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tudoraf.bsky.social
Chicago Tudor Revival AF
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Depression era automat-cafeteria chic, 2710 Broadway, New York, NY
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Color photo of front facade of a three-story symmetrical store building clad in limestone on a city street. Entrance surrounded by large store windows and would-be transom taking up half the second story. Polychrome terra cotta decoration in bands above third-floor windows and topping sections between those windows. Also at very top of parapet. Close-up of polychrome terra cotta above window. In shades of tan, green, and blue are ferns, leaves, sunflowers, and spotlights. Close-up of part of metal door surround. Fluting ends in a Deco bouquet of stylized flower and ferns.
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
tudoraf.bsky.social
Rooftop shack final boss on 83rd St. in Manhattan
Color photo a corner 14-story apartment building in mostly brown brick, retail on ground floor. On roof is large two-story white Mediterranean Revival section. More detail on section of building above cornice on first pic. Two-story stucco cube with triple arch on second floor. End of clay tiles, making wave pattern, on top. Two little "shoulders" connect facade to main building's roof.
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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dmercer.bsky.social
Especially thankful that Chicago has so much terra cotta for me to fall in love with. That started me on the journey of photographing buildings about 13 years ago, and because of that, I have seen a lot of cool buildings and met some amazing people.
Collage of Art Deco terra cotta decoration on buildings in Chicago and Berwyn. A lot of it is green and blue, but there is also gold, orange, black, white, and a bit of red. Another grouping of terra cotta architectural decoration from a wider range of time, including Sullivanesque, floral designs, and a large bowl of golden fruit. One last grouping of terra cotta in a rainbow of colors. There is a red globe, black flowers, a white medallion with bellflower draping, a shield with a strutting lion, and the miracle design of 10 W. Elm, and Art Deco arrangement of green, purple, yellow, orange pieces of terra cotta that is kind of unbelievable.
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
tudoraf.bsky.social
5139-49 N. Lincoln (1928-29, Paul Hansen architect), eschewing perfect symmetry
Color photo of a large four-story courtyard apartment building in light brown brick on an arterial street. Edge of roof (probably originally clay tiles) around the perimeter, shaped parapet at end of courtyard. Courtyard not open, but behind a section containing a gate and a storefront. Rest of ground floor also stores, with plain brown awnings, echoing the roof. Except for gate, not much ornament. It's road construction season, with orange traffic drums on sidewalk and island.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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carbonated.bsky.social
another lovely, mild, sunny day in Chicago— have i mentioned lately that I love this friggin city? #dailylakeglass
A very golden hour, westerly sunlit cpp of my white lady left hand holding pieces of lake glass with some gentle lake michigan waves and a pink horizon in the background
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
tudoraf.bsky.social
Marion Mahony Griffin Beach 💙💙💙
Color photo of a sand beach, Lake Michigan, and a blue sky with scant wisps of clouds, on a beautiful fall day. On left a rock breakwater. On the right, a concrete pier. Plaque on a rock for Marion Mahony Griffin Beach Park. (in all-caps but I will spare you:) Marion Mahony Griffin (1871-1961) was an extraordinary architect, artist, author, and visionary. Marion and her husband Walter Burley Griffin worked for Frankl Lloyd Wright early in their careers. Her exquisite drawings helped Wright achieve fame. Marion and Walter created some of the most significant architectural designs and urban plans of the early 20th century in America, Australia, and India. Their plan for Australia's capital city, Canberra, remains one of their most outstanding legacies. Marion was born in Chicago and lived her family's home in Rogers Park for more than two decades. Chicago Park District Australian Consulate-General Chicago Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society Alderman Joe Moore - 2015 -
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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marigoldmimsy.bsky.social
an impressive building by any standards, it used to serve as a CPS high school and now is a CPS elementary school

sometimes you have to back up from a building and look up to find one of its coolest details 🦁
a four column white building with red doors and Carter Harrison Technical High School carved into the stone with amazing decorative details and flourishes at the cornice, a picture of the white stone cat heads that ring the entire top of the building
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
tudoraf.bsky.social
2238 S. Wentworth, gorgeous terra cotta facade from 1932 (Michaelsen & Rognstad architects), home of the Ling Long Museum until around 1983, before becoming Emperor's Choice restaurant.
Color photo of an elaborate three-story building in tan brick and terra cotta, cheek-and-jowl with buildings to right and left. Terra cotta in Chinoiserie style. Two columns in front of second and third floors, covered in dense green and orange patterns. Two green critters stand on pedestals in between. Parapet a series of curves topped in a kind of pill shape. Sign in Chinese, green on green.
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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mattweiss.me
📍Englewood, Chicago 🍁
Typical fall scene with amber leaves on the ground and a 1950s sedan
November 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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dmercer.bsky.social
Sublime brickwork on former fire department engine house at 1242-44 N. Wells, Chicago.
Two-story dark orange brick building that used to be an engine house for the fire department. It has a flat roof with brick dentils and another pattern that looks like a line of Legos. There are three arched window openings on the third floor with smooth stone window hoods, each with a giant keystone. In between the keystones are two large stone circles. Dividing the first and second floors is another row of brick Legos. Below that is a large arched opening that I assume was for the fire engine and, to the left of that, a tall narrow arched opening for a pedestrian door with a window above it. On either side of the doors are inset narrow rectangles with rounded corners (is it a rectangle if it has rounded corners?) and in each of those is a brick diamond. Two of the diamonds hold electric lights at the moment.
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
tudoraf.bsky.social
The charms of a curl, 3954-56 N Bell (Hall, Lawrence, Rippel & Ratcliffe, ca. 1927)
The side door to an apartment building, recessed in an arched opening. Facade is large blocks of limestone or concrete, with white brick visible on the periphery. A few feet above the door, a ridge curves up, from the right to the left, ending in adorbs curl about six feet above the door. Close-up of open metalwork in arch of entry in first pic: it's a bowl with a few dozen circular fruits. The sides of the bowl extend out in huge curlicues. Arched transom visible beyond.
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
tudoraf.bsky.social
Mods are asleep, post trad breeze blocks
Color photo of 1960s townhomes, with side entrances on left. Street facade is all tan brick, except for odd rectangle of black brick on second floor and, in front of entrance, a grid of 3x6 breeze blocks in the shapes of fleur-de-lis. Closer up of breeze blocks. Sure enough: concrete fleur-de-lis.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
tudoraf.bsky.social
Mercy, this little tree (looks to be a lemon) is so good
Part of pic in original post: terra cotta panels depicting a small tree in a thatched container on a red brick facade. Fruit (yellow, lemony) and leaves (oval, pale green) fit in a rectangular panel with a vivid blue background.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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historicshopfronts.bsky.social
Beautiful detail including faience and mosaic
Elegant shopping arcade with white terrazzo floors, decorative columns and glass arched roof Oval glazed skylight with mosaic surrounding it featuring figurative heads Arched glazed roof with decorative cast iron supports. Green glazed faience above arched openings
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
tudoraf.bsky.social
Paulina Mansions (Turbyfill & Mohr, architects), at the corner of Garfield & Wesley in Oak Park. Listed in American Builder's "1928 Exhibit of [Really Goddamn] Good Buildings."
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Scan of an old article titled American Builder's Exhibit of Good Buildings. Sepia pic of a four-story brick courtyard building with stone tabs around windows and at building's corners. Half-timbered cross-gables abound, most prominently at end of courtyard. Bottom part of a circular turret starting on fourth-floor is also half-timbered. Courtyard behind a castellated arcade. Floor plan of a courtyard apartment building with an extension to the right that creates a narrow second back courtyard. Overall shape is a chunky N.
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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isaacrowlett.bsky.social
Milwaukee, one year ago today
Black and white photo of Milwaukee’s Oriental theater
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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chiworkerscottage.bsky.social
Brick buddies from different decades of refaced facades on old cottages
Two workers cottages in Bridgeport with different styles of brick facing from the 1920-30s and 1940s-50s
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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ladytophamcatt.bsky.social
A little pinky purple goodness at sunset in Beverly
Color photo of a house sitting atop a hill, half hidden by a large tree changing into its red foliage for fall. Other large trees with vibrant yellow leaves can be seen to the left of the image, interspersed with smaller green trees. More yellow leaves that have already fallen litter the lawn. The sky is a soft pink and purple pastel as the sun sets.
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
tudoraf.bsky.social
606 walk featuring brutalist, Renaissance Revival, neo-eclectic, and Very Brick styles
Color photo of a curving concrete barrier, eight levels of beveled shelves, filled with dirt and dried out plants. Color photo of St. Mary of the Angels, a huge church in red brick. On top is a large dome with a substantial drum and lil lantern. A troop of angels on the parapet below. Color photo of a wide 3-story newer apartment building. Peach brick on 2nd and 3rd floors, above brown brick with connected stone(ish) arches windows surrounds on ground floor. Nice dichromatic diapering on parapet and green tile(ish) roofs above some entrances. Color photo of the corner of the top story and a half of an industrial building entirely in common brick. No ornament necessary.
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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MCM cousins in West Ridge, 2956 W. Bryn Mawr and 2814 W. Morse, both likely mid-1950s
Color photo of a two-ish story midcentury home, with multi-skillion (thank you for the vocab, @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social) roofs. On left, lower section, a wall of glass in 9 panes, below siding in the gable. On the right, red brick with small section of windows and rough stone at the half-story level. Roof on left side meets the middle about two feet below the roof on the right section. Garage, in rough stone and pale green paint, on the far right. Color photo of a midcentury home in tan brick with a multi-skillion roof. Big Chicago style window on left. On right, smaller windows higher up and for basement. Roof on left at sharper angle and to the front. Roof on right at chiller angle, above and behind left roof.
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Before the world knew Prince, he was just a kid in North Minneapolis learning piano by ear in this modest rambler. Now his childhood home has been recognized by the City as a local landmark. minneapolismn.gov/resident-services/property-housing/preservation/landmarks-districts/landmarks/nelson-house
Prince in concert at First Avenue (photo courtesy of Joel Bremer) Prince's childhood home, now a local landmark (2018 photo courtesy of Kristen Zschomler)
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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ladytophamcatt.bsky.social
There are few things I love more than a bonkers ass door surround on a residential entrance. Going hard AF just for the love of the game.

Architect: W Mead Walter, 1908
Color photo of an entrance to a red brick building sitting on a tan stone base. Surrounding the door are incredibly detailed and ornate terra cotta columns topped by equally fancy capitals. These support a frieze across which is carved COORLAS, and which is topped by a triangular pediment stuffed with a cartouche. Color detail of part of a column featuring a disembodied head rocking an intricate hairstyle and levitating some sort of vase above her head. Framed by leaves and scrolls, she stares directly at the photographer in a manner that isn't exactly threatening, but isn't non-threatening either. Detail of an absolutely ridiculous column capital that has a nekkid bearded man with wings on each corner leaning suggestively against a large acanthus leaf that is the only thing preserving his modesty. Between each guy is a large, swirling floral design. Color detail of a column centering on a baby with the facial expression and haircut of a middle manager. Holding on to vines, he has one leg tucked under him and sits on a large leaf that appears to be balanced on a structure that anticipates Seattle's Space Needle, which is super prescient for 1908.
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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bobszilla.bsky.social
Feeding my head, heart and soul with art and architecture downtown on a gorgeous fall day.
The buildings of the north end of Millennium Park taken from the Nichols Bridgeway in Chicago. Chicago Loop buildings tower above late autumn trees as seen looking northwest from the Nichols Bridgeway. Chicago Loop buildings as seen through late autumn trees looking northwest from the Nichols Bridgeway. Looking south up the Nichols Bridgeway from Millennium Park back toward the Art Institute of Chicago.
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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mrillinois.bsky.social
Old St. Joseph/St. Clare Hospital in Alton, a beautiful late art deco behemoth from 1937
Yellow brick with brown stripes and a big limestone entryway with arrows and glass block going up to the top
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
tudoraf.bsky.social
Underrated maple tree foliage in Indian Boundary Park
Color photo of a medium-sized maple tree in a city park. Big round crown with little bit of trunk visible below. Leaves are turning, mostly yellow with a little green. Ground covered in yellow-brown leaves.
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM