Built at a time when the main automobile access to the city from the north was Lincoln Avenue, these motels are very appealing to me, and many other people, relics from a different era (the 1950's), but also interesting pieces of design at the varying scales that Keegan talks about.
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Motels on Lincoln
On WBEZ's Eight Forty-Eight, Ed Keegan takes the listener on a tour of Lincoln Avenue Motels (Real Audio link), finding merit in their architecture, signage and urban design, and arguing the City of Chicago shouldn't target them for demolition.
![Missing Image - Lincoln Ave. Motel](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tjL0AjsZrsECEkoa_TbjYBHAY_l-uxgESV3FGxRaysFc6FnBGzY9z24sB92LRuASG6v3PqSERvpZg-KO0LYQH9mi-ieoVwPoLFoA=s0-d)
Built at a time when the main automobile access to the city from the north was Lincoln Avenue, these motels are very appealing to me, and many other people, relics from a different era (the 1950's), but also interesting pieces of design at the varying scales that Keegan talks about.
Built at a time when the main automobile access to the city from the north was Lincoln Avenue, these motels are very appealing to me, and many other people, relics from a different era (the 1950's), but also interesting pieces of design at the varying scales that Keegan talks about.
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