Postcard Past / Present Photo

Split image of the 2026 photo of the Lutheran Youth Building and the linen postcard

Aug 20, 2026 Chicago

Lutheran Youth Building of the Walther League, Chicago

A nifty bit of Gothic Moderne designed by Jansson and Venning, the Walther League of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod opened their national headquarters here in 1942, but you’d only know that from the brick and beige sliver of the old Lynch Residence next door.

Merged image of the linen postcard of a post office with a 2023 photo of the old post office

Aug 11, 2026 Indiana

Post Office, Columbus, Indiana

An incredible juxtaposition of the Columbus that was (the handsomely generic old post office) and the Columbus that is (the delightful AT&T switching center).

Split image of the top couple floors of the Belle Shore in a 2026 photo and a 1943 postcard

Aug 6, 2026 Chicago Illinois

Belle Shore Apartment Hotel, Chicago

One of the flashiest examples of architectural terra cotta on Chicago’s North Side decorates a residential hotel.

split image with the photo and the postcard

Jul 27, 2026 Indiana

Public Library, Columbus, Indiana

A tidy Carnegie replaced with a pair of modernist icons.

Spilt image with the contemporary color photo on the bottom left half and the color linen postcard on the upper right half.

Jul 14, 2026 Indianapolis Indiana From the archive

Perry Stadium / Stadium Lofts, Indianapolis

One of the quirkier examples of adaptive reuse you’ll ever see: you can now live in the ballpark where baseball Hall-of-Famer Henry Aaron played for the Indianapolis Clowns in the Negro Leagues.