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Low Noon: 1952

November 1, 1952. "Chicago framed by Gothic stonework high in the Tribune Tower. This view of Chicago's downtown shows the low-lying smog which blanketed the area one recent morning. In the foreground is the well-known Wrigley Building." Underwood & Underwood photo. View full size.

November 1, 1952. "Chicago framed by Gothic stonework high in the Tribune Tower. This view of Chicago's downtown shows the low-lying smog which blanketed the area one recent morning. In the foreground is the well-known Wrigley Building." Underwood & Underwood photo. View full size.

 

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Car(bon) wash

They must be cleaning the coal dirt off the snow white Wrigley building with all that scaffold. Even the black marble Carbon and Carbide building looked dingy before it was renovated.

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