It's fading away, but if you look closely, you can see that the ICA Building at the southwest corner of Lawrence and Sheridan was once the proud home of the Kemper Insurance Company. You can read more about its history (it was built in 1925 -- an era that was very kind to Uptown!) here, at the Uptown Chicago History blog.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Another Uptown Ghost Sign
It's fading away, but if you look closely, you can see that the ICA Building at the southwest corner of Lawrence and Sheridan was once the proud home of the Kemper Insurance Company. You can read more about its history (it was built in 1925 -- an era that was very kind to Uptown!) here, at the Uptown Chicago History blog.
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Cool!
ReplyDeleteI assume you mean Sheridan and Lawrence. Compassrose.org
ReplyDeleteOops - you're right. I just made the correction. Long weekend. ;-)
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