Once upon a time…

Our friend, architect Carey Wintergreen, utilizes his Facebook platform to share the architectural history of many institutions in Chicago. Check out these Bronzeville gems he recently posted.

Traffic Intersection at South Parkway [Now: S King Dr] and 50th Street | Looking west
IDOT Chicago Traffic Photographs | 3 Jan 1938 | UIC Library

3132-3142 S Rhodes Ave | Douglas Chicago Womans Hospital [seen at left]
[Apartment Houses Rented to Negroes | Chicago IL. Russell Lee | Apr 1941

Wendell Phillips High School
244 E Pershing Rd | Bronzeville | Apr 1941