Entries from October 27th, 2004

Autumn on Ashland Avenue

October 30th, 2004 · 4 Comments

Yellow Leaves
Yellow Leaves, North Center, Chicago

Halloween Decorations
Halloween Decorations, North Center, Chicago

I took these photos while walking to the bus stop on Ashland Avenue.

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Meeting Liam

October 30th, 2004 · 3 Comments

Guy, Little Italy, Chicago
Guy, Little Italy, Chicago

Dallas & Liam, Little Italy, Chicago
Dallas & Liam, Little Italy, Chicago

Killian, Little Italy, Chicago
Killian, Little Italy, Chicago

Yesterday we visited with Guy & Amber and their 2-month-old little boy Liam who were visiting from Kansas City. Meeting Dallas and Killian’s college friends is a great way to get old dirt! In case you couldn’t tell, that last photo is Killian “looking mean”.

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Sun-Times Building to Trump Tower Transformation

October 29th, 2004 · 3 Comments

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Since I walk past the Sun-Times building every day, I thought I’d take some photos of it during its demolition and reincarnation as Trump Tower. Early in the week I took a few more photos of the empty offices inside the building. Employees left their marks, literally by writing on the walls and bashing them in. They may have been bitter about leaving, or because they were threatening to strike.. or maybe they were just like “F-it, this building is coming down anyway.”

Also early in the week, workers started fencing off the area, thus forcing me to change my walking route to get from the El to work. On Monday and Tuesday I could still get through, but by Thursday or Friday the fences were padlocked. The river walk in front of the Sun-Times building is now inaccessible as is the small park next to the building,in front of McDonalds and in between the Sun-Times and the Wrigley buildings. The demolition signs went up on the fences on Thursday and Trump came to town to officially start the tearing down of the building.

See also:
» Make Way for Chicago Trump Tower
» Sun-Times Building Empty, Employees May Strike

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Dentista

October 28th, 2004 · 7 Comments

Dentista
Luis Casals: Dentista, Wicker Park, Chicago

While I was waiting for my sushi I saw this dentist’s office about 2 doors down from Blue Fin on North Ave. The mounted fish and the artwork remind me of something I’d see at home in Smalltown, WI, and not in a busy intersection of a trendy neighborhood in Chicago.

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Night Rain, Neon & Trains

October 27th, 2004 · 10 Comments

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Intersection of Damen/North/Milwaukee, Wicker Park, Chicago

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Double Door, Wicker Park, Chicago

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Big Tony’s Pizza, Wicker Park, Chicago

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Barry’s, Wicker Park, Chicago

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Central Furniture Mart, Wicker Park, Chicago

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Trains Passing, Wicker Park, Chicago

Last night I took the Blue Line to Damen and got take out sushi at Blue Fin. In the top photo, which was taken from the El platform, Blue Fin is at the butt end of the bus on the right. It took 20 minutes to make my order and in that time I took a couple photos in the restaurant’s surrounding area. The rest of these photos I somehow managed to take on the way home, in the rain, while carrying my food and my purse and text messaging on my phone.

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