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from a few summers ago…
Tag: West_Loop
Embrace the Gloom
Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. – Sun Tzu
Randolph Street, Chicago
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Kloster Cracked
Snowy Delivery
Evening Lullaby
Happier than the Morning Storm part 2
Lingering On
window icons, Grand Avenue. Thai restaurant whose name escapes me at the moment.
Butterfly, maybe?
Ready for a scotch
Or something. Jeez, brutal out there.
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from the National Weather Service forecast for Cook County:
Tonight…Mostly cloudy. A few flurries. Very cold. Lows 2 to 6 above…except 8 to 12 above downtown. Wind chills as low as 5 below to 15 below zero. West winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph at times.
Thursday…Windy. Partly sunny. Very cold. Highs 12 to 16. Wind chills as low as 10 below to 20 below zero. West winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph.
Thursday Night…Partly cloudy. Blustery. Lows 5 to 9 above… Except 9 to 13 above downtown. Wind chills as low as 5 below to 15 below zero. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph early in the evening.
[Click to continue reading 7-Day Zone Forecast for Cook County]
Don’t get me wrong, I actually like winter, at least in December and January. By February, the thrill of winter usually starts to fade, and March and April should be spring already damn it!1
Footnotes:- though rarely does Chicago actually have spring until mid-April or early May [↩]
Snowy evening commute
Last night
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tonight there is actually some snow, but I’m not taking photographs of it. Go figure…
Returned in Peace
end of the day, West Loop
Better when viewed Larger On Black
Sculpture on Randolph Street
Forget the exact building, business is defunct I believe
not sure if this compass rose is there anymore
Death Comes RSVP (White and Black version)
Photoshop B&W inversion
this mural didn’t last long, at least that I noticed
Top of the World 2007
Update of this photo of Jeff Zimmerman’s mural
www.flickr.com/photos/swanksalot/4284838/
Now, there is a single story structure (going to be a bank, or a fast food restaurant, or similar) blocking the mural
have to swing by over there, and see what happened.
Homage to George L. Kelling
Broken window theory in action.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Windows_Theory
Building owned by the CTA has had a broken window for several years now.
and still has broken windows. You’d think some city official would have noticed by now
Random Anarchists
Don’t mind the blemish in the lower right corner of the snapshot.
From a May Day of years past.
beating their buckets to the rhythm of oppression
How would you prefer airlines to charge you more money?
