Printers Row
This is a walk through the Printers Row area of Chicago at night, of course. I believe it's the first part of the city for condo conversions. As printing companies consolidated, moved there production off-shore and into modern one-story facilities (like most manufacturing), these great fortress-like buildings were left behind. It's proximity to Chicago's Loop seemed a natural location for upscale housing. The rail yards behind Dearborn Street Station (the clock tower in the painting) had already been converted into a neighborhood of townhomes. I wouldn't mind living there.
This is my largest painting to date. I hope to do more.
72"x50" | OIL ON CANVAS | 2008
private commission