Chicago Architecture Adventure

So begins my Chicago architecture adventure. I hope you enjoy my pictures over the next couple of weeks.

Eagle With a Chicken Body

I love this little gem on Broadway. It looks like it is supposed to be an eagle, but if you look closely the body looks more like a chicken. 

Windows Like a Waterfall

I love the windows on this building. They look like they are cascading down rocks, like a waterfall. I do not know what this building is, but it's right next to Washington Square Park.

I also feel bad for all those rooms that do not have windows. Look at all that brown wall space.

The Weight of the World

This little face has a lot of visual weight on his small head. He looks so serious. I love that concentration!

He looks like he's made of limestone too, so he has seen his better days. He's a bit weathered.

This building is on 17th Street in Washington D.C.

Faces Lurking in the Shadows

These are on the North side of 54th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues.

Owls and Bats in Central Park

These are right across the way from the Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, which is near 72nd street. (I <3 bats!)

Leafy Face on the Lower East Side

This is on Clinton Street just south of Houston.

My Favorite Windows

Look at the windows painted on Beacon's Closet in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I love them!

Rams' Heads in Chelsea

I only had my phone as I was walking around Manhattan this week. I will have to go back to capture a better look at the golden rams.

Let Sleeping Lions Lie

This is a bit strange. Most lions on buildings are on guard. This one looks like it's sleeping.



He's actually not sleeping. His eyes are open, but he has quite a passive pose like he's lounging around in the heat.

Scary Little Men

I believe this building is on 110th near Amsterdam...the guys are quite cartoony and grotesque.

Brooklyn Doorknob

It's a small doorknob, with such interesting detail.



Most people would never see this walking by, and I'm not saying this to point out how perceptive I am. I only noticed it because I had to enter the door...

138 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

Creative Signage

I wonder what kind of clothing they sell here?


I love it! Signs signifying items for sale without saying a word.

This is somewhere down in SoHo.

More Graffiti

This is in the East Village...Do not park your car here to take a picture of the graffiti. It will get broken into in 2 minutes flat. Bleah...

I have seen better graffiti. I like the shapes in the green word on the left. The shapes make me think of a dragon, or forest. I have no clue what the word says so functionally it stinks, but it looks cool. Now that I look at the picture, I wish I had gotten more of the word on the right. I like the shapes there too, with the ovals and teardrop shapes. I'll have to go back, but next time I'm taking the subway.

Mural or Graffiti?

I'm pretty sure it's a mural, but what is the difference? (One guess what Street this is on.)


Clinton Street in Manhattan just south of Houston.

Here is a former student's tag I just found at a train station. This definitely isn't a mural, but it definitely is graffiti. It's not art, but some of the other tag-work he has done is...it's sad when he just defaces surfaces with crap.


I'll take a cheesy mural any day.