Union Stockyards

    

     HOG Butcher for the World,
     Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
     Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;
     Stormy, husky, brawling,     City of the Big Shoulders:


Beginning of Carl Sandburg Poem "Chicago"


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Beach House

Another photograph coming from the Evanston Art Center. This is a storage house on the back side of the property, facing Lake Michigan. Yet another reason to make the short trip north to Evanston.


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Another Hidden Gem

This will be the first of several posts from this park. Where is it you ask? Milton Lee Olive Park, it's just to the north of Navy Pier by about 100 yards. It is everything that Navy Pier isn't: quiet, secluded, beautiful and meaningful. 


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First Snow

First Snow.

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Peeking Tower

There is little chance that meteorologists can solve the mysteries of weather until they gain an understanding of the mutual attraction of rain and weekends.  ~Arnot Sheppard


or in our case . . . snow. 


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Northerly Island Redux

This is a proposed rendering of what Northerly Island could look like if Mayor Daley gets his farewell gift. The urban legend of how Mayor Daley ripped up the airstrip at Meigs field during a midnight raid is about as Chicago as you can get.

This is a photograph taken from Northerly Island about a year ago. If you haven't been all the way out on the island I highly recommend it. It looks like a city of rubble. There is nothing but broken concrete, bent metal beams and grass. It looks exactly like what it is, an old airstrip that has been overtaken by nature.

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Meteorological Winter

Today is the first day of meteorological winter, so Happy Meteorological Winter!

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