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Chicago Tudor Revival AF
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marigoldmimsy.bsky.social
we made a visit to the iconic Louis Kahn designed parliament house in dhaka

the building was constructed in 1961, an imposing structure commissioned by the government in West Pakistan as a show of power

from the 2024 uprisings, we can make out "we won" painted to the side of the building
the side of the Louis Kahn designed parliament building in dhaka a more full view of the Louis Kahn building with cylinders, various triangle cutouts and marble inlay grid lines throughout a full view from the front steps of parliament with a military guard coming to check on us
January 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
tudoraf.bsky.social
This brick is neat
Color close-up of red brick in running course. Each brick mostly vertical lines, but interrupted by swirls a la fingerpainting.
January 6, 2026 at 6:31 PM
tudoraf.bsky.social
Stumbled upon an Emma Kennett design, 7351 N. Seeley, ca. 1927
Color photo of a symmetrical 3-flat with English basement in pale yellow brick. Facade 3-sided polygonal with, for each story, three windows in front in center section and one on each side. Entrance has simple pediment held up by skinny twisty columns. Red front door surrounded by side lights. All the jazz is on the raised first floor. Each window has a lunette with a sunrise, under a brick arch with an oversized stone/concrete keystone. Between each of the central windows is a twisty column, which ends in a balustrade, just above the front door. Top half of building plain, except for gently castellated parapet.
January 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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posts-cards.bsky.social
pulled the teich co. production file at the newberry library for the former nikolas hotel, now harvest commons supportive housing, overlooking union park

www.postcard-past.com/nikolas-hote...
shitty photo of a damaged photo negative, five cars in front of the building retouched black and white image, most cars removed save two design sketch in pencil i think, address edited final postcard on the left, 2021 photo on the right
January 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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mrillinois.bsky.social
St. Catherine of Alexandria in Oak Lawn, a nice little midcentury church
Yellow brick school building with funky sculpture on wall Interior of church, open rectangular layout and colorful abstract stained glass Joseph Mary and child Jesus walking thru desert
January 4, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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chlurg.bsky.social
@chicagovtfloor.bsky.social spotted this funky pattern canvassing in north park today
a multi colored tile floor.
January 4, 2026 at 2:15 AM
tudoraf.bsky.social
For the HP nerds, built in 1912, designed by W. Carbys Zimmerman, w/ pieces from American Terra Cotta & Ceramic Co.
Snippet from Inter Ocean, 11/14/1912. 1438-40-42-44 East 57th st. 2 story brick stores and office. B Ackerman, 1446 East 75th st., W G [sic] Zimmerman arch, C W Surber mason ...... 24,000. Snippet from listing. 2248. B. Ackerman Store & Office 57th St. & Blackstone Ave. Chicago Zimmerman
January 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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everylotchicago.bsky.social
551 North Central Avenue
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1609114003: 551 North Central Avenue
January 3, 2026 at 5:30 AM
tudoraf.bsky.social
BREAKING: big change in @lake-michigan.live Ominousness Power Rankings
laurie-merrell.bsky.social Laurie @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 4d
I think Muskegon is just fully redeemed. not ominous any more. Manistee has inherited the ominous throne
January 3, 2026 at 12:56 AM
tudoraf.bsky.social
Once again repeating this call from Rogers Park with slim photographic evidence.
Color photo of a city park in winter, snow on ground, with blurry large (but not big ass) moon in twilight sky above.
January 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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dmercer.bsky.social
1103 Westgate, Oak Park, Illinois. This facade was designed my Meyer and Cook and added to an older building. The red material peeking thought the peeling paint might be Vitrolite.
Black terra cotta decoration around a doorway to a building faced with smooth gray stone. On either side of the door are swirls, flowers, chevrons, and pointy bits (technical term). Above the door are large, stylized sunflowers, more swirls, and radiating rays. Corner of the same building, housing a patisserie. Most of this area is windows, but above the windows is a band that used to be covered by awnings. The awnings have been removed, revealing swirling red glass beneath peeling black paint.
January 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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robertloerzel.bsky.social
Fata morgana! This morning at Montrose Point, this scene was visible across Lake Michigan on the southeast horizon.
January 2, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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sophiama.bsky.social
This building never fails to catch my eye whenever I pass by it. #chicago #architecture on my #digicam

#building #urban #city #glass #art #stainedglass #design #aesthetic #house #historic #photography #film #vintage
close up view of the front steps and main entrance of an ornate, lime-/graystone Chicago 3 flat, with a striking green wrought handrail/fence and cool-toned stained glass over the door and windows Another shot of the same Chicago 3-flat (3.5 flat?), this time focusing on its upper half, as seen from behind a barren-branched pair of trees.
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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suesswassersee.bsky.social
Happy new year friends, keep fighting the fascists and loving our neighbors
January 1, 2026 at 6:11 AM
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platlanta.bsky.social
In honor of the New Year we’re gonna actually post a plat on here. Don’t get used to it!

Atkins Park

Trigger warning: lots of racist bullshit
Atkins Park plat, including the note: All deeds these lots restrict absolutely as to race, building line, price of buildings, maintenance of parks etc., and forever forbid the use of any of the property for any but residential purposes ATKINS PARK, the highest class residence section in Atlanta, is now on the market. After refusing many tempting offers during the past ten years for this magnificent tract of land, Mr. E. W. Grove, the owner, has announced that it is ready for home builders. They are paved and there are water mains nd sewers ready to connect with. There are ement sidewalks and sugar maple trees from the mous Biltmore nurseries have been set out to eautify the grass plots in front of each lot. Of course, Atkins Park is a restricted resi-ence section. Only residences of the highest ass will be built there. A minimum as to cost as been placed on them. The restrictions in-ude race provisions, and no stores or public aildings will ever be allowed there. It is not cheap property. Nor is Atkins ark meant for cheap residences. It was devel-ed in a beautiful section of Atlanta, high and ay from the dust, smoke and noise of the city. Present day images of the stone gateways There are eighty (80) convicts at work constructing an eighty-foot street extending from Ponce de Leon to Atkins Park.
December 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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karenkaz.com
This art is in the restaurant of the hotel where we stayed last night and I want it. (“Chicago Curve” by David Sewall)
An illustration of train tracks curving through buildings.
December 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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jamestaite.bsky.social
love these label-stop vignettes of bowtied civil servants or members of parliament
label-stop in Tyndall limestone of a face with tongue extended and bowtie label stop in Tyndall limestone of face with hand cupping one ear and bowtie
December 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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ladytophamcatt.bsky.social
Moooooooooore favorites 2/?
Color photo of the very top of the Powhatan Apartments peeking out from behind another high-rise building, with the vastness of Lake Michigan in the background. The Chicago Architectural Posting Guild did not authorize a jet pack; this pic was taken while your photographer supposedly spent time with her sister, who lives in a nearby building. Color photo of the very top of the Powhatan Apartments peeking out from behind another high-rise building, with the vastness of Lake Michigan in the background. The Chicago Architectural Posting Guild did not authorize a jet pack; this pic was taken while your photographer supposedly spent time with her sister, who lives in a nearby building. Color view of part of the Chicago skyline from underneath the wood and fiberglass shelter of the pavilion. Color photo of a large Tudor Revival courtyard building. Access to the entrances is lined with ivy and takes you through a ridiculously charming archway of rough stone, which is somehow enchanting despite being blocked by yellow caution tape. In the back, a perfectly centered M-shaped cross gable with brown on white half timbering and a bit of castellation. Color photo of a bunch of tulips. Only the one in the very front, a yellow and red beauty, is in focus.
December 31, 2025 at 1:31 AM
tudoraf.bsky.social
If you're like me, you despise folks recycling old content for end-of-the-year wraps.

If you're not like me, though, enjoy these pics of best new-to-me-in-2025 buildings around town!
Color photo of two Tudor Revival single family homes, both in red brick with half-timbered gables. Home on the left has tall roof covered in multicolor clay roof tiles. Home on right has steeply pitched eaves over entrance with interesting X pattern in half-timbering. Color photo of a two-story front-gabled building between two taller buildings. Top floor clad in tan vinyl siding. Bottom floor, with two doors and a shop window, is peach terra cotta in large blocks. Maroon lines cross the peach like a circuit, culminating over the shop door in a circle with geometric pattern. Above the shop window a sign: Lisa Feet Spa. Color photo of a four-story symmetrical apartment building in tan brick. Terra cotta trim on entrance and in rows of windows above, with paired arched windows on top floor. Big bays on left and right, with three sides showing, each side topped with arched parapet, also bedazzled with terra cotta. Faux mansard tile roof in between. Snow on the ground and on the roof tiles. Color photo of a two-story modernist home in mostly yellow Roman brick. Raised first floor and second floor on right are wood paneling, with a jaunty slanted roof atop the second-floor section.
December 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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marigoldmimsy.bsky.social
terra cotta for days in Bangladesh
a stamped floral design in terra cotta from the 1500s a stamped flourish design in terra cotta from the 1500s stamped terra cotta bricks stacked on top of each other at a Hindu temple outside of Khulna, Bangladesh the temple is two stories high a side arched entrance in the sun to the temple with stamped terracotta
December 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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sorenspicknall.bsky.social
Theme: vertical things in Charleston, WV
A photo of a large house overlooking a ridge. A freight train passes below at the bottom of the ridge. A photo of a very narrow edge of an elaborate eight story early 20th century office building situated on a street corner in a small city, complete with an overwrought arched entryway and lots of stone ornament on top. A photo of a fairly typical late 20th century parking garage with seven levels and the side of a three story building next to it. The scene is centered on the parking garage's elevator tower, which sits outside the main structure of the garage as a sort of postmodernist addendum. A photo of a vertical mural depicting sunset over a mountain landscape, painted on a wedge-shaped portion of a contemporary building facade. The mural bears the signature of Jeff Pierson and a date of 2017.
December 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social
Now THIS is pastiche.
Two photos of the one building dated 1896 and 1905. The earlier photo shows a rendered exterior. The later photo shows a mock Tudor treatment.
December 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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dmercer.bsky.social
2936-2958 (formerly 1309-1331) W. Monroe, Chicago. (This is only 6 of the survining 9.)They were built in 1885 by developer S. E. Gross; L. H. Hallberg was the architect. According to the clipping from the September 22, 1885 Tribune, each house had a name.
Three rowhouses with brick first floors, frame second. The roofs are flat except for a steeply slanted parapet on the front of each. The house on the left have a bay window with a conical turret. The one in the center has a slightly pushed out bay with a roof shaped like a fez. The house on the right has a small gabled section on the second floor. Three more brick rowhouses. These are brick on both floors and all three have projecting sections on the second floor (I guess they are oriel windows?). The one on the left has a peaked gable; the one in the center is rectangular with a flat top; the one at right is also rectangular with a trapezoidal roof. 1885 blurb from American Architect: S. E. Gross & Co., 12 cottages, 1309-1331 Monroe st. cost, $30,000; architect, L. H. Hallberg. 1896 map showing all 12 cottages. Six of them are marked as "frame slated" on the 2nd floor.
December 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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viktorkoves.com
Lincoln Park has those lamps
A black Gothic looking lamp with a green garland and red ribbon on it, in front of a brick courtyard apartment building An elaborate golden lamp on a white stone building The front of the Belden Stratford, an ornate white front with black lights coming off of it with festive wreaths around it An ornate light on a brick building that looks like a silver dragon, with a large glass spherical cover hanging below
December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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ladytophamcatt.bsky.social
JJ Walser House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1903. In 2025, selected by both Preservation Chicago AND Landmarks Illinois as one of our most endangered buildings.

(My photo from late 2024)
Color photo taken on an angle of a relatively small Prairie style home of creamy yellow colored stucco, accented with dark trim. There is a band of windows across the second floor, and a large three piece window in the center of the first floor. A small, skinny tree sits in front, bare of leaves. The home is clearly in disrepair, with obvious water infiltration issues, broken windows and other damage.
December 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM