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All in Urban Landscapes
Day for Night
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Circuit Board
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Arrival
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Unity Temple
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Haymarket Riot
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Motor Row
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Fortune Cookie
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Luxury Rentals
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Hoodie Time
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Under Construction
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A Discovery
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Pretty Flamingo
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The landscape has changed significantly in since I moved to Chicago 25 years ago. Some change for the good, other change not so good. Developers have all but destroyed the branch of the Chicago River that bisects the north from the south.
Al's Italian Beef
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On the corner of Welles and Ontario in Chicago's River North neighborhood sits Al's Italian Beef, just 4 doors north of the Flamingo Rum Club.
The Pit
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Soon it will be impossible to reproduce anything that looks like this photograph. The finished building will yield images that are largely differentiated by atmospheric conditions. The building will the same in every image.
Winterlude
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My hands are warm, then they get cold, then they burn, and then it's not so bad. Winter in Chicago. Headed north today along the lakefront. The sky was bright, thin blue. By the time I headed back about 90 minutes later the sky had already clouded over. Snow is forecast for the early evening hours.
Gutsy Protest
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I was headed downtown today to photograph the cold. As the 146 bus approached the Wrigley building I noticed, to my delight, a demonstration across the Michigan Avenue, in the plaza that abuts the Tribune Tower and the international style building just south of the Tribune.
Frozen Shards
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At 1PM, the temperature is down to 5-degrees Fahrenheit, but the wind chill makes it feel like 10 to 15 degrees below-zero. Layers are essential, but unfortunately, I have not found a pair of gloves that allows me to operate at camera without taking them off.
Day and Night
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Today I had the opportunity to photograph the contrast between old and new when I visited a furniture and fixture manufacturing company and a metal grinder and fabricating plant, both located within a block of each other on Chicago's far west side.
Parasite or Love?
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Two days after the Apple store moved several blocks south on Michigan Avenue to its new riverfront location, I stopped by the old Apple store to see what remained. I was greeted by an all-black wall where a sleek glass storefront once welcomed me, with what was for me an intriguing statement stenciled in white: "We would never leave you."