#Uptown Chicago

[kodachrome-net]

Uptown Theater, Chicago, June 1990

[federer7]

Uptown. Children at an apartment entrance. Chicago. 1965

Photo: Danny Lyon

[urbs-in-horto]

Green Mill miniature by John Sharp

[89degree]

It has been a while since I got out to take photos. Still dealing with the psychological fallout of Covid. The last few times out have been uninspiring at best. I have been reading the collected works of St Teresa of Avila Vol.2 ( just started really). She was discouraged too but for different reasons but her perseverance might have inspired me. She wanted to do big things for God but being a woman in the 16th century she had few options and she knew it. So she looked for things she could do. She could not preach but she could help and pray and teach like minded women to serve in that way. When I started taking pictures I wanted to change the world not knowing what that meant or how to do it. Little did I know that photography would become a prayer language for me. I can't travel the world, don't, have a studio. I manage to keep myself in enough gear to do art and record the happenings in my community Though I am not a prolific as I used to be. I, too, am a victim of our times. I feel the resentments from people on the street to the presence of my camera. So it gets harder. Today I almost turned around and went home because the light that got me out had quickly disappeared. I went on passed the hospital though the tent city under the viaduct and into Montose Park. I tried a few handheld IR photos at about 1.6sec. to get a feel for composing trough the EVF with suss a dark filter. Truly uninspired images. I pushed on toward the beach . Again I was about to turn back after I took more of the same. But I heard machinery clanking out on the beach went to check it out. This is the first of 3 infrared images, the only one hand held. Sometimes I tell myself that there is nothing out there for me , I want to go somewhere where the paint is old and the colors ... different , and just living is a challenge . Just living is challenge here, and expressing that reality with a side of hope is what I do. I like this image. The sidewalk through no effort of its own is not completely covered and these three trees seem stand watch over it.

Peace and Grace. ( the 14th day of advent.)

[ex-frat-man]

[urbanchicagoan]

Alley mural in Uptown, Chicago (12/7/2024)

Un mural en un callejón en Uptown, Chicago (7/12/2024)

[pedestrianlens]

[northemerifuck]

[the-city-in-mind]

This is exciting. As a side effect of the CTA’s Red-Purple Modernization program there’s land open for redevelopment and they’re looking at upzoning and designating parts as pedestrian-focused, which would bar car-centric businesses (no curb cuts).

You can view the preliminary zoning proposals here (PDF)

[sidewalkdatestamps]

[archinform]

Photo for Friday

Bridgeview Bank Uptown, Broadway and Lawrence

The Sheridan Trust and Savings Bank Building, currently known as the The Teller House, is a 12-story terra cotta building at 4753 North Broadway in Uptown, Chicago.

The first eight floors of the structure were built in 1924 by Marshall and Fox. Huszagh and Hill added a four-story addition in 1928.

- Wikipedia

Another view:

[kodachrome-net]

Uptown Theater, Chicago, circa 1990

[utilitygraffiti]

[urbs-in-horto]

Views of Rainbo Gardens at Clark Street and Lawrence Avenue in the 1920's. Outdoor entertainment venues were to be found all over the northside. The Green Mill was a short stumble down Lawrence, The Bismarck Gardens further south at Broadway and Grace. More info on Rainbo's long history here

[89degree]

Perfect as they are. Children’s chalk art from the side yard June 3, 2024

[garylshum]

9/17/18