Eagle Paper Box Manufacturing Co., Chicago
Once a productive portion of a major industrial district, this former paper box plant is still hanging in there—barely.
Illinois
Eighth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago
The first African-American Christian Science congregation.
Entrance to the Union Stock Yards, Chicago
The vestigial entrance to what was once the smelly, squealing, frenetic square mile that ushered in modern mechanized mass production.
A Wabash Avenue Mid-Winter Fire, Chicago
A fire, a century, a facadectomy.
Fountain of Time, Chicago
A stretch calling this a fountain, but it's still an extraordinary piece of public sculpture and a testament to thwarted ambition and groundbreaking decay.