Here's one particularly common design:
![Kedzie & California](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2148/4507426725_f61f5bc78a.jpg)
![Montrose Avenue](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4508065678_a0c9ab1ac6.jpg)
![IMG_0502a](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/4562486472_118b4ca7e7.jpg)
![Rogers Park](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2353/4508066446_28a21387f4.jpg)
But there were many others.
![Milwaukee Avenue](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2160/4507426543_75d238153f.jpg)
![Wrigleyville](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2251/4508067068_ce337cea64.jpg)
![S. Michigan Avenue](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2733/4507427361_830923c49e.jpg)
![Uptown/Wrigleyville](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2474/4507427197_95bce9976c.jpg)
![Belmont Avenue](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2736/4507427511_bbd8c018b1.jpg)
![Lincoln Avenue](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4508064252_fc64833164.jpg)
They appear again and again on Chicago commercial buildings, adding a distinctly local note to otherwise forgettable architecture. They rather contradict Sullivan's own design philosophy, which considered building and ornament to be one unified, interrelated work of art, each custom-designed to fit the other and to serve the whole. These guys, by contrast, were just picking stuff out of a catalog. But hey, it's impressive stuff!
The term Sullivanesque comes from the book of the same name, which catalogs not only these shallow-but-pretty imitators, but also a whole school of design based directly on Sullivan's design style.
If you're not convinced by the organic-unifed-work-of-art argument, there's a place where you can compare a Sullivanesque building with an actual Sullivan design, in Lincoln Square. Right by the neighborhood's central plaza stands a fairly impressive bit of Sullivanesque, one of the few to actually make some attempt at integrating ornament and design.
![DSCF7240](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/4620084309_b3081c3e17.jpg)
![DSCF7238a](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4620698294_d03a757342.jpg)
But just a block south, the last built design of Sullivan's life - the Krause Music Store facade - blows its imitators completely off the map. There's simply no comparison.
![Krause Music Store](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/292704780_709bdd4001.jpg)
![Krause Music Store detail](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/111/292705039_48db77d4d4.jpg)
![Krause Music Store detail](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/100/292705579_c806cd0dd2.jpg)
![Krause Music Store detail](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/112/292705535_48a8ac5380.jpg)
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