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Dec 14

Found in Illinois, 2014 (Part II, Architecture)

Approximately 4000 square miles of high resolution digital aerial imagery collected in Illinois by Ayres Associates in 2014.  Thank you to all of our friends for making this year a tremendous success!  Throughout the year we’ve collected snapshots of the unique cultural, historical, and natural sites in your communities and wanted to share them with everyone.

Robert_Allerton_ParkAllerton House, Piatt County, Illinois

Ayres Associates collected snap shots of unique architectural landmarks throughout the projects we flew in Illinois this past spring.  From large estates in the countryside to prairie style homes in the Chicago suburbs, Illinois provides a diverse range of important architectural wonders. Here’s a sampling:

Robert Allerton Park

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allertonRobert Allerton Park near Monticello in Piatt County, is a 1500 acre park and nature center. The former estate of Robert Allerton features the grand Allerton House (along with several other buildings), many elaborate gardens, and natural spaces. This imagery was captured for Piatt County as part of the Champaign County GIS Consortium (CCGISC).  6-inch resolution orthoimagery was prepared and tested using NSSDA procedure to confirm that it meets ASPRS Class 1 accuracy standards.  Photo  to the right is courtesy of: D. Finnigan http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allerton_House_and_Pond_at_Allerton_Park.jpg#filehistory

 

Oak Park & Frank Lloyd Wright

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In Oak Park, Illinois there are more Frank Lloyd Wright homes than you can shake a stick at.  In fact the Village boasts the largest collection FLW homes in the world. There are 14 FLW homes located in the quarter-square mile area shown in the image above.  This imagery was captured for the Village by Ayres Associates in the spring of 2014 and prepared as 3″ resolution digital orthoimagery.

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Frank Lloyd Wright Home Studio, photo courtesy of: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, ILL,16-OAKPA,5-2
Read more about Oak Park and the FLW Studio here:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Park,_Illinois
Oh yeah, and Ernest Hemingway’s birthplace home is also found in this same area of Oak Park: hemingways_birthplace_OP

Tinley Park Metra Station

Metra_station_TinleyPark3 The Metra Station in downtown Tinley Park’s historic district was honored in 2007 by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) as one of the 150 Great Places of Illinois. This 3″ resolution orthoimagery was captured by Ayres Associates for the GIS Consortium on behalf of the Village (www.gisconsortium.org).

Image [above] courtesy of Google Earth
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Planimetric features of downtown Tinley Park compiled by Ayres Assocites for GIS geodatabase.

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