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Village Theater, Chicago, 1990
#theaters#theatres#movie theaters#lost places#chicago theaters#chicago#film photography#1990#bruce sharp#old town#old town chicago
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𝔖𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔩 ℜ𝔬𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔫
#chicago#edit#chi town#lowrider#photography#lowrider magazine#old school#car club#lowlow#lowrider culture#film#film photography#3D film#Kodak#portra#iso160
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and when i live on my own ill be able to decorate like real life decorate ive never gotten to do that in real life b4
#like im not barred from doing it Nd i do like. a little bit kind of but its like. Idk my entire life is a very transient thing and im rly#rly rly not used to being in one place for a long time so as a kid we never rly decorated ever#and like obv i wont be Owning a house or anything like that so itll still have to be moveable but i can like. but furniture that i like and#stuff... ive never gotten to do that b4 even in um. wa. i didnt rly get to do any of the decorating even when i was in the actual house bc#him and the roommates umm. did all that. Okay well now ive sort of freaked it by making myself think of that so im going to go stare#longingly at the floorplan i did#bc umm. well ideally id like to move into one of the apartments thats right across the way bc theres a couple of apt buildings like right#there 5 min walk tops and one of the places Has an open one but no floorplan#i wont be movjng out for ages i just wanted to look at floorplans yk#but like i said no floorplans BUT theres one a bit further away not rly walkable bc its umm#youd have to walk on the interstate and stuff and um. no sidewalk and everything but theeeeeeeeee thing had a floorplan#still very close by like 2 min drive but yk. but i still did my little mockup floorplan with that apartment instead#i want it to be closeby so everybody can come visit and so that i dont die and explode . i dont rly want to continue living in this town#4ever once km like Normal and have savings and ive got everything worked out i wanna maybe move to chicago or something since il is better#for the transgenderisms. + ive always wanted to try living in a big city at least once and i think itd be awesome#but thats Ages and ages away like maybe 5 years depending on how good i am. weeee will see if 5 years in the future is like on the table 4#me LOLLLL 24 year old connor seems rly crazy to imagine. but anyways....#but itll be nice to move out and still be in town bc then i can have the same job yk . and maybe ill know how to drive atp and i can like .#buy a car ..or something . if i do know how to drive#which i probably should since this town very car dependent and i dont want my mom to have to drive me to work esp if umm. i dont live with#them ... im just rly rly rly rly rly fucking scared of driving but i know also in my heart that when i do know how to drive the bond between#me and that car will be crazyyyy like. idk how many of you followed me last year but you may remember my insane bond with angel my cart from#work and there was a lot gokng on woth that <- was Very delusional at the time and i was convinced that she was a sentient thing and had the#power to make my life better or worse if i upset her so i said good morning and goodnight to her every single day so that i could have a#good day . looking back on it probably was something to be concerned abt but whatever.... she is still my best friend and i do miss her#deeply#her bathtub and heater were my besttt friends when i was in wa LOL. i was quite unwell#bathtub is still in my room tho yayyy. heater lives with lamp now and angel is of course at my old job....#bathtub currently is holding a project i gave up on. everyone say thank.you bathtub im looking at her right now
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So the one reason to go to Arkansas is to drive through a town named "Flippin," where everything sounds like a euphemism. Flippin Fire Dept. Flippin School. Flippin Police. Etc.
While that does sound charming, I don't know that justifies a trip to Arkansas
#when I was considering moving to georgia#a place I had not been yet#I was at this hole in the wall thai restaurant with a friend#and the tables were soooo close together#and there was a couple next to us#and the one boyfriend was just like hissing that he was NOT going to move to Arkansas#he didn't care HOW good his bf's job offer was#he was NOT GOING#he could get a job ANYWHERE ELSE#and while GA is not quite on the same level as Arkansas I was like gosh that is what i'm feeling right now#it's soooo far south#anyway I did move to GA and it was fine#although that feels disingenuous#I very rarely left the city and in the city I very rarely met anyone who was actually FROM GA#this one time I stopped for gas in what is apparently a small shitty town#and I'm white but apparently I was OBVIOUSLY not from around there#because there were like five old men sitting at the bar of the little gas station restaurant#who stopped talking when I walked in and just... watched me#as I bought a snack for the road and asked where the bathroom was#just silently disapprovingly watching this outsider... utilize a gas station#the girl working the register seemed apologetic#when i went back out to my car I could see all them watching me from the window#so I do think there are parts of GA that straight up suck#and had I been a different race I think my safety would have been in question that day#but Atlanta was fine for the most part#weirdly full of people from Chicago
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Old Town, Chicago
January 2004
#Chicago#Old Town#Old Town sign#winter#snow#January 2004#Wells Street and North Avenue#historic district
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Chicagos alleyways on expired film by me
( mostly in old town / lincoln square area. Trying to compile more )
#Chicago#35 mm#Olympus om1#kodak gold 35mm#Kodak was for most#portra 400 for first#expired film#old town#Lincoln park#downtown Chicago#urban#alleyways#alleyway
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I’ve been watching the Shining Girls on and off because a) takes place in Chicago and b) do enjoy an Elizabeth Moss performance but. you can tell they got like some parts of Chicago right. but then other parts…. oof. painful for a local
#like one that sent me laughing during a serious scene:#’you were in wicker park?’ ‘yeah by Monroe’#BITCH WHAT?????#if you’re that far west (Damen give or take)#and at MONROE#you’re about 2+ miles south of wicker park#and then it’s the combo of her working at the sun times (in its old location right in streeterville/river north lol)#as a RECORDS GIRL#but still living in some nebulous west town location#and yeah the story takes place in like 80s/90s/aughts/?#but like. what are these buildings Toronto???#and at no point does she use tokens at the L (which were stopped in the late 90s)#the bear is probably the most accurate about Chicago#excepting ONE conversation about the expressways (which if you interpret it differently it’s correct)#and ONE firing off of rent lowering gunshots in river north#though to be honest river north always feels like lipstick on a pig#there are some fucking dives there (I’ve been to them)#thoughts? thoughts
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Seeing light filter through the trees on streets lined by old brownstones in the midst of the city is one of the most magical things on this earth.
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Castro Urdiales, Spain (No. 2)
Castro-Urdiales, Castro Urdiales, or simply Castro, is a coastal town and municipality located in northern Spain, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. It borders on the east and southeast with the Biscayan municipalities of Musques, Sopuerta, Trucíos and Arcentales; on the west and southwest, with the Cantabrian municipality of Liendo; and to the south, with Guriezo. The city is located 75 km from Santander (Cantabria), and 35 km from the town of Bilbao (Vizcaya).
With an area of around 96 km², it is one of the most populated coastal municipalities on the Cantabrian coast with 32,069 inhabitants (INE as of 1 January 2019); in Cantabria only Santander and Torrelavega have more population (see table).
Castro-Urdiales in turn is the capital of the municipality. It is located 19 m above sea level.
Source: Wikipedia
#Severino de Achúcarro#Edificio Salvarrey#Castro Urdiales#Cantabria#travel#Jugendstil#art nouveau#Plaza del Ayuntamiento#Northern Spain#cityscape#exterior#façade#tourist attraction#Chicago Landmark#original photography#vacation#summer 2021#old town#Southern Europe#España#detail#door#window#Spain#lantern
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vibrating bc I just realized it'd be very feasible to see one of my favorite bands live for the first time later this year
#concert-going has always been so hard bc I'd always have to haul ass back to chicago to see anything. when I lived in my old college town#and for the past few years I've mostly been too broke to buy tickets for anything anyway#but I live downtown in a different city now#a city where bands come sometimes...#they're gonna be a bus ride away and I could afford to go#not gonna buy the tickets yet bc a 50 dollar purchase is intimidating. but.#absolutely worth making that purchase in a paycheck or two#even with my mixed feelings on their newer stuff. seeing the front bottoms live would be a transcendent fucking experience for me#I wonder what I'd have to do to bribe them into playing joanie lmao#fr tho I'm so hyped about this#it's gonna be on a work night. but even so#I can do it!!#it's such a miracle living in a place I actually like and having a job that pays me liveably#holy shit#invasion of the frogs
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Village Theater, Chicago, 1990
#village theatre#theatres#movie theaters#black and white#film photography#35mm photography#architecture#terra cotta#movie theatres#lost places#chicago theatres#old town#old town chicago#kodak#kodak tmax 3200#film grain#ricoh xr-10#theaters#the wrong film for this type of shot#but you used what you had in the camera#chicago#1990#bruce sharp
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Cruisin’ Cermak (Chicago, IL)
#chicago#chi town#lowrider#photography#lowrider magazine#car club#old school#lowlow#Impala#black and white#B&W#Ricoh#ricohgriii#classic car#classic#Chevy
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Here’s looking at you, kid.
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Interior shot of tiered book galleries at Hild Regional Library 4544 North Lincoln Avenue. (now the Old Town School of Folk Music)
I knew I had this image but it took me awhile to locate it after earlier posting the picture of the guitar toting rabbit walking outside the building. This is the second floor; there were another 2 levels of tiered galleries on the 1st floor, all surrounded by an arc of windows facing the Oakley Avenue rear of the building. Fond memories of this place. I worked here a couple years in the long long ago.
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