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Morning Mist
As I walk to the train, someone is already arriving at work on a chilly morning, October 5, 2010, 6:49am.
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Westbound on the border
Lake-Cook Road, October 2, 2010.
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Grass on the Plaza
Their last chord in the air, bluegrass band The Henhouse Prowlers are applauded by the lunch hour crowd behind the Picasso.
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Ommmm...
Facing East at the Deerfield Metra station, September 30, 2010, 7:03am.
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1 Moron + 1 Pay Phone =
I got up to my office at around 8:10 this morning. At 8:30, I got a call from a fellow-employee who said, "What's going on?!?" Seems around the time I got here, a bomb threat was phoned in to one of the downtown court buildings, and hence they weren't letting anyone up. Happily, it was a hoax. Unhappily, it's so easy to do.
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A Joyful Noise
Drums and bugles blasting outside our office windows, and they sound (and feel!) wonderful.
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A better (I hope) 3-4-5 above 7-11
The first two floors are a convenience store in this 5 story landmark building--Washington Block, at Wells and Washington--which, in 1874, was Chicago's tallest skyscraper. NOTE: This is a revised version, or actually, a less revised version. I messed with the color balance, meant to delete it but didn't and realized later I'd posted the blue one. Sorry!
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As in a dream
Fun with color and contrast turns Union Station into something vaguely nightmarish.
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Not my problem
Outside the County Building.
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Echoes
Until 2004, the home of the Chicago Federation of Musicians, these days, 175 W. Washington looks empty and is up for sale, August 17, 2010, 7:38am. I remember "auditioning" (rat-a-tat-tatting on a rubber drum pad) in the building to join the union so my band could play the 1982 ChicagoFest.
