The Prairie School Traveler - Random Notes (original) (raw)
2005
Site start-up, the perils of mining the National Register, the loss of two Iowa PS landmarks.
2006
Validation of the PST from Chicago and Washington State, Purcell & Elmslie in Philadelphia.
Sullivan ignored on the Web, Phil Pecord’s astonishing gift of information.
Something of a placeholder.
Further validation and contributions, PS buildings on postcards, and the School’s reach beyond the Midwest.
A modest month, with contributions from Randolph Henning and Jack Lesshaft.
An Illinois focus, with some unknowns and Parker N. Berry.
Answers to questions posed in June, and a Wisconsin teaser.
Something about a few Claude & Starck buildings in Wisconsin, the variable quality of some PS buildings in these lists, and another batch of mystery postcards.
Elmslie’s involuntary presence in the marketplace, updates to Chicago listings.
A few known Unknowns, Von Holst and ComEd, and Prairie riches in, of all places, the Sunshine State.
Media notice of Florida PS buildings, a concise history of Purcell & Elmslie’s banks in three neighboring small towns.
An apology for so little apparent work, and thanks for photo contributions.
2007
A brief musing about PS architecture in Milwaukee, and the addition of photos in Rock Island, Ill. from Phil Adams.
Utah assumes a visual presence in the PST, and a note about Mark Hammons and Organica.
Site statistics so far, more Utah.
You’re sending more letters—thanks.
Prairie reading material.
Prairie reading material, again.
What’s a vacation in Wisconsin without photography of PS buildings?
The near-loss of a late PS building in Sioux City, that improbable outpost of PS design.
Contributions from fellow Traveler Rick McNees, and a brief note about Tom Shearer.
Notes from Indiana, the second anniversary.
2008
Far-flung PS buildings, Waterloo “Prairie”.
Prairie in the Netherlands, of all places.
Niedecken in Milwaukee and elsewhere.
Unity Temple, finally.
Banks, splendid and otherwise.
Maps!
Minneapolis, finally, and flood-ravaged Cedar Rapids and its Sullivan bank.
PS in Dallas.
The Yelland House burns.
2009
The PST finally gives Oak Park its due.
Pasadena, California.
A few of the exploits of Floridian Wayne Wood.
Two Sullivan banks
A slow summer...
...but back on track, hopefully.
...or maybe not...
2010
Resuscitation, and new books.
Maps for Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota.
2011
Iannelli studio in danger.
2012
Technology: bane and blessing.