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Frank Lloyd Wright's house and studio, designed and built in the "shingle" style from 1889 to 1898.
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This Wright design, built in 1893 for Walter H. Gale, is a "shingle style" residence and seems more ...
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Another Wright design, built for Nathan G. Moore in 1895.
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The house that Wright created for Frank Thomas in 1901 illustrates a true revolution in domestic ...
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The home that Wright designed for Arthur B. Heurtley in 1902 is a classic "prairie style" residence.
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Another Wright home, built for Edward R. Hills in 1906.
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Two houses designed by Wright, on the left the Hills residence, on the right the Moore house. They ...
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The "prairie style" home built by Wright in 1909 for Mrs. Thomas H. Gale is in striking contrast to ...
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Unity Temple was one of Wright's first public buildings. It was made of reinforced concrete and ...
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Above the main entrance to Unity Temple. The building is open to the public.
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Wright used even more complex interlocking squares on the houses he built out of concrete in ...
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Inside Unity Temple. Wright believed in making large buildings with low entrance ceilings so that ...
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Wright once told a client: "You will get tired of a view, but you will never get tired of sunlight."
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Light fixtures were another feature of Wright's work. He designed both the fixtures and the ...
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Wright's buildings featured stained glass windows.
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A line of windows at the rear of the area of worship.
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Another view inside the temple.
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Frank Lloyd Wright, as he looked in the early 1900s.
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Chicago is a city of interesting architectural contrasts.
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Frank Gehry's bandshell in Millennium Park. Gehry is as radical in our era as Wright was in his.
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Another view of Frank Gehry's bandshell.
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"The Big Bean."
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Part of the Chicago skyline looking towards Frank Gehry's bandshell from "The Big Bean."
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Chicago architecture reflected in "The Big Bean."
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The groom and his male support in front of "The Big Bean."
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The Chicago skyline from the waterfront.
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Looking down at the river from the Sears Tower.
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The Chicago lakefront from the Sears Tower.
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Our tour boat.
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"The Corncob," a local name for this combination parking lot and apartment on the bank of the river.
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A wedding party beside the river.
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Kayaks on the river
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One of Chicago's modern buildings with an old elevated line to the right.
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An elevated train, typical of Chicago, crossing the river with the roadway of the street below it.
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The Navy Pier.
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Chicago from the lake.
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A modern highrise with boat parking below.
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Going up the river towards the center of town.
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Navy Pier.
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The parks department planted flowers everywhere.
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Chicago is a city of architectural contrasts.