burnham, root, and atwood's reliance building in 1987

burnham, root, and atwoood's reliance building (1890-1895) as it looked in 1987. the mood of this tired building (since restored) is overpowering, so i chose to intervene as little as possible. the kodachrome slides were taken by john vinci. i wish i could've spent a few weeks inside documenting the layers of time when it looked this way. i like tired...