Neighborhood Memories

Storefronts and street signs, parkways and pathways

 

Prairie Avenue Mansions

Jack Simmerling’s love of Chicago’s history abounds in his paintings of Prairie Avenue

 

River Tours in August

The green dyes of March are but memories as the cerulean blues of summer sparkle along the current of the city

 

Soldier Field redux

The new den for the Monsters on the Midway

 

Sunset on the South Shore Line

Twilight magic on the electric rails

 

Workshops

Saturday Workshops hosted by Jack Simmerling and other Chicago Artists

 

The Boys of Summer

U.S. Cellular Field

 

Wrigley Field

Home of the Ivy, the L, and the heartbreak

 

Art Institute Lions

Guardians of the Impressionists

 

Chicago River Bridge

The Chicago river linked the Great Lakes to the Mississippi and Chicago to her destiny

 

Chicago Theatre

Built in 1921, the Chicago Theatre was the flagship for the Balaban and Katz (B&K) group of theaters

 

Blue Chicago Skyline

A panoramic contrast of cityscape and waterway

 

2801 Prairie Avenue

Prairie Avenue's architecture and its residents were both larger than life

 

Carson Pirie Scott Building

Designed by Louis Sullivan, built in 1899 for Schlesinger & Mayer; sold to Carson Pirie Scott in 1904. Located on State Street, it was the chain's flagship store for more than a century

Heritage Gallery Chicago

Fine Arts, Framing, Workshops