JG - Postcard Past / Present Photo (Page 3)

Merged image of the 2022 photo with the postcard

Feb 24, 2025 Chicago Illinois From the archive

Polish National Alliance HQ / Studio Gang Architects, Chicago

Once the HQ of one of the most influential ethnic fraternal organizations in the US and now home to one of Chicago’s most famous architecture firms in Studio Gang, the old Polish National Alliance HQ is a dignified bit of Depression Deco.

Merged image with the photo on the left and the postcard image on the right.

Feb 18, 2025 Chicago Illinois From the archive

Outer Drive Bridge and MS Chicago Tribune, Chicago

There’s so much here I don’t know where to begin, so I’ll start with... ...the boat?

Merged image with the 2024 photo on the left and the postcard on the right.

Feb 12, 2025 Chicago Illinois

Blackhawk Restaurant, 139 N. Wabash, Chicago

A post-fire building by Chicago’s first recognized architect, the first national bowling tournament, big band jazz in the 1930s, prime rib and spinning salad restaurant, gutted in a facadectomy that left the shell as a liner for the parking podium of a condo tower.

Merged image of the 1930s postcard and the 2022 photo

Jan 28, 2025 Portland Oregon

Broadway, Portland

A staggering number of theaters once packed American cities, and Broadway was the flashy heart of Portland’s entertainment district. Headlined by the Paramount and the Broadway theaters—amongst the seven marquees visible in this 1930s postcard—today Broadway hosts…two.

Jan 13, 2025 Buffalo New York From the archive

Buffalo Savings Bank

The Buffalo Savings Bank renamed itself Goldome in an ill-fated 1980s rebrand, but it turns out that its eye-catching gilded dome was originally…copper?