One could be forgiven for thinking that one of the crows in terra cotta on Chicago’s Rookery building depicts a current leader of the U.S. Congress. Some of our greatest buildings possess an expressiveness that speaks not only of the time period in which architects and builders created the structure but also to today. The […]
Entries Tagged as 'Chicago'
The Enduring Wonder of the Rookery
December 30th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Beyond Gotham
Tags: architecture·Chicago·cities·historic preservation·landmarks
Stained-Glass Glory in Chicago
July 11th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Beyond Gotham
The names Healy and Millet likely will never be as well-known as Tiffany. But to those who look up at two stained-glass ceilings in the building that housed Chicago’s grand first central public library, George Healy and Louis Millet created an artwork that is dazzling, like Louis Tiffany’s, in that “can’t take my eyes off […]
