Thursday, March 14, 2019

PHOTO - CHICAGO - MICHIGAN AVE AT ADAMS - LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL - RUSH HOUR SCENE - PEDESTRIANS - BUSES - NOTE STANDARD OIL BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON RIGHT - CALLED "BIG STAN" BY CHICAGOANS WHO OFTEN USED TO HAVE NICKNAMES FOR BUILDINGS - ORIGINALLY THIS WAS CLAD IN WHITE MARBLE BUT THEY LATER RAN INTO PROBLEMS WITH ITS DURABILITY AND DID A MAJOR PROJECT REPLACING THE MARBLE SLABS WITH LIGHT-COLORED GRANITE - SNAPSHOT - PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN - 1972