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State school ruins, Kamehameha Highway

Haleiwa, Hawaii (Oahu's North Shore) — Ruins of a building on the property of Crawford's Convalescent Home, 58-130 Kamehameha Hwy.

According to the Crawford's website, in 1954 James Crawford took over a site that had been a state operated home for wayward boys. Celeste "Sally" Cheeseman reports that "On June 18, 2002 a fire destroyed all but concrete walls of [this] structure that was vacant for some time, so no one got hurt or injured."

Le Louvre, Paris: Inside I. M. Pei's pyramid

Paris, France — Interior of I. M. Pei's Louvre Pyramid, the the main entrance to the Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre), which is visible through the glass.

According to Wikipedia:

The pyramid and the underground lobby beneath it were created because of a series of problems with the Louvre's original main entrance, which could no longer handle an enormous number of visitors on an everyday basis. Visitors entering through the pyramid descend into the spacious lobby then re-ascend into the main Louvre buildings. Several other museums have duplicated this concept, most notably the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

Timber frame house, Idstein, Germany

Idstein, Germany — A timber-frame or "half-timbered" house in Idstein's Altstadt ("Old Town").

Because of its well-preserved, historic Altstadt, Idstein is part of the Deutsche Fachwerkstraße ("German Half-Timbered House Road"), which connects towns with fine timber-frame buildings and houses.

Timber-framed buildings, Idstein Marktplatz

Idstein, Germany — Timber-frame or "half-timbered" buildings in the Altstadt Marktplatz ("Old Town Marketplace").

Because of its well-preserved, historic Altstadt, Idstein is part of the Deutsche Fachwerkstraße ("German Half-Timbered House Road"), which connects towns with fine timber-frame buildings and houses.

Chicago Chinatown: Pui Tak Center

Chicago Chinatown — The Pui Tak Center at 2216 S. Wentworth Avenue.

La Salle Street canyon

Chicago, Illinois — La Salle Street and the Chicago Board of Trade Building seen from West Washington Street.

333 and 360 Michigan Avenue

Chicago, Illinois — 333 North Michigan and 360 North Michigan, seen from across the Chicago River.

Du Sable's front yard

Chicago, Illinois — View from approximately the location where Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable -- "The Father of Chicago" -- built the ciy's first permanent nonindigenous settlement in about 1779.

North Michigan Ave. from Wacker

Chicago, Illinois — North Michigan Avenue, viewed from Wacker Drive. The Wrigley Building is at left, John Hancock Center in the distance at center, and Tribune Tower at right.

Chicago Sun-Times Building with river

Chicago, Illinois — The Chicago Sun-Times Building with the Wabash Avenue Bridge crossing the Chicago River in front of it, and the River Plaza building behind it.

One South Wacker and Sears Tower

Chicago, Illinois — The north faces of One South Wacker and Sears Tower.

One Sweet Dream

Kenosha, Wisconsin: A series of buildings in the 5000 block of 7th Avenue seen at dusk.

The white building here is Grand Central Records and Tapes, but when I was a teen in the 1970s, the brown building to its right was a record store and head shop called One Sweet Dream (after a phrase in the Beatles song "You Never Give Me Your Money"). The place was a secret little world. It smelled of incense, and the rolling papers were strawberry-flavored. You could buy LPs imported from England on thick, high quality vinyl -- such as the first Bad Company album.

The tan building with the green trim to the right of that was a busy bicycle shop called Don Gill's. Bikes (Schwinns, Raleighs) rolled in and out, wheels were pumped and spun, gears adjusted, brakes tested all day every day.

Downtown Memphis: Peabody Hotel from 3rd St.

Memphis, Tennessee — The Peabody Hotel seen from Third Street (with construction).

Memphis: Court Square Center (before)

Memphis, Tennessee —The Lowenstein Building (left) and the Lincoln American Tower before an extensive reconstruction.