This style is from the Chicago School of architecture, which emphasizes the building's structural grid, uses relatively little ornamentation, and has large plate-glass window areas. I think it's a good look, especially considering that buildings would eventually be clad in only glass curtain walls.

A torn up street and no barricades or traffic cones. Must have been before personal injury lawsuits were invented.

The unfinished streetcar tracks catch my eye and how it is not surrounded by any sort of safety barriers - another reminder of how it was a different time back then. Also, wonder what the BoLE Auditorium looked like. Probably not as ornate as what would be created in another 10-15 years.

Is that a Studebaker electric facing off with that horse?

So we get the glamour shot of what we only had a tantalizing glimpse of a half-year ago. Still around, and still durned impressive ... or incredibly monotonous, depending on your preferences.

[Er, no. That "tantalizing glimpse" was of a different building. - Dave]

We can take comfort in being wrong together: you're pointing to the building across the street - which wasn't built until a decade after this picture, and I was mistaken that this is extant ... sadly

B of LE Building ... does that mean the brotherhood used the whole building?

[They owned the whole building. - Dave]