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Chicago Related
- A Squandered History: Chicago Tribune report on the City’s preservation failures.
- Brian M. Palm: Photographs of endangered places.
- Bright Lights Dim Beauty of Chicago: Past and present views of vintage Chicagoland.
- Chicago Art Deco Society: Not-for-profit organization devoted to preserving all things Deco.
- Chicago Artists’ Resource: Directory of opportunities for Chicago artists.
- Chicago Bar Project: Reviews of selected Chicago bars.
- Chicagoist: Pop-culturalist.
- Chicago Northside Switching Operations: Detailed histories of railroad operations on the north side.
- Chuck’s Photo Spot: Urban exploration photographs.
- City of Destiny: Adventures in and opinions about Chicago.
- Doc Films: University of Chicago’s student film society.
- Dump Site: Vacant buildings, vernacular architecture, and infrastructure.
- Early Chicago: Chicago history prior to 1835.
- Facets Multi-Media: All things film.
- Fix Wilson Yard: Former CTA yard turned development controversy.
- Gapers Block: Blog/web publication of Chicago-related topics.
- Gene Siskel Film Center: Film Center of the School of the Art Institute.
- Illinois Railway Museum: America’s largest railway museum.
- Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois: Statewide organization dedicated to historic preservation.
- Northwest Chicago Historical Society: History of the Northwest neighborhoods of Chicago.
- Odd Obsession Movies: Excellent movie rental store.
- Outside the Loop Radio: Independent weekly audio magazine.
- Panoramic Views of Chicago 1985-1990: Photographic account of late-1980s downtown building boom.
- Preservation Chicago: Non-profit organization focused on historic preservation in the Chicagoland region.
- Richard Nickel Committee and Archive: Non-profit organization administering the late photographer’s archive.
- Second City Cop: Incisive insider commentary about Chicago’s Police Department.
- Serhii Chrucky: More images from Forgotten Chicago’s editor-photographer.
- Time Out Chicago: Events and things to do.
- Third Coast Press: Independent local news publication.
- The Urban Observer: The blog of architecture critic Lee Bey.
- Weird Chicago: Ghosts, gangsters, ghouls, and of course, tours.
- Windy Citizen: Chicago’s crowd-powered news source.
- Yeah, This Is Really Chicago: Photo-blog of places that make you feel like you’re somewhere else.
St. Louis, Detroit, and Beyond
- Built St. Louis: Documentation of destruction of St.Louis’ historic architecture.
- Cincinnati Transit: Transportation infrastructure in the Queen City.
- Daytonology: Architectural history vignettes in Dayton, Ohio.
- Dead Malls: Retail history, generally.
- Decopix: Notable Art Deco buildings and extensive resources on the style.
- Detroit Blog: Stories about life in Detroit.
- Discount Stores of the 60’s: A shopping trip back in time.
- Ecology of Absence: Chronicle of the built environment of St. Louis and the greater Midwest.
- Forgotten Detroit: Detailed studies of Detroit’s crumbling landmarks.
- Forgotten Pittsburgh: The abandoned, fenced and forgotten, subterranean, and decayed areas of Pittsburgh.
- Groceteria: History of the American supermarket.
- Infiltration: The quintessential urban exploration publication.
- Invincible Cities: Interactive map of photographs from Harlem, NY, Camden, NJ, and Richmond, CA.
- James Jeffrey Higgins: Large format color photographs of the Rust Belt.
- James Lileks: Postcards, Minneapolis, diners, matchbooks, and much, much more.
- LA Time Machines: Restaurants, hotels, bars, and other interiors where you feel like you’ve returned to the past.
- Lost Films: Images from film found in old cameras.
- Not Fooling Anybody: Humorous conversions of logo buildings.
- Nothing In Common: Nonsense on stilts.
- Roadside Architecture: American vernacular auto-related architecture from the first half of the 20th century.
- Skyscraper Solidarity:
- Urban Exploration Resource:
- zipdecode: Interactive visualization of zip codes.
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