Postcard Past / Present Photo (Page 2)

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Mar 6, 2025 NYC New York From the archive

Church Center for the United Nations, New York

The Church Center for the United Nations doesn’t exactly live up to its vibrant portrayal in this postcard, but the modernist chapel here is neat. Designed by William Lescaze, the United Methodist Church intended the Church Center to be a interfaith religious mission to the UN.

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Mar 4, 2025 Copenhagen

Kinopalæet og Det Ny Teater, Copenhagen

Traces of climate change and Nazis—crises past, present, and future—mark the intersection of Gammel Kongevej and Vodroffsvej.

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Feb 24, 2025 Chicago Illinois From the archive

Polish National Alliance HQ / Studio Gang Architects, Chicago

Once the HQ of one of the most influential ethnic fraternal organizations in the US and now home to one of Chicago’s most famous architecture firms in Studio Gang, the old Polish National Alliance HQ is a dignified bit of Depression Deco.

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Feb 18, 2025 Chicago Illinois From the archive

Outer Drive Bridge and MS Chicago Tribune, Chicago

There’s so much here I don’t know where to begin, so I’ll start with... ...the boat?

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Feb 12, 2025 Chicago Illinois

Blackhawk Restaurant, 139 N. Wabash, Chicago

A post-fire building by Chicago’s first recognized architect, the first national bowling tournament, big band jazz in the 1930s, prime rib and spinning salad restaurant, gutted in a facadectomy that left the shell as a liner for the parking podium of a condo tower.