Fall Tour

Taliesen Estate, Spring Green, Wisconsin, October 2009. It's quieter as the season winds down.

The New Place

Chicago, Illinois, about 1955. A friend of Mr. Irene's Mom moves into a new home.

It's the best time of year ...

... for the tour.

Taliesen Estate, Spring Green, Wisconsin, October 10, 2009.

Wrigley Reunion

Chicago, Illinois, July 2013. Did you know the Wrigley "was Chicago's first air-conditioned office building"?

Pyare Reunion

Madison, Wisconsin, July 2016. The Madison landmark is coming down. I remember it now for the NIMBY controversy.

Mortgage Rates

Suburban Chicago, about 1957. Here are the rates the builder proposed for the subdivision in which my childhood home stood.

Thanks to my friend Mary for making this document available to us.

"Luxury Features Galore"

Suburban Chicago, about 1957. The developer of the subdivision in which I grew up lists the modern features of the split-level homes. That Roper wall oven (and those birch cabinets) served our family for 34 years.

Thanks to my friend Mary for making this document available to us.

Shed

Fiera di Primiero, Italy, June 1984. Look in the backyard.

A Side Excursion, in Three Takes

During one of the annual, Lithuanian-school picnics, my Dad escorted a few of us to the nearby Fabyan estate.

Near Geneva, Illinois, June 1967. I do not appear in this photograph because I am taking the picture (you can see the camera strap here).

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"While the Fabyans lived on the estate, they employed more than 60 people in positions and maids, gardeners, chauffuers, scientists and farmers. They even employed a sculptor to create numerous stone and concrete fountains, statues and furniture as well as cages for the various wild animals they brought to the [Fox] Riverbank."

Tyrolean Reunion

Fiera di Primiero, Italy, June 1984. This is the last town I visited before I moved back to the States.

Traveler's Memento

Frankfurt, Germany, about 1948. Dad saved a stack of postcards from his travels in Germany.

April Highlights

Chicago, Illinois, April 2007. Check out the flowers before you look up at the landmarks.

Blue Reunion

Chicago, Illinois, April 2007. We always call Hydrangeas "Boule de Neige." Even if they're blue.

Postcard: Stalin Avenue

Stalino Prospektas, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1956. It's now "Gediminas Avenue."

View Reunion

Madison Public Library, Madison, Wisconsin, February 14, 2016. Look up.

Revisiting a Favorite

Because it snowed.

Brighton Park, Chicago, Winter 1950. Here's the original post.

"I thought, is that a way to make money? ... Maybe I could fly around. I could be the flying nun."

Los Angeles Catholic sisters don't think Katy Perry is an appropriate buyer for their former home, the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent.

Floor Plan

Suburban Chicago, about 1957. Here's the floor plan of my childhood home. I noted earlier that these homes usually housed families consisting of five or six members.

Thanks to my friend Mary for making this document available to me.

Early-Spring Drive

Madison, Wisconsin, May 2015. Let's do something different.

"Architectural Crochet"

Hello, Dolly.