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I know the MCMXCI datestone at the bottom is hard to see because it is small, but I wanted you to be able to see it in the context of the building's postmodern architectural style. And the surveillance camera.
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In downtown Chicago on June 27th, 2023, at the Harold Washington Library Center (designed by Hammond, Beeby and Babka; opened October 7, 1991) at the northwest corner of South State Street and West Ida B. Wells Drive.
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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
• Chicago (7013596)
• Cook (county) (7013649)
• Loop (7015700)
Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
• architectural ornament (300378995)
• building stone (300011700)
• cornerstones (300002616)
• date stones (300374978)
• engraving (action) (300053829)
• Postmodern (300022208)
• public libraries (buildings) (300006877)
• red granite (300011205)
• reddish brown (300127575)
• Roman numerals (300194308)
• surveillance cameras (300266381)
Wikidata items:
• 27 June 2023 (Q69306843)
• 1990s in architecture (Q74235875)
• 1991 in architecture (Q2813085)
• Chicago Loop (Q70626)
• Chicago Public Library (Q1060421)
• Harold Washington Library Center (Q3127656)
• Ida B. Wells Drive (Q5160813)
• June 27 (Q2664)
• June 2023 (Q61312788)
• postmodern architecture (Q595448)
• State Street (Q986343)
• Treaty of Greenville (Q767317)
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Public buildings—Illinois (sh85064312)
Union List of Artist Names IDs:
• Hammond, Beeby and Babka (American architectural firm, founded 1976) (500212961)
South State Street in downtown Chicago in late afternoon.
Cornerstone AFC Land Group
West Main Street
Downtown Gobles, Michigan.
Saturday, September 20, 2020.
Healy True Value Hardware
307 South State Street
Downtown Gobles, Michigan.
Saturday, September 20, 2020.
Facing north on South State Street.
Journey Family Church.
The church is meeting under a tent in the open air for the duration of the novel corona virus pandemic - and fair weather.
Downtown Gobles, Michigan.
Saturday, September 20, 2020.
Facing southwest from West Main Street.
Kal Haven Trail
Downtown Gobles, Michigan.
Saturday, September 20, 2020.
Facing west
A sign on the Kal Haven Trail highlighting some of the history of Gobles
Downtown Gobles, Michigan.
Saturday, September 20, 2020.
Kal Haven Trail
Downtown Gobles, Michigan.
Saturday, September 20, 2020.
Facing west
Healy True Value Hardware
307 South State Street
Downtown Gobles, Michigan.
Saturday, September 20, 2020.
Facing northeast from South State Street.
Healy True Value Hardware
307 South State Street
Downtown Gobles, Michigan.
Saturday, September 20, 2020.
Facing north on South State Street.
Journey Family Church.
The church is meeting under a tent in the open air for the duration of the novel corona virus pandemic - and fair weather.
Downtown Gobles, Michigan.
Saturday, September 20, 2020.
Facing west on Depot Street.
Slot Car Inc.
211 South State Street
Downtown Gobles, Michigan.
Closing to allow expansion of the building's owner's business - Stan's Yard & Sport - and planning to reopen March 2021 further south on State Street.
Saturday, September 20, 2020.
Larry's Pub
Klassic Arcade 2.0
Allegan Credit Union
200 block of South State Street
Downtown Gobles, Michigan.
Saturday, September 20, 2020.
Facing west across South State Street.
Gobles Library
201 East Main Street
Downtown Gobles, Michigan.
Saturday, September 20, 2020.
Facing north
Slot Car Inc.
211 South State Street
Downtown Gobles, Michigan.
Closing to allow expansion of the building's owner's business - Stan's Yard & Sport - and planning to reopen March 2021 further south on State Street.
Saturday, September 20, 2020.
Facing northeast on South State Street.