Michigan Central Railroad Depot, Jackson, Michigan
A gorgeous little Italianate relict in a rebounding city center once scoured by urban renewal and disinvestment
From the archive
Posts that have previously appeared on the Instagram account.
Danish Baptist Church / Cong. Tzemach Tzedek / Mt. Gilead Bible Church, Chicago
A tiny denomination in their home country, it was a real surprise that there were once enough Danish Baptists in Chicago to build this brick church in Humboldt Park in 1892.
Hotel Columbia, San Francisco
The Tenderloin’s trajectory in built form
Maryland Hotel / Warwick Hotel, San Francisco
A tidy Beaux Arts hotel designed by Righetti & Headman on the edge of the Tenderloin, the Maryland Hotel was built in 1912 and followed an extremely typical trajectory for a San Francisco residential hotel.
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.