#lee bey

[urbanchicagoan]

Front entrance of Chicago Vocational High School in Avalon Park, Chicago as photographed by Lee Bey

One of many such fine images included in his book "Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side"

Shared from the Chicago Reader article (c.f. source)

[route22ny]

Pride Cleaners, 558 E 79th Street, Chicago’s South Side

Designed by architect Gerald Siegwart and built in 1959. ‘This dry cleaners is an absolute showstopper; built for the car age with a design meant to snare the eye of passing motorists. A new owner bought the building after this photo was taken. He fixed the window and cleaned up the structure while maintaining its postwar cool’

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Photo by Lee Bey, a prominent Chicago-based photographer and urban architecture & design authority; caption from a selection of Mr  Bey’s photos and article at The Guardian: Hidden grandeur in Chicago's South Side – in pictures, which is a preview of Mr Bey’s 2019 book Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side.

http://leebey.com/

[nathanabhaltersmith-shelf]

[chicagoscreenshots]

"Here is a glimpse of Chicago from 1961, courtesy of The City of Necessity..." (via Lee Bey)

[chicagoarchitect]

Thanks to Lee Bey's Chicago, here comes this 1989 video from PBS documenting the "Design Wars" over the Harold Washington Library:

[chicagoscreenshots]

Chicago: The City to See in '63 (1962), via Lee Bey and the Chicago Film Archives. Great shots of early 60's Chicago, and the deadpan narration is pretty creepy/funny/weird.

[chicagoscreenshots]

"Lee Bey reminds us that the Chicago Spire was supposed to be fully inhabited by now. Now we have a hole in the ground and a bizarre promotional video." (via Gapers Block)

[chicagoarchitecturetoday-blog]