Urban Park - Chicago, IL

Witnessing and documenting the renewal of cities and spaces has quickly grown to be one of my favorite parts of my job. I have the privilege of witnessing nothing becoming something or watching an old place transform into something new. The Urban Park project I shot a couple months ago perfectly encapsulates the joy it is to be an architecture photographer.

Urban Park Chicago AJ Brown Imaging

Aptly named Urban Park, this little park exists in a regular alley on West Monroe between Franklin and Wells in downtown Chicago. Shive Hattery was tasked with transforming this normal and somewhat grimy alley into a community gathering place: the kind of place where people can not only rest and smoke, but also gather together in the outdoors to relax, be inspired, unwind, and rejuvenate. Shive Hattery needed to create the type of place people talk about and don’t stop talking about.

Urban Park Before AJ Brown Imaging
Urban Park AJ Brown Imaging

To highlight the incredible transformation of Urban Park, I snagged some before views of the alley from Google Maps.

The intensive and detailed work that architects and designers execute truly does make the world a better, more beautiful place; Urban Park is proof.

Urban Park AJ Brown Imaging
Urban Park Lighting AJ Brown Imaging

Minneapolis Architectural Photographer - AJ Brown Imaging

Minnesota Architectural Photographer - AJ Brown Imaging

MINNESOTA ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER - AJ BROWN IMAGING - MIDWEST ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHER MINNESOTA

AJ Brown Imaging is a premiere Midwest architectural photography firm based out of Moline, Illinois. Photographing the Minneapolis area since 2005, AJ Brown Imaging’s goal is excellence in providing clients with award winning architectural photography. AJ Brown Imaging has fifteen years of experience shooting Minnesota commercial architectural and residential architectural buildings. Trusted by architectural firms throughout the Midwest and beyond with interior photography, exterior architectural photography, real estate development photography, and drone aerial photography ABI encourages you to view our complete portfolio photographed throughout Minnesota and the Midwest.

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