Marty’s blog

Drove around a little downtown after dark, Jeff Beck on the CD. A little side trip tonight to pick up the daughter at the train station (she was visiting her boyfriend downstate, you know…to catch up).
So we played with the camera a little as we drove around.

Old Union Station, one with the Sears Tower, [...]

There are several good events going on next Saturday, but I know which one I’ll be at. May 17, journalist, photographer and advisor to kings and queens, Lee Bey will give a presentation, “Documenting Architecture Through Photography” at the Barrington Illinois Historical Society.
This promises to be a fine afternoon, and I hope all three [...]

As promised in a previous post, here is the “vertigo” shot from a job I’m doing in Chicago.

For somebody like me, with an inner ear problem, this was really no place to be today. The winds were at about 35 mph, and now I know why they call it a “swing stage”. I [...]

In a speech given recently by Richard Moe of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, he describes so well a relationship that many of us have understood, but not been able to put so eloqently to words.
Sustainable Stewardship: Portland, Oregon
Historic Preservation’s Essential Role in Fighting Climate Change

The house is by architect John Van Bergen. George Hemingway was Ernest’s uncle.

A fine day with tomorrow’s architects.

Whatever these kids decide to do later in their lives, they’ll will benefit from the fine education they’re receiving at Braeside School in Highland Park.

Braeside School was designed by Prairie School architect John Van Bergen in 1928. In 1936 to 1937, Walter Sobel, then a young draftsman worked [...]

Octagon houses, blacksmith shops and one room schoolhouses. How quainte and ye olde towne-y. But cute and photogenic.