1895 · Steel Frame with Terracotta Cladding · Werk 73 von 1.871

The Reliance Building in Chicago, its steel frame sheathed in white glazed terracotta, projecting Chicago windows stacked in bays from pavement to cornice, narrow piers between continuous glass, plate glass shopfronts at street level, the street before it carrying only horse-drawn carriages, delivery wagons and pedestrians in long coats and hats.