The Block Club Chicago Podcast

Chicago History Discovered In The Rubble Protecting Our Lakefront

Episode Summary

Blocks of carved stone from the Walker Warehouse — early examples of famed Chicago architect Louis Sullivan’s lauded ornamentation — have served alongside other rubble for decades as a lakefront revetment near Rainbow Beach.

Episode Notes

Blocks of carved stone from the Walker Warehouse — early examples of famed Chicago architect Louis Sullivan’s lauded ornamentation — have served alongside other rubble for decades as a lakefront revetment near Rainbow Beach.

Host - Jon Hansen

Reporter - Maxwell Evans

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