Burke Brise Soleil, or the sunscreen wings open and closes twice a day. The museum pamphlet informs the viewing time as: The "wings...

The Windhover Hall.. Directly below the Burke Brise Soleil, is the grand Reception Hall, called the Windhover Hall. It has a vaulted 90-foot...

I was going to write on the Auditorium Theater, but with a small trip to the Milwaukee Art Museum, I decided to put it's images first.. ...

Today was a terrific day. I visited three buildings that I had seen only from the outside... The Auditorium Theater, the Railway Exchange Bu...

The Rookery: A Chicago Landmark Building. The Rookery: A Chicago Landmark Building.. In 1871, The Great Fire ravaged Chicago. Wh...

Reflections on the name: The Rookery.. A marker in the lobby of the building gives some insight into the odd name: The Rookery. Owne Aldis w...

Moorish, Romanesque Commercial, Indian, Venetian, Arabian, Islamic, Byzantine: all these words have been used to describe the Rookery's ...