John Morris

it's genuinely so cool that bob thall did the documentation for a few chicago-area nrhp nominations in the 1990s

Golden Nugget Pancake House at the corner of Diversey, Elston, and Western. It's been serving up pancakes and other breakfast dishes since 1966 #printmaking

Our Hat & Shoe Repair 11316 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago

TICKETS ARE LIVE, NERDS! Come take a very Lady Topham Catt walk through Morgan Park on 9/20 at 11. I'll be talking historic train stations! Architecture! Black Folks Getting Stuff Done! Women Getting Stuff Done! Neighborhood myths! And yes... there will be terra cotta! Grab a ticket & come through!

I'm trying out a new offering: custom building illustrations. There are limited spots open now, but more may open up depending on demand. Have you ever wanted an illustration of a particular building? Your home, a favorite building, a place you used to love when you were younger...now's your chance.

Escuela de Manejo Chicago 1856 W 47th St Chicago

Progression from drawing to mini print of three South Side two-flats on the 8000 block of S. Rhodes in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago #printmaking

So excited to announce the release of my book ART DECO WORLD! A global survey of the beloved style’s past 100 years from inception to rebirth (to rebirth again!), it will be released September 1. U.S. and int’l readers can register for a pre-order link here: www.routledge.com/Art-Deco-Wor...

A Tribune article...about my art??? 🤯 www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/25/c...

16 of my watercolors will be on display at Lula Cafe for the next few months. Eight of these paintings are for sale, and you can find details on my website. Prints are available as well.

Three two-flats on Pulaski near 31st in Little Village. At first glance they all look identical with ground level entrances and large front gables But there are small stylistic variations making each one unique 4x6 mini #linocut print

Font 21: CLEANERS is inspired by the Pride Cleaners sign in the Chatham neighborhood in Chicago. It was recently announced that Pride Cleaners would be closing, but hopefully the amazing sign and iconic building will be saved 🤞🤞🤞 www.thechicagoneighborhoods.com/fonts/p/clea...

deltiologists deride the technical/artistic quality of the linen postcards popular in the 1930s & 1940s because the production process was much more mechanized BUT before mass producing them, they’d hand-paint a mockup for customer approval, which are lovely little art objects themselves

Tic Toc…Linocut print. 78cm-58cm. 2016. #printmaking #linocutprint #adeadesina #print #linocut

New mini print featuring three Chicago two-flats in North Mayfair

Massachusetts St. - Gary

A set of three three-flats and a corner store and flats building at the corner of California and Armitage in Logan Square Oil ink #linocut print with a splash of color via oil pastel for the three-flat covered in ivy

how fucking cool

51st & Wood - Chicago

I wrote about the School of the Art Institute of Chicago selling artist Roger Brown’s Home and Studio at 1926 N. Halsted in Lincoln Park, and the potential demolition of the historic property. chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/p/the-future...

Tiny Chicago on press. #letterpress

A poster at the Sokol Community Center with a few different typefaces that could be from @chgohoods.bsky.social

Hennepin Avenue Bridge (1990) by HNTB and the Grain Belt Beer Sign (1941), moved to its current location in 1950.

851 w montrose 1977, "man, on way to lake to fish, dies and is taken away by fire department, ambulance on montrose ave." jonas dovydenas photo

windmill gas, ellensburg, washington, 1987

Now available: River North, featuring a view of the Reid Murdoch Building, Marina City, and a boat cruising down the river while giving an architectural tour. 👋 Oh hey, that looks like Chicago's First Lady, doesn't it @chiarchitecture.bsky.social www.thechicagoneighborhoods.com/shop/p/river...

Trim 'n Tidy appreciation post.

A 1920s yellow brick three-flat with a splash of color in the garden #printmaking

Chicago two flats, 4x6 mini print #printmaking

My favorite museum in the city has joined the series. So many good memories visiting MSI as a child, and making new ones now every time I bring my own kid!

I don’t write about furniture because I’ll never be a “good taste” person; but for Untapped I wrote about the mythology of MCM design. Why does its aesthetic continually speak to so many—even in cheap knockoffs? www.untappedjournal.com/issues/issue...

Made the pilgrimage to see Z Erol Smith’s polychrome pièce de résistance, one of Chicago terra cotta nerdom’s most revered sites

2617 W. North Ave Chicago

Winter sunset on Lake Shore Drive #linocut #printmaking

Starting new direct mail dispatches. If you’d like an occasional postcard about what’s happening at Starshaped, you can read more about it and sign up at this link. Free for everyone. www.starshaped.com/blog/2025/1/...

Starshaped Press, Chicago's beloved purveyor of old school letterpress prints, is now on Bluesky at @starshapedpress.bsky.social!

Took a brief detour to check out a courtyard sculpture while walking my daughter to school this morning

Font 17: TIED HOUSE. This one is inspired by some long-hidden panes of glass in the 100+ year old former Schlitz Tied House at 94th and Ewing in East Side. The bar is currently being renovated and is now named the East Side Tap. thechicagoneighborhoods.com/shop/tied-ho...

Whenever I see these I always wonder if the kids (or family/friends) for whom these were named for ever came back and visited as adults

Flatiron Buildings of Rogers Park, #3.

#53 Pulaski @chicagocta.bsky.social bus at Montrose

North Bank of the Chicago River by Czech-American engraver Charles Turzak

My first post...might as well share some of my work: most of the prints in my Neighborhood Tourism series! Suggestions for others to do? Let me know!

This is great, can’t wait to check it out Made a print of this stretch several years ago before it became @raygunsite.com

New print, two and three flats on Augusta Boulevard at Ashland

Archer Ave. - Chicago

From "America in Woodcut - Rhythm of the New World". Max Thalmann. 1927.