A tour bike leaning on a concrete planter with a maroon painted pony truss movable bridge and a massive Art Deco building in the background

Previously unposted photos from 5 CBA maps

You can click the picture heading to see the complete map and write-up.

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Preservation Chicago Most Endangered 2017

Find this location from a CBA ride in Chicago’s Grand Crossing neighborhood on the CBA map - The 7 Most Endangered Structures of 2017 Click - Guided Rides to book a custom bike tour through Chicago's neighborhoods; or The Map to ride, walk, run Chicago on your own. Check out - the Blog for more ride pics and thematic maps of Chicago for bicycle touring.
Cornell Store & Flats (Walter Burley Griffin, 1908) in Grand Crossing, 9/15/23. A rare commercial/residential design for WBG, the Prairie School building was built by the Cornell family to continue the development legacy of Paul Cornell, the founder of Chicago’s Hyde Park. You can check out Preservation Chicago’s write up on the building and its struggles, which they did for their Most Endangered 2021 list.

While You Were Sleeping

A movie still of Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman walking.

Two CBA riders walking and talking along the Chicago River
CBA riders goofing on a favorite movie in Streeterville, 9/23/23. As they walk along the Chicago River, Lucy and Jack start to hit it off. I’ll point out the Chicago Sun-Times building directly above and behind them replaced with the Trump Tower.

Historical Schools

A tour bike leaning on a yellow brick patterned Classical Revival limestone column main entrance school building.
Albert R Sabin Elementary (Arthur F Hussander, 1915) in Wicker Park, 7/10/20. Hussander built a number of schools with similar brick design and columns. I believe this is the only one with this color of brick, the others being red or brown. Over its life the building has been an elementary, junior high and high school. Now back to elementary, you check out the website to see what they are up to these days.

Native Son (Richard Wright, 1940)

A tour bike at the curb in front of high pitched three story grey stone sitting across the street from a red brick windowless three flat with a front bay window.
Michigan Avenue & East Thirty-Sixth Place in Bronzeville, 8/18/20. In Book Two, Bigger picks this intersection to receive the fake ransom drop for the already deceased Mary Dalton. He would be able to see from an upper floor. Both buildings predate the book’s 1930s setting (1888, greystone at right).

Movable Bridges

A tour bike leaning on a concrete planter with a maroon painted pony truss movable bridge and a massive Art Deco building in the background
Franklin Street Bridge (Ketler-Elliott Company of Chicago, 1920) with the Merchandise Mart (Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, 1930) in River North, 5/12/20.
A pony truss, fixed trunnion, double leaf bascule bridge. The map write-up includes links to explanatory animations!

If you want more have look at Map Round-up 5

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