Font 21: CLEANERS is inspired by the Pride Cleaners sign in the Chatham neighborhood in Chicago. It was recently announced that Pride Cleaners would be closing, but hopefully the amazing sign and iconic building will be saved 🤞🤞🤞
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It seems weird at first, why KFC from John Margolies?
This was toward the end of his life. Many of the things that seems quirky and distant to us from the 70s and 80s were as common as this KFC
John frequently photographed the everyday and ordinary places people might stop at while traveling
Curt teich linen postcard of the holy trinity russian Orthodox Church in chicago, a white church on a residential corner
hand painted mockup of the church postcard—the text in particular looks very human, but so do the leaves and trees and clouds
deltiologists deride the technical/artistic quality of the linen postcards popular in the 1930s & 1940s because the production process was much more mechanized
BUT before mass producing them, they’d hand-paint a mockup for customer approval, which are lovely little art objects themselves
are the sizes similar? or is the original larger?
Tic Toc…Linocut print. 78cm-58cm. 2016.
#printmaking #linocutprint #adeadesina
#print #linocut
This is a level of detail I rarely see in lino prints
My favorite prints are the ones you can keep looking at to discover new things, new worlds
And this is just that. nicely done
Linocut print featuring three Chicago bungalows. The middle and right two flats are similar in appearance with square front bay windows and a ground level entrance. Despite the overall similar style there are many minor differences between the two, including castellated brickwork on the middle one. 4800 block of N. Kostner. All built in the early 1920s
New mini print featuring three Chicago two-flats in North Mayfair
A mixed media painting of an abandoned building in Gary, Indiana.
Massachusetts St. - Gary
Thanks for the reply
This should have been opt-in and not opt-out
Who is asking for something so distracting and predatory as bnpl?
feeling burned by bigcartel about this decision to opt in by default
Hi, sorry for confusion. That klarna thing is new from @bigcartel.com and I don't like it at all. I'll have to follow up with them
You can use regular credit card through the site. If that doesn't work send me a DM and I can work with you so it's easy
A linocut relief print of residential buildings in Chicago, featuring a mix of styles. Romanesque on the far left, light Neoclassical in the left and middle. And a store and flats and building on the right features a mostly classical ornament with some Victorian whimsical ornament. The second building with ivy is colored green while the rest of the buildings are monochrome
A set of three three-flats and a corner store and flats building at the corner of California and Armitage in Logan Square
Oil ink #linocut print with a splash of color via oil pastel for the three-flat covered in ivy
turzak print of the north branch of the chicago river, steel ganties wiht the merchandise mart in the background
turzak print of the michigan avenue bridge, wrigley building, and tribune tower
turzak print "the workers" stylized men holding a sledgehammer, a book, etc.
how fucking cool
You've probably seen it but a block away is the Lawrfield Building
I'm glad I ran across this blog post from @chigeek.bsky.social about the old Chicago architecture Twitter scene and her impressive output on the platform. I've learned so much from her over the years and always felt like she's an essential follow.
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A mixed media painting of a two floor, seemingly abandoned building with a small grocery store painted green with white hand lettering listing groceries and Link card information. It seems like it might be morning but my head is a bit foggy.
51st & Wood - Chicago
I wrote about the School of the Art Institute of Chicago selling artist Roger Brown’s Home and Studio at 1926 N. Halsted in Lincoln Park, and the potential demolition of the historic property.
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Small metal type ornamental cityscape locked in a printing press.
Tiny Chicago on press. #letterpress
Found another nice one recently near the state line with an amazing bath mosaic
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Recruitment poster at Sokol Community Center at Elston and Kilbourn with a few Art Deco era typefaces
A poster at the Sokol Community Center with a few different typefaces that could be from @chgohoods.bsky.social
A suspension bridge at night. There is a neon sign next to it that says “Grain Belt Beer” on a bottle cap. The bridge and sign are reflected in water below.
Hennepin Avenue Bridge (1990) by HNTB and the Grain Belt Beer Sign (1941), moved to its current location in 1950.
Near me there are two bungalows and two tudors that are similar on the ground floor but with different roof profiles. The tudors have very slightly raised front landscaping too
Always wondered if a developer couldn't decide and chose 2 of each
black and white photo ambulance man splayed out on ground while others stand around, appears to be in front of a bar with an old style sign
2019 streetview man cycles past
851 w montrose
1977, "man, on way to lake to fish, dies and is taken away by fire department, ambulance on montrose ave."
jonas dovydenas photo
windmill gas, ellensburg, washington, 1987
windmill gas, ellensburg, washington, 1987
that's where I'm from and where my family lives. I suspect you're correct, though a somewhat recent development
"By all means remember tomorrow is Waltz night at the Trianon. Remember too that on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon and evening two great bands will preside at the world's most beautiful ballroom."
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I think 14. Pretty wild to discover this after knowing each other for so long!
We were probably there at the same time, wow! Think I was there until 2015
The first place I worked in Chicago was at 321 N. Clark in 2013. I remember looking up the address on google maps when living in NC and noticing the Murdoch building and saw it was near the river
Had no idea you worked in the building too!
Now available: River North, featuring a view of the Reid Murdoch Building, Marina City, and a boat cruising down the river while giving an architectural tour.
👋 Oh hey, that looks like Chicago's First Lady, doesn't it @chiarchitecture.bsky.social
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incredible line work on this one! nicely done
