Restored Rosenwald, #2 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Restored Rosenwald, #2 / artistmac
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Its official name was the Michigan Boulevard Garden Apartments, but to several generations of African-American Chicagoans, it was known simply by the last name of the philanthropist and Sears chairman who built them to address a severe housing shortage in the south sides "Black Belt" in the 1920's.When it opened in 1929, its storefronts held a Walgreens with a lunch counter and (natch) a Sears, among many other stores.For decades, the Rosenwald was the Dakota of Chicago's black south side. From its opening until well into the 70's, almost 50 years after it was built and 15 years after the State Street housing projects had been built uncomfortable close by, there was a waiting list to get in.Disaster came in the form of 3rd Ward Alderman Dorothy Tillman, who did her level best to destroy all that was historic in Bronzeville. (When she was finally voted out in 2007, the 3rd Ward had 5,000 vacant lots, half the number in the entire city. But that's another story). She allowed the CHA to take over the Rosenwald and move in residents who had been displaced by the demolition of Cabrini-Green. Because of a gas leak, it was closed in 2000. Tillman wanted it torn down as part of her mercifully aborted plan for a "Tobacco Road" Blues District on 47th St.Newly elected alderman Pat Dowell pledged to rehab the Rosenwald and bring it back to its former glory. It's now open and signing up new residents. These pictures, with its alabaster brick gleaming in the noonday sun and its tinted-glass storefronts ready for new businesses, tell the whole happy story. |
| 撮影日 | 2016-10-24 14:19:50 |
| 撮影者 | artistmac |
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| 撮影地 | Chicago, Illinois, United States 地図 |
| カメラ | BlackBerry Classic , BlackBerry |
| 開放F値 | f/2.2 |
| 焦点距離 | 41 deg 48' 32.00" N |