Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago
The first African-American Christian Science congregation.
Illinois
Entrance to the Union Stock Yards, Chicago
The vestigial entrance to what was once the smelly, squealing, frenetic square mile that ushered in modern mechanized mass production.
A Wabash Avenue Mid-Winter Fire, Chicago
A fire, a century, a facadectomy.
Fountain of Time, Chicago
A stretch calling this a fountain, but it's still an extraordinary piece of public sculpture and a testament to thwarted ambition and groundbreaking decay.
Capone's / the Rainforest Cafe, Chicago
Somehow the Rainforest Cafe might be the least schlocky concept to occupy this building.