In the mail, a few weeks back, I received an envelope with some photocopies and a letter from Arthur Miller Jr., the Archivist and Librarian for Special Collections the Donnelley Library at Lake Forest (Illinois) College. I love surprises, and this was one. The photocopies were from an article from the September 1940 issue of […]
Read MoreAlways looking to “re-discover” overlooked urban architecture, I’m sure I can be really irritating to other people (especially my wife) in the family car as I suddenly pull over, or constantly make unexpected u-turns while driving through town. In “re-discovering” this house, I had driven past it many times while doing urban archaeology in Highland […]
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