JG - Postcard Past / Present Photo (Page 20)

Jan 15, 2023 Chicago From the archive

Holy Family Academy, Chicago

It looks almost depilated after losing all its ornamentation - like a face with no eyebrows - but after more than 125 years as a school, the present-day Near North Montessori school must have great bones.

Jan 12, 2023 Copenhagen

Hotel Selandia, Vesterbro, Copenhagen

As a classic bit of Istedgade only a couple blocks from Copenhagen Central Station, I kind of expected this to be the straightforward Vesterbro story of a seedy hotel turned into a trendy one. It wasn't. Turns out that this building was also a longtime administrative office for DSB.

Jan 9, 2023 Copenhagen

Elephant Gate, New Carlsberg, Copenhagen

About as iconic as brewery architecture gets–this is the granite herd that inspired a beer. The Elephant Gate is the grand portal connecting Copenhagen’s New Carlsberg District to Valby.

Jan 5, 2023 Indianapolis

Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis

Amazing what the Clean Air Act and a nice wash can do–Indianapolis’ Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral looks great. The seat of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, the actual parish here is pretty small.

Jan 4, 2023 Chicago From the archive

Bertini Bros., 535 N. Wells, Chicago

Small but attractive indeed–Norwegian-American architects Michaelsen & Rognstad designed this Italian Baroque-inspired terracotta jewel for olive oil importer William Bertini in 1922. A renovation of an Italianate originally built in 1877, the building is a neat microcosm of the path of River North.