An Inflatable Building Recreates the Iconic Mecca Flats at the Heart of Chicago’s Black Renaissance
As the World’s Fair loomed on Chicago’s horizon, architects Willoughby J. Edbrooke and Franklin Pierce Burnham built a 98-unit hotel to house visitors. After the exposition was finished, the Romanesque Revival building with a large central courtyard was converted into apartments and became known as Mecca Flats. Chicago adhered to strict segregation codes in the […]