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Fri 6 Jun 2008

Fun with Neon

Posted by murgatro under architecture, chicago, photography
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Taken at the Chicago Theatre one evening in March.

Chicago Neon

 

Mon 28 Apr 2008

Charles Yerkes; searching for the stars

Posted by murgatro under architecture, chicago, photography, travel
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Apparently he wasn’t a total douche bag rail baron; he also gave a chunk of money to the University of Chicago to build an observatory in his name. More after the jump… (more…)

 

Wed 23 Apr 2008

In Soviet Russia, outer space buildings [something] you [something].

Posted by murgatro under Uncategorized, architecture, writing
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Sorry for the uninspired title.  I’m not channeling the Yakov Smirnoff today.

Dig this though.

I love me some brutal space age architechture.

Update! Just saw these neat looking brutal abandoned hotel constructions in the Sianai peninsula. Quite nifty looking.

Dig this.