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  • Chicago Theater’s glorious sign, 1927

    By Charles Lipson
    Saturday, September 10, 2016 0 Chicago and Illinois, Historic photographs No tags Permalink

    The sign looks much the same today, all spruced up with more color.

    The shows are a little different. 1927’s “A Kiss in a Taxi” is gone, replaced by a racier, less-expensive version, “A Hookup in an Uber.”

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  • Chicago Loop, 1893

    By Charles Lipson
    Wednesday, September 7, 2016 0 Chicago and Illinois, Historic photographs No tags Permalink

    Still the heart of Chicago’s Loop, this picture at State and Monroe was taken in 1893.

    The buildings are still low because elevators and steel frames were just beginning to replace walk-ups with load-bearing walls. People don’t want to walk up six or seven flights of stairs.

    Personal note: My own home in Hyde Park, near the University of Chicago, was completed one year earlier by architects Holabird and Roche, who designed some of the best of these new skyscrapers.

    My thanks to Jeff Nichols who shared this wonderful photograph.

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  • The Lions Never Sleep: Guarding the Art Institute of Chicago, 1926

    By Charles Lipson
    Sunday, August 7, 2016 0 Chicago and Illinois, Historic photographs Historic photographs Permalink
    Deutsche Fotothek, posted by Jeff Nichols in "Forgotten Chicago" on Facebook

    Art Institute of Chicago, 1926. Deutsche Fotothek

    The lions are still there, guarding the entrance.

    With thanks to  Jeff Nichols who posted this in “Forgotten Chicago” on Facebook.

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