CMMAC opened their new Bronzeville headquarters here in 1940, with a unique asset for the community on the second floor–the Parkway Ballroom.