Fire and Clay: How Brick Reveals the Hidden History of Chicago Aram Han Sifuentes Cuban American painter Gustavo Ojeda

Cuban American painter Gustavo Ojeda (1958–89) is best known for lush and meditative urban nightscapes

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Fire and Clay: How Brick Reveals the Hidden History of Chicago Aram Han Sifuentes Cuban American painter Gustavo OjedaBy the late 1920s, at its peak of brick making and consumption, Chicago was making over a billion bricks a year for its buildings and importing almost another billion nicer face bricks for their front facades. Throughout Chicagos history, brick dramatically transformed from a simple fireproof building material into an integral piece of architectural design. And no one knows the hidden details and stories of this fascinating history like Chicagos