A Few Business House of Apple River, Illinois
Pretty shocked that some of these buildings were 1) still standing, and 2) that I could find them...but there are only so many buildings in a town of 366.
From the archive
Posts that have previously appeared on the Instagram account.
Home of Chester A. Arthur / Kalustyan's, New York City
An inauguration, a dead president, and now a beloved international ingredient emporium with a specialty in South Asian & Middle Eastern spices–this is the New York I love.
Nikolas Hotel/Harvest Commons, Chicago
An exuberant Art Deco SRO overlooking one of Chicago's oldest public parks, preserved as affordable housing–this is such an encouraging project.
Irving Park Reformed Church, Chicago
The first church in Irving Park, highway construction in the 1950s just missed the old Irving Park Reformed Church in the 1950s, but the Kennedy
YMCA, Cortland Street, Jackson, Michigan
Buildings razed for parking lots, surprising survivors, and art as a revitalization tool–the story of Jackson's old Cortland Street YMCA.