Standing Lincoln, Lincoln Park, Chicago
After visiting the Chicago History Museum and looking at The Children’s Fountain I came across this bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln in the museum’s east lawn, in Lincoln Park. The statue is called “Standing Lincoln” and was completed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1887.
I quite liked the monument and if I lived [...]

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Stephanie, Amanda, Jessica :: Notebaert Nature Museum, Lincoln Park, Chicago

Jessica :: Notebaert Nature Museum, Lincoln Park, Chicago

Dad, Stephanie :: Notebaert Nature Museum, Lincoln Park, Chicago

Jessica, Dad, Stephanie :: Notebaert Nature Museum, Lincoln Park, Chicago
These were taken outside the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum when we visited last Friday. It was hard to believe we were still [...]

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On Friday Amanda, Stephanie, Jessica and my dad came down to Chicago and we did “take two” of going to the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. Last time we tried to go it was a holiday and we just drove around forever looking for parking before driving home. I could kick myself because I found out [...]

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Public Enemies Movie Filming, Lincoln Park, Chicago
Paul Baker* alerted me to this photo opportunity and on my bike commute home I stopped to take a few photographs. Public Enemies, a movie about John Dillinger, is being filmed on Lincoln Avenue near the Biograph Theater. A whole bunch of the building fronts were redone to look [...]

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Eric & Laura, Lincoln Park, Chicago

Laura, Lincoln Park, Chicago

Eric, Lincoln Park, Chicago
My coworker Eric is moving to New York and last night was his going away party. Eric grew up in Boston and he and Laura moved to Chicago a couple years ago when Eric started working at FeedBurner. As you can see he loves [...]

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