Showing posts with label 208 South LaSalle Street. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 208 South LaSalle Street. Show all posts

Saturday, December 19, 2009

DANIEL BURNHAM. The Continental and Commercial. Lions

Dwarfed by the buildings that surround it, gutted, damaged, dated, out-dated -- I do not know how it is possible -- that even today, standing on LaSalle Street in front of 208 -- you know you are somewhere very important.







The first clue might be the lions....

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