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Elgin Water Tower

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Filed under: architecture

Elgin Water Tower, Photo by James Jordan

Could this be the most handsome water tower in Illinois? What do you think?
The Elgin logo on the water tower is not used anymore, which is too bad, because I think it looks better than the current logo, which to me just looks like some generic cursive writing. I […]

Elgin Academy expansion

Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Filed under: architecture

Can you imagine if it looked like this? Nobody would play hooky any more.
The [High School for the Visual and Performing Arts, LA, California] campus will include four “academies” for education in music, dance, theater arts and visual arts, and a theater for 1,000 visitors which can be open to the public.
The theater lobby, a […]

Akron Art Museum

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Filed under: architecture, arts, downtown

The new 63,300 square foot John S. and James L. Knight Building connects with the museum’s existing 1899 Building, a 21,000 square foot Renaissance revival structure, which originally served as the downtown Akron Post Office. The expansion dramatically increases the museum’s ability to originate and present special exhibitions and display major, rarely seen works of […]