Bridgeview Bank Uptown - Open House Chicago

Bridgeview Bank, formally Uptown Bank, and originally built as the Sheridan Trust and Savings Bank Building in 1924, has long been one of my favorite buildings in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood.  I've captured it's exterior quite a few times, so I was excited when I learned that it was on the schedule for the Chicago Architecture Foundation's excellent Open House Chicago event.  Below are a sampling of photos from the interior, the first floor of the grand banking hall:


Nikon D7000 w/ Sigma 10-20mm lens, f4 at 1/125sec, ISO800. © Andy Marfia 2012 All Rights Reserved.


Nikon D7000 w/ Sigma 10-20mm lens, f4 at 1/160sec, ISO800. © Andy Marfia 2012 All Rights Reserved.


Nikon D7000 w/ Sigma 10-20mm lens, f4.8 at 1/100sec, ISO800. © Andy Marfia 2012 All Rights Reserved.


Nikon D7000 w/ Sigma 10-20mm lens, f5.6 at 1/60sec, ISO800. © Andy Marfia 2012 All Rights Reserved.

These last two photos are of the vault in the basement.  Both the banking hall and the vault were featured in the movie "Public Enemies," starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger.  I never say it myself.


Nikon D7000 w/ Sigma 10-20mm lens, f4.5 at 1/160sec, ISO1600. © Andy Marfia 2012 All Rights Reserved.


Nikon D7000 w/ 16-85mm lens, f4.5 at 1/25sec, ISO800. © Andy Marfia 2012 All Rights Reserved.

A programming note: I took a lot of photos at Open House Chicago (over 300 on Saturday alone), and I also have photos from last year that I simply never got around to processing.  I think the sanest way to handle these is to deal with them one location at a time.  So this week was the Uptown Bank... next week or the week after or whenever I have time, I'll tackle something else.  Stay tuned.