tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55422255305173538752011-04-21T19:35:30.771-07:00Jacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225809256142986009noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5542225530517353875.post-77204616810262174412008-02-24T17:28:00.000-08:002008-02-24T20:56:48.622-08:00<div style="text-align: left;">I've finally decided to tackle the blog thing. I need a place to put random pictures, thoughts, and opinions about the city that don't fit the <a href="http://www.forgottenchicago.com/">Forgotten Chicago</a> mold. Expect the blog posts to be very sporadic at first, until I really get into things. <br /></div><div><br /><div> </div><div>My latest obsession has been locating the best examples of Mid-Century Modern architecture in Chicagoland, so there will probably be many posts highlighting interesting Mid-Century buildings in the early days of this blog. My main focus will be on commercial, industrial and institutional buildings.</div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>I recently located this gem, on 159th Street in the south suburb of Harvey:</div><br /><a href="http://www.forgottenchicago.com/jake/harveymcm3.jpg"> <img src="http://www.forgottenchicago.com/jake/harveymcm3t.jpg" border="0" /> </a> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">While it's not the best MCM building around, it does have interesting details which make it worthy of saving. While it has obviously been used as both a hardware store and a church in the past, it appears disused and for sale. Mid-Century buildings are hard to save in general, and this one is located in an economically disadvantaged suburb with little interest in preserving it's historic architecture. I wouldn't be surprised to find this building gone sometime soon. Hopefully I'll be proven wrong.<br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5542225530517353875-7720461681026217441?l=assessingchicago.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14225809256142986009noreply@blogger.com3