John Morris

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

Good-Bye to Architecture Twitter As people delete or abandon their Twitter accounts due to its changes related to content ownership etc. that begin today, September 29th, I thought I’d look back at some of the content I’ve provided o...

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.
chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/p/good-bye-t...

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

The Future of Roger Brown's Home & Studio This past week Dennis Rodkin of Crain’s Chicago Business reported that the School of the Art Institute of Chicago is selling the historic 19th-century building in Chicago’s Lincoln Park where artist R...

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.

chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/p/the-future...

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

1937 - 02 - 06 MBS Kay Kyser Live From The Trianon Ballroom Chicago Sourced from the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/1930-1937RadioNews

"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

www.thechicagoneighborhoods.com/shop/p/river...

incredible line work on this one! nicely done

Belmont Central has a near twin with scallop ornament and name on Montrose near Clark (as seen from the bus)

Trim 'n Tidy appreciation post.

A linocut print of a 1920s yellow brick three-flat a few blocks west of Horner Park in Chicago. Color added to garden via oil pastel

A 1920s yellow brick three-flat with a splash of color in the garden #printmaking

Love that it's perfectly symmetrical except for the Xs and Os (quatrefoils)

Three Chicago two flats, all with a similar face but slightly different. 4x6 linocut print on kitakata paper

Chicago two flats, 4x6 mini print #printmaking

Windhill in McHenry has trains that deliver your drinks and plates if you sit at the bar. Great food too

My favorite museum in the city has joined the series. So many good memories visiting MSI as a child, and making new ones now every time I bring my own kid!

Furniture That Supports Us, When and Where We Need It The allure of Midcentury Modern objects isn’t just about craftsmanship.

I don’t write about furniture because I’ll never be a “good taste” person; but for Untapped I wrote about the mythology of MCM design. Why does its aesthetic continually speak to so many—even in cheap knockoffs? www.untappedjournal.com/issues/issue...