Wrightwood659: Lost Works Tour with Tim Samuelson, Rothschild and Brothers Store
Channel: Spirit of Space
Date: 2021-11-18

Why are buildings designed by architects Louis H. Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright so haunting, especially those that have been destroyed? More than simply creating a physical structure, both architects had rare gifts for engaging the human senses and emotions through the power of space, color, light, and motion – all qualities that can never quite be conveyed by photography or drawings. Their buildings demanded to be experienced.

Lost Works is a virtual tour narrated by Chicago cultural historian emeritus Tim Samuelson. The tour features five demolished Sullivan buildings, formerly located within three square blocks in downtown Chicago. 

In this tour we visit the site of the former E. Rothschild & Brothers clothing factory and showroom was located at 212 W. Monroe Street which is now an office building absorbing its site and other nearby structures.