7/15/2006

Architecture, especially in older cities like Chicago, compress into "geological" layers. One can look down various streets, such as Adams looking west, and see these strata: late 19th century (Marquette Building), Art Deco (135 S. LaSalle, FDR), Postmodernism (190 S. LaSalle, Reagan/Bush), then modernist 80s green-glassed towers with zero personality (Reagan/Bush)—until viewed from 40 years into the future, when it gains "coolness". 

Impromptu at The Bean: