CHICAGO – THE MOD
Chicago, the incubator of the modern skyscraper… I don’t know how to describe its style… Maybe cutting edge leavened by Midwestern practicality??? Howard Conant for LIFE Magazine, November 11th, 1966
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The building was designed by Louis Sullivan – Frank Lloyd Wright was one of his employees. Howard Conant for LIFE Magazine, November 11th, 1966 Alumni from this famous theater include Alan Arkin, Joan...
View ArticleCHICAGO DURING THE “MAD MEN” ERA
This goes out to my blogging friends in Chicago, where today and everyday this week it’s been below zero… Howell Conant for LIFE Magazine, November 11th, 1966
View ArticleWHAT AN ATTENTIVE HUSBAND, A LITTLE GERSHWIN, A FLYING SAUCER, AND AN AD...
I have been out of sorts lately, it seems to be going around. The kindly gentleman above, however, remembered something I had said years ago, and it turns out he looks every month for a funny little...
View ArticleOscars: The Fascinating, Manic Process Behind How the Statuettes Are Made
Click below to see just how it’s done! Oscars: The Fascinating, Manic Process Behind How the Statuettes Are Made.
View ArticleHappy 4th of July!
Good Night by Carl Sandburg (from Smoke and Steel, 1920) Many ways to say good night. Fireworks at a pier on the Fourth of July spell it with red wheels and yellow spokes. They fizz in the air, touch...
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