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03-04-2009, 10:51 PM
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1964 Chicago Skyline - The Prudential Bldg
Came across a couple of these when going thru my dad's slides.
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03-04-2009, 10:52 PM
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thank you for sharing
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03-04-2009, 10:55 PM
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The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
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My dad used to work there.
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03-05-2009, 04:08 PM
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Nice photo Ghengis
Yeah, when I was a kid the Prudential Building and the Board of Trade were the dominant buildings on the skyline. When the First National Bank went up in the 60s it was a big deal.
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03-05-2009, 04:15 PM
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You guys would get a kick out of the Charles Cushman archive
Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection >> Home
You could spend weeks combing through those gems (Chicago and otherwise). And all in brilliant Kodachrome! Just goes to show digital still dosent hold a candle to good slide film. |
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03-05-2009, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by via chicago
You guys would get a kick out of the Charles Cushman archive
Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection >> Home
You could spend weeks combing through those gems (Chicago and otherwise). And all in brilliant Kodachrome! Just goes to show digital still dosent hold a candle to good slide film. |
Great link, thanks for posting! |
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03-06-2009, 02:15 AM
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Cushman loved those '50's southside ladies.
While I'm not saying the Children's museum in Grant Park is a great idea - it's helpful to remember that, for some of those "Grant Park should be forever open and clear!!!" advocates - it was a surface lot 40 years ago. It's not like they're trampling on a century of greenspace. They're taking the existing building footprint that's only been there for 30 years.
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03-06-2009, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by jdiddy
Cushman loved those '50's southside ladies.
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Can you blame him? |
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03-06-2009, 05:19 PM
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Can you blame him?
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White people were better looking before they moved en masse to the suburbs. |
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03-07-2009, 09:47 PM
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Anybody got some old pictures of the Chicago skyline?
like from the 1990's/80's and earlier? I'm kinda interested. Thanks.
This one just blew me away, it doesn't even look remotely like the same city I grew up in and know today. |
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