I rode the Blue Line out to Rosemont, where I found the Hyatt Regency glowing as the sun set. For the story and photographs, click on the image
All in Chicago
And Now, This (II)
I’ve been riding the “L” again, taking photographs from the windows as people and the scenery quickly passes by. Here are some the images from this ongoing project.
Chicago Jazzfest--Day 4
The final day of the 2019 Chicago Jazzfest ended with performances by Eddie Palmieri, Miguel Zenon, Melissa Aldana, and Camila Meza in a salute to Latin Jazz. During the day, Ben LaMar Gay and Will Faber offered an extraordinary performance mixing the Art of Ensemble of Chicago with electronics, and folk sensibilities. Also performing were pianist Ben Sidran, Joan Collaso, and Sharel Cassity.
Chicago Jazzfest--Day 2
The Art Ensemble of Chicago closed Day 2 of the 2019 Chicago Jazz Festival with an exuberant performance that features somewhere around 20 musicians. Preceding them on the main stage, were George Freeman and Billy Branch, vibist Joel Ross, and trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire. Earlier in the day, Chicago vocalist Dee Alexander performed with the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, and Rob Mazurek played a set of relatively free jazz.
Chicago Jazzfest--Day 1
Freddy Cole pays tribute to his brother Nat King Cole on the first day of the 2019 Chicago Jazz Festival.
Logan Square
Today I spent seven or so hours wondering around Logan Square. I doubt many tourists visit this hipster neighborhood, but they should. It has plenty of restaurants, cafes, and breweries. Here are some images from my visit, which concluded in Wicker Park on the roof of the Roby Hotel.
RIP Cubs Fans
Cubs fans who want to be memorialized as the die-hard can have their remains placed in one of the niches on the authentic bleacher brick wall at Bohemian National Cemetery on Chicago’s northwest side. I paid the wall a visit to today. Here are my thoughts and images.
And Now, This (I)
I decided to ride the “L” today with my new Sony RX 100vii point and shoot camera. When I got home, I had a lot of junk—as I expected—and some gems.
Stacks
Mies van der Rohe was instrumental in the design of the Illinois Institute of Technology's Bronzeville campus in Chicago. The campus' heating plant is one his more utilitarian buildings, although one could argue that Mies was utilitarian through and through. I took the opportunity provided by the Metro Station at 35th Street to photograph it.
Goldberg
Click on the image to enlarge it, and for Jack Siegel’s commentary and additional images regarding Bertrand Goldberg’s Hilliard Homes project.
Mies' God Box
Mies van der Rohe’s own design for a house of worship is found on the Illinois Institute of Technology’s main campus in Bronzeville. It is a simple brick box with load-bearing walls. Jack Siegel discusses the Carr Chapel and his image of it. He also includes a number of other images that he has made of other Chicago-area houses of worship.
Paul Butterfield
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Billiken
The 90th Annual Bud Billiken Parade
Marx Brothers
The Marx Brothers Resided in this Home Beginning in 1912
Garfield Park
Air Flows Past a Plant Resting on a Ledge in the Garfield Park Conservatory
Power
Mayor Richard J. Daley’s Former Home
It's Your Stuff
Click on the Image to Enlarge It, and for Jack B. Siegel’s Commentary and Additional Images]