1985 | Union-Tribune Building, San Diego
Even in smaller cities, it’s not so easy to pick out individual characters in the buildingscapes. But I have learned that new structures going up, while they may obscure older ones from certain vantage points, offer new views of the old friends, and that my pictures, made among losses and changes, can grow along with the city.
Of course I must note here that the Horton Plaza shopping mall, which opened to much fanfare in 1985 and whose mezzanine supported this fine view, has already been demolished in favor of a new office and retail configuration.
I encourage you to find a copy of John Szarkowski’s The Idea of Louis Sullivan, an exemplary tracking of the works of the great architect through big changes in the city of Chicago.
Szarkowski was not well known for the very fine pictures of his own, which he set aside for his curatorial career – finding, encouraging, and exhibiting the works of many grateful photographers.