Metropolitan Correctional Center - downtown Chicago hdr
Well, Chicago has surprised me once again. I came across this very unique building the other night, and learned it is in fact, a huge prison right in downtown Chicago. That explains the tiny windows. This grand triangular structure, sometimes referred to as "the prism," is named the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
It is a vertical prison, and supposedly has this shape in order to reduce the time needed to patrol its halls.
This brutalist 70's design struck me as a very odd building, indeed. But who knew it was a jail? There is rumored to be an exercise area on the rooftop.
Once again, to be able to get a size I want and as much in the shot as possible, this is 3 vertical images stitched together, and 3 exposures for each image. Tonemapped all in Photomatix, then stitched together in Photoshop.
For my official site and inquiries, please visit photography.JosephLekas.com
Metropolitan Correctional Center - downtown Chicago hdr
Well, Chicago has surprised me once again. I came across this very unique building the other night, and learned it is in fact, a huge prison right in downtown Chicago. That explains the tiny windows. This grand triangular structure, sometimes referred to as "the prism," is named the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
It is a vertical prison, and supposedly has this shape in order to reduce the time needed to patrol its halls.
This brutalist 70's design struck me as a very odd building, indeed. But who knew it was a jail? There is rumored to be an exercise area on the rooftop.
Once again, to be able to get a size I want and as much in the shot as possible, this is 3 vertical images stitched together, and 3 exposures for each image. Tonemapped all in Photomatix, then stitched together in Photoshop.
For my official site and inquiries, please visit photography.JosephLekas.com