Buffalo Savings Bank
The Buffalo Savings Bank renamed itself Goldome in an ill-fated 1980s rebrand, but it turns out that its eye-catching gilded dome was originally…copper?
From the archive
Posts that have previously appeared on the Instagram account.
Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Jackson, Michigan
This Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Michigan is actually Lorado Taft's second version of Defense of the Flag.
Municipal Stadium, Davenport, Iowa
Davenport, Iowa is home to one of the prettiest ballparks in the country, the Quad Cities River Bandits’ Modern Woodmen Park wedged between a rail line and the Mississippi River with a bridge looming over right field. Not that you’d necessarily know it from this postcard.
Halsted Street Lift Bridge, Chicago
Chicago’s old Halsted Street Lift Bridge was the first modern vertical lift bridge in the world.
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.