Jewel Box Bank, Grinnell, Iowa. Travel USA, Mr. Peacock & Friends, Hidden Treasures
On Mr. Peacock’s latest adventure, they discovered a hidden treasure of the Jewel Box Bank in Grinnell, Iowa. See this one of eight Midwest “Jewel-Box” banks designed by Louis Sullivan in the early 1900’s from Mr. Peacock & Mrs. Peacock in their latest adventure.
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Epic aerial drone video of Grinnell, Iowa
Video aerial drone tour of Grinnell, Iowa Jewel of the Prairie from a DJI Phantom 3 Pro and DJI Osmo. Aerial view of Brownells new retail store, Grinnell College, and the Merchants National Bank , one of the Jewel Box Banks designed by Louis Sullivan.
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Columbus Neighborhoods: Driving with Darbee - Newark's Louis Sullivan Bank
Architect Louis Sullivan was Frank Lloyd Wright’s mentor and is considered the father of modern skyscrapers. Newark is restoring its jewel-box bank created by Sullivan. The Licking County Foundation plans to transform the landmark into a public space this year.
Historic photos: Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago, Emery Photography Inc., Licking County Foundation, Licking County Library, Photohio, Rogers Krajnak Architects
SULLIVAN'S BANKS
Excerpt from the film SULLIVAN'S BANKS, a Facets Video release. Directed by Heinz Emigholz. For more info or to order this film, visit or contact sales@facets.org.
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Towards the end of his career, legendary Chicago architect Louis Sullivan--the father of modernism--constructed the eight banks studied in this quirky documentary. Collectively referred to as Sullivan's Jewel Boxes, these structures are located in small towns across America's heartland. Though they appear solid, like cathedrals of capitalism, each bank is discreetly ornate and plays off the flat, Midwestern surroundings. Directed by Heinz Emigholz as part of his Photography and Beyond project, Sullivan's Banks conveys the architect's lasting influence. As the film examines these beautiful red-brick buildings...you are induced to consider the powerful psychological effect of architecture (New York Times). An Official Selection at the New York Film Festival.
Grinnell - Happy To Have You
State-of-the-art facilities at Grinnell College, a historic downtown, unique shopping and dining and 70 acres of parks. Don't miss the Louis Sullivan-designed Merchants National Bank. Enjoy the aquatic center, disc golf course and 10-mile bike trail to Rock Creek State Park. Voted Coolest Small Town in the Midwest by Budget Travel in 2009.
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Louis Sullivan's Idea: a new exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center
Louis Sullivan's Idea is a stunning new exhibition on the work and thought of the great architect by Chicago Cultural Historian Tim Samuelson and artist Chris Ware. It runs at the Chicago Cultural Center through November 28.
Where in Iowa is Jeff?...The Sequel
Here is the 2008 version of Where in Iowa is Jeff? From February to November, I logged 9,850 miles and collected 300 dancing clips. Between the 2007 and 2008 videos, I visited all 99 Iowa counties and drove somewhere between 15,000 and 18,000 miles.
Since last year focused on the top-tier Iowa spots, this years video visits more obscure Iowa places and enabled me to interact more with Iowans along the way. If you think you've seen all of Iowa, you are wrong. Keep looking; you'll be amazed at what you find.
1. The 2008 Iowa Tractorcade (RAGBRAI for farmers)
2. Balsley family farm near Orchard
3. Straw Goat in Swedesburg
4. Bob Feller Museum in Van Meter
5. Lovers Leap Bridge in Columbus Junction
6. Danish Windmill in Elk Horn
7. Decorah Trout Hatchery
8. Loess Hills in Harrison County
9. Sundown Mountain in Asbury
10. Iowa Speedway in Newton
11. National Balloon Classic in Indianola
12. World's Largest I-80 Truck Stop in Walcott
13. National Advanced Driving Simulator in Oakdale
14. Gitchie Manitou State Preserve
15. World's Largest Bullhead in Crystal Lake
16. Connell Corner Lighthouse in Storm Lake
17. The Corn Parade mural in Mount Ayr
18. Anderson-Erickson Dairy in Des Moines
19. National Mississippi River Museum in Dubuque
20. Lake Rathbun Fish Hatchery
21. Paramount Theater in Cedar Rapids
22. Volkswagen Spider yard art in Avoca
23. Waukon Junction!!!
24. World's Largest Popcorn Ball in Sac City
25. Lansing's Black Hawk Bridge
26. ISU's Jack Trice Stadium in Ames
27. Maharishi University in Fairfield
28. Prairie Pedlar near Odebolt
29. Elkader Opera House
30. Iowa Stars (now Chops) Hockey in Des Moines
31. Hawkeye Buffalo Ranch near Fredericksburg
32. Cardiff Giant replica in Fort Dodge
33. Villa's Patio in Marion
34. Lidtke Mill in Lime Springs
35. Beebeetown!!! Population: not many
36. Oskaloosa town square
37. Osage HS wrestling
38. Channel Cat Water Taxi in Davenport
39. Music Man Square in Mason City
40. National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and Museum in Knoxville
41. Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison
42. US's Widest Main Street in Onawa
43. Coffee Pot water tower in Stanton (home of Folgers icon Mrs. Olsen)
44. Gladbrook's Matchstick Marvels
45. Waubonsie State Park
46. Clark Tower in Winterset City Park
47. New Albin town hall
48. Queen II in Arnolds Park
49. What Cheer Opera House
50. Gravity!!! Population: slightly more than Beebeetown
51. Wadena: home of the 1970 rock festival Galena in Wadena
52. Iowa's only highway tunnel in Pammel State Park
53. Rabbit sculptures in Council Bluffs
54. Manning's Hausbarn
55. Shellsburg's Adventure Paintball Park
56. World's Biggest Strawberry in Strawberry Point
57. Trinity Heights in Sioux City
58. Galleria de Paco restaurant in Waterloo
59. Ida Grove, Iowas City of Castles
60. Sunken steamboat Bertrand at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near Missouri Valley
61. Lock and Dam No. 10 in Guttenberg
62. Perry's Reconfiguration Arches
63. Basilica of St. Francis Xavier in Dyersville
64. Maquoketa Caves State Park
65. Duffy Lyon (the Butter Cow Lady) Cow/Calf statue in Toledo
66. Wapsipinicon Mill in Independence
67. Shimek State Forest
68. The Old Home Fill er Up and Keep on Truckin Café in Pisgah
69. The Big Treehouse near Marshalltown
70. Iowa's first planetarium at the Sanford Museum in Cherokee
71. Town square in Mount Pleasant
72. Lone Tree!!! Population: more than Beebeetown and Gravity combined
73. Red Haw State Park
74. Story City 1913 Carousel
75. Promise of America Monument in Lake Mills
76. Airpower Museum near Ottumwa
77. Lincoln Highway Bridge in Tama
78. Bonapartes Historic Main Street
79. World's Biggest Cheeto at Sister Sarah's in Algona
80. Lost Island Lake in Ruthven
81. Brooklyn: Community of Flags
82. Dubuques Fenelon Place Elevator
83. Hawkeye Point near Sibley, 1,670 feet above sea level
84. Hotel Manning in Keosauqua
85. Catfish Bend Casino in Burlington
86. Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City
87. Wildcat Den State Park
88. Louis Sullivan's Jewel Box Bank in Grinnell
89. Eagle City Winery near Iowa Falls
90. Lacey Keosauqua State Park
91. Little Turkey River valley in Dubuque County
92. THE Butter Cow at our Iowa State Fair
93. Green Valley State Park
94. Donna Reed Center for the Performing Arts in Denison
95. Upper Iowa River in Bluffton
96. Glenn Miller Birthplace Home in Clarinda
97. Chief Keokuk statue in Keokuk
98. Rathbun Country Music Theater
99. Patriotic Rock near Greenfield
100. Pella's Vermeer Windmill
101. Volga City!!! Population: somewhere between Gravity and Lone Tree
102. Union County Visitor Center in Creston
103. Loess Hills State Forest
104. Home near Anamosa
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Buffalo's Architectural Treasures
Buffalo's Architectural Treasures explores the city The New York Times has called a textbook for a course in modern American buildings and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution a vast outdoor museum. Hosted by Tim Tielman, Executive Director of the Campaign for Greater Buffalo History, Architecture and Culture, the video documents Buffalo's history as the quintessential 19th century boomtown. This frenzy of economic activity produced great wealth and a subsequent will to greatness in its leading citizens that brought the best and brightest talents of the Gilded Age to Buffalo. In the course of this ten-minute tour, you'll visit the tree-filled parks and mansion-lined parkways designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, as well as the masterworks left in Buffalo by such legendary architects as Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, H.H. Richardson, Stanford White, Richard Upjohn, Daniel Burnham and Eliel and Eero Saarinen. Visit our website at
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The City of West Lafayette is interested in learning more about the history of this Louis Sullivan Bank! Thanks to the students of ENG 108 for making this video.
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Architect Louis Sullivan
The Garrick / Schiller Theater Louis Sullivan Dankmar Adler
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The Schiller Theater Building was designed by the firm of Sullivan & Adler and is considered by many to be the greatest collaboration of these two legendary Chicago architechts. The 1300 seat theater was named after Friedrich Schiller, a German playwright, poet and philospher. The funding came from publisher Anton C. Hesing and other wealthy Germans. It was projected to be used for German-language cultural events.
After the original German investors backed out in the late 1890s, it stopped its German performances and became the Dearborn Theater exhibiting touring stage shows. The building became the Garrick in 1903 then began showing movies in the 1930s when it was acquired by the Balaban & Katz chain. Who hired the firm of Rapp & Rapp to remodel parts of the theatre, including the main entrance, ticket booth and lobby areas, in an Art Deco style. Later in 1950 it became a television studio doing live broadcasts and returned to screening movies in 1957
When B & K announced it was going to tear down the Garrick in May of 1960 there was one of the earliest organized public outcries in Chicago to save an historic building spearheaded by photographer / preservationist Richard Nickle. To no avail as it was demolished a few months later and replaced with a monstrously ugly multilevel parking garage (that was itself razed in the late-1990’s).
Once again led by the efforts of Nickle parts of the theater were saved. A portion of the second story arcade is now integrated into the façade of The Second City theater in Chicago. and some of the terra cotta busts of prominent German figures can be found scattered throughout the Lincoln Park area. Richard Nickel was killed on April 13, 1972, while attempting to salvage more architectural items when a portion of the Old Chicago Stock Exchange building collapsed on him
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Farmers and Merchants Bank Building
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