Entries Tagged as 'garbage'
September 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Logan Square, Chicago
Some idiots keep lighting garbage bins on fire in the alleys of Logan Square. Then guess what happens? Buildings start on fire. Imagine that.

Logan Square, Chicago
It makes me feel a little better that our garage is brick, but I know that a brick garage can can still contain quite a fire. When we lived in Roscoe Village the brick garage across the alley from us caught on fire, burning everything inside, damaging our back stairs and melting the siding off of our house. These photos were taken in our alley. A little too close to home.
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Roscoe Village, Chicago
In the morning the sun hits our big front deck. In the afternoon and evening it’s on the little fire escape alley deck. I sit on the back deck and read in the afternoons and evenings a lot. The view is great, huh?
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Tags:alley·Chicago·garbage·recycle·roscoe village

Clark/Lake Blue Line Platform, The Loop, Chicago
I hate these new garbage “cans.” Trash Receptacles , I guess. It wasn’t so bad when they were using black trash bags, but now that they’re using clear.. it’s just like the garbage might as well be just laying there. I guess there’s something psych that’s comforting to have the garbage NOT VISABLE even if it’s in the same place.
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Tags:blue line·Chicago·clark/lake·cta·garbage·Mass Transit·the loop·trash

Whenever I see rubbage like this down by the tracks I wonder how the train manages to fly by without hitting it. I know it’s in a notched out wall, but still.
I don’t remember what stop on the Blue Line I was at when I took this photo.
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Tags:blue line·cta·garbage·Mass Transit
When it’s hot outside the city smells like garbage. Ewww.
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Tags:garbage·New York·Weather