Larry Shure
@ultralocal1.bsky.social
Preservation planner and architectural historian in support of public transit. Weekend artist.
Tiny watercolor paintings of Tudor revival-style homes in Chicago.
October 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Tiny watercolor paintings of Tudor revival-style homes in Chicago.
Scully Storage and Transfer Building over the years... 8105-8107 Skokie Highway. Rendering from irm-cta.org/NSL/Highball...
October 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Scully Storage and Transfer Building over the years... 8105-8107 Skokie Highway. Rendering from irm-cta.org/NSL/Highball...
Some 1960s Chicago townhouses. Top to bottom: Pei & Weese (1969), Anderson & Battles (1967), Keck & Keck (1969), Tigerman & Koglin (1964).
September 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Some 1960s Chicago townhouses. Top to bottom: Pei & Weese (1969), Anderson & Battles (1967), Keck & Keck (1969), Tigerman & Koglin (1964).
Pen drawings of Chicago substation stone details. Left is at 2950 E. 80th, and right is at 6910 N. Glenwood (now the Lifeline Theater).
September 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Pen drawings of Chicago substation stone details. Left is at 2950 E. 80th, and right is at 6910 N. Glenwood (now the Lifeline Theater).
This 1977 CTA publicity shot may not have made Chicago transit look as welcoming as intended...
September 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This 1977 CTA publicity shot may not have made Chicago transit look as welcoming as intended...
Some mid-century homes in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood rendered in watercolor and ink.
September 7, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Some mid-century homes in Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood rendered in watercolor and ink.
Mid-century housing in Chicago's Rogers Park and West Ridge neighborhoods. Watercolor and pen. #chiarchitecture
March 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Mid-century housing in Chicago's Rogers Park and West Ridge neighborhoods. Watercolor and pen. #chiarchitecture
If you see this, post something orange.
January 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If you see this, post something orange.
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North Pulaski Fresh Market
3850 W North Ave
Chicago
3850 W North Ave
Chicago
January 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
North Pulaski Fresh Market
3850 W North Ave
Chicago
3850 W North Ave
Chicago
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Creating a Historic Preservation starterpack! Comment or DM to be added, or let me know if I missed anyone.
go.bsky.app/D9w1NYJ
go.bsky.app/D9w1NYJ
January 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Creating a Historic Preservation starterpack! Comment or DM to be added, or let me know if I missed anyone.
go.bsky.app/D9w1NYJ
go.bsky.app/D9w1NYJ
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Alright, finally making the leap... (pic to test/send holiday wishes.)
December 22, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Alright, finally making the leap... (pic to test/send holiday wishes.)
I just named a file "reversed floor plan probably not going to work out.psd." I guess I'm ready for the holiday break...
December 19, 2024 at 10:41 PM
I just named a file "reversed floor plan probably not going to work out.psd." I guess I'm ready for the holiday break...
CTA's "Aerial Galleria" considered in their 1974 Chicago Central Area Transit Plan. irm-cta.org/Documentatio...
December 16, 2024 at 9:30 PM
CTA's "Aerial Galleria" considered in their 1974 Chicago Central Area Transit Plan. irm-cta.org/Documentatio...
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Stumbled upon a streamline utopia in Riverside yesterday. All these plus a couple more within about a block of each other. Had there not been a depression/war to interrupt housing construction, perhaps we’d have whole neighborhoods of these all over.
December 16, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Stumbled upon a streamline utopia in Riverside yesterday. All these plus a couple more within about a block of each other. Had there not been a depression/war to interrupt housing construction, perhaps we’d have whole neighborhoods of these all over.
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"No other publication is grappling with the future of our cities with the depth + ambition of Places. On behalf of the Arts & Culture Program at Columbia Journalism School, I urge you to support this valuable publication and bolster independent cultural journalism on the highest level."
—David Hajdu
—David Hajdu
December 13, 2024 at 6:56 PM
"No other publication is grappling with the future of our cities with the depth + ambition of Places. On behalf of the Arts & Culture Program at Columbia Journalism School, I urge you to support this valuable publication and bolster independent cultural journalism on the highest level."
—David Hajdu
—David Hajdu
Some Georgians of West Ridge.
December 12, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Some Georgians of West Ridge.
Flatiron Buildings of Rogers Park, #3.
December 11, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Flatiron Buildings of Rogers Park, #3.
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fingers crossed this is how the new chicago housing and economic development bond will work
this is deviously clever. @pewilliams.bsky.social explains how local governments can approach developers with approved but not started projects, and offer financing in exchange for owning the project at the end, and use it for social housing prospect.org/infrastructu...
FIMBY: Finance in My Backyard
Local housing agencies can use revolving funds to fill financing gaps for homes that are cleared to be built but don’t have the capital investment to get it done.
prospect.org
December 11, 2024 at 4:13 PM
fingers crossed this is how the new chicago housing and economic development bond will work
Flatiron buildings of Rogers Park, #2.
December 9, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Flatiron buildings of Rogers Park, #2.
This is the second time this project has initiated approvals and Class L funding…
Landmarks approves Class L for Congress Theater - https://chicago.urbanize.city/post/landmarks-approves-class-l-congress-theater
Landmarks approves Class L for Congress Theater
The Commission on Chicago Landmarks has approved the Class L tax incentive for the redevelopment of the long-vacant Congress Theater. Located at 2135 N. Milwaukee, the historic Congress Theater sits at the corner of N. Milwaukee Avenue and N. Rockwell Street. Originally opened in 1926, Baum Revision will lead the redevelopment of the building which was originally a movie theater.
chicago.urbanize.city
December 9, 2024 at 2:11 PM
This is the second time this project has initiated approvals and Class L funding…
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Such a nice day, I biked on California Ave. from Howard to 111th.🧵 with sights.
December 8, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Such a nice day, I biked on California Ave. from Howard to 111th.🧵 with sights.
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JOHNNIE ANDERSON'S BOTANY & ZOOLOGY DRAWINGS
A recent drawing-focused publication from Public Collectors— dedicated to a young man's Botany and Zoology homework, circa 1931. This booklet is available for $13.00 here: halfletterpress.com/johnnie-ande... 15% off of that price through the end of 2024.
A recent drawing-focused publication from Public Collectors— dedicated to a young man's Botany and Zoology homework, circa 1931. This booklet is available for $13.00 here: halfletterpress.com/johnnie-ande... 15% off of that price through the end of 2024.
December 7, 2024 at 3:28 PM
JOHNNIE ANDERSON'S BOTANY & ZOOLOGY DRAWINGS
A recent drawing-focused publication from Public Collectors— dedicated to a young man's Botany and Zoology homework, circa 1931. This booklet is available for $13.00 here: halfletterpress.com/johnnie-ande... 15% off of that price through the end of 2024.
A recent drawing-focused publication from Public Collectors— dedicated to a young man's Botany and Zoology homework, circa 1931. This booklet is available for $13.00 here: halfletterpress.com/johnnie-ande... 15% off of that price through the end of 2024.
Flatiron buildings of Rogers Park, #1.
December 6, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Flatiron buildings of Rogers Park, #1.
Thinking of the eight single-family homes approved on the former Cenacle site in Mid-North...
chicagoyimby.com/2024/06/firs...
chicagoyimby.com/2024/06/firs...
December 5, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Thinking of the eight single-family homes approved on the former Cenacle site in Mid-North...
chicagoyimby.com/2024/06/firs...
chicagoyimby.com/2024/06/firs...
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this is the laundromat where i found this sign complaining about a 9 year-old tax increase that happened 2 mayors ago
December 4, 2024 at 2:01 AM
this is the laundromat where i found this sign complaining about a 9 year-old tax increase that happened 2 mayors ago