Chicago Chinese Table Tennis Club

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Hidden in an alley in Chinatown is this quiet building which hosts a local club celebrating the world’s most popular racket sport.

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Lonely in Kenwood

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On S. Oakenwald Avenue in Kenwood is this rather lonely 3 story structure with a crumbling front facade.


Hidden in Hermosa: Walt Disney’s Birthplace and Childhood Home

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Walt Disney house

Hidden on a quiet street on the northwest side is a modest home which saw the beginning of an international entertainment icon: Walt Disney.

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Illinois Service Federal: Architecture from the Atomic Age

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Bank architecture with space-age optimism

On a stretch of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive is this beautiful midcentury modern structure, still serving the same purpose for which it was built: banking.

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