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This post was intended to be a description of the 1904 Heyworth Building at 29 East Madison --- one of Daniel Burnham's Chicago School gems designed by Frederick Dinkelberg. (And we'll get there, I promise.) But while editing the photos I realized that a diversion was in order: a closer look at Frederick Dinkelberg's 1917 storefront renovations for O'Connor and Goldberg Shoes at 23 East Madison (just west of the Heyworth's main entrance). Quite a shoe store, I'd say.
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Another of Dinkelberg's storefronts renovations can be found on the Railway Exchange. At the entrance of the Archicenter.
Earlier in my career I spent quite a bit of time designing storefronts for regional shopping centers -- and thought I was pretty good at it. But nothing in my portfolio compares to this.
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