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.
From the archive
Posts that have previously appeared on the Instagram account.
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.
Charles Bruning Co., 4700 W. Montrose, Chicago
The building that blueprints built, even more literally than usual–the Charles Bruning Co. manufactured blueprint paper. Designed by Victor L. Charn and nestled between two rail lines, this gorgeous Art Moderne factory opened in 1941.
The Russian Oil Co., 1128 W. Newport Ave., Chicago
A plucky little survivor from 1894 that outlived the railroad that brought it to life.