Here is the playroom fireplace in Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park home, in honor of my lecture at @oakparklibrary tomorrow (Tuesday) at 2. I will be delivering my new Route 66 in Illinois talk with original photos, book recs, restaurant tips and more. Pls come/spread the word!
The home and studio of Hinsdale architect R. Harold Zook, which was saved from demotion and moved to Katherine Legge Memorial Park. I find his zig zaggy brick and stone accents as fun as his beautiful roofs.
Geometry and light inside the tubular skyway that once connected a massive parking garage to the old and since demolished Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
“Our industrial forms, our railroads, our airplanes are among our most American forms."
Rest in peace.
Here is his website: https://t.co/Knl2Qm8CX5
Chicago Tribune obituary: https://t.co/rxcEh8cYPB
Today, someone set the Hudson Valley Psychiatric Center ablaze, wiping out most of the complex. A beautiful old Kirkbride built in the 1870's that factored into some renovation plans, gone. Incinerated. None of this feels accidental; developers have wanted this land for awhile...