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The hand painted billboard–once a staple on buildings before 1970. This is one of the many fading examples. Broadway near Devon.
Superdawg 2013
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One of Chicago’s biggest attractions–Superdawg! Always busy. Since 1948.Â
Chicago Brown Line Station 2009
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Just waiting for the train on a foggy, rainy day. Oh, yeah, I had my camera with me! Funny how that worked out.
Laundromat 2013
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I took this while walking down North Avenue by Wood Street. I liked how the sea foam green of the washing machines looked against the reflections of the street.
GE 2013
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I must have past this old TV repair shop a billion times and only recently did I have a chance to photograph it. It’s located in the sleepy Edgebrook neighborhood, far up north in the city (intersections of Devon, Central and Caldwell Avenues). I remember when every neighborhood had one of these. Times have changed.
Reflection on Logan Blvd. 2013
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Just a walk on a Sunday afternoon, just after a late summer shower. This was on beautiful Logan Blvd. Sometimes even the smallest details can tell a much bigger story.
Schwinn 2013
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Nothing is more iconic than Schwinn bicycles are to Chicago. My dad worked at the original factory on Kostner Ave. for over thirty years. It’s great to see people still finding these old bikes and fixing them up. They were very well built. It’s a fixture around Logan Square that’s for sure.
To Trains 2012
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I see this on most of the older stations near downtown Chicago. This example is the subway entrance at the Division Street Blue Line. Such a timeless thing. Like a good Bogart film.
Near The Alley 1994
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This is the other side of the street from my previous post: 900 Block of Belmont Looking West. On this side of the street, is where all the action on Saturday night was. The kids coming to and from Meduas’s would congregate along here back in the late 80’s. There were always interesting characters hanging around here.
Paulina And Lincoln 1994
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Another view looking downward from the Brown Line station platform. Kerouac Jack’s is long gone. I always loved the lighting in this shot. It’s geometrical as well.
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