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World With End, Amen

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Received one of these today on Michigan Avenue from one of those folks who think that if God isn’t always vying for mass world death, He’s just not doing His job. There’s got to be some money behind this group though. They had five trucks decorated like the one below.

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Theater of Blood

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Built in 1909, the Grayland Theater* (3940 N. Cicero) was one of several small silent age movie houses in Chicago. Called neighborhood theaters (according to the fascinating Jazz Age Chicago site), these tiny showplaces skimped on fripperies like balconies, pillars, and ornamentation, and were strictly built to hold a hundred (or fewer) people for an […]

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Ghost Signs!

Friday, March 18, 2011

Ghost signs found on Dempster and Bronx Ave. in Skokie. I’m sure many, many photographers have snapped shots of these already, but I finally got around to doing it yesterday. Love the old alphabet phone numbers! And most of you young ankle-biters probably have no idea what Green Stamps were.

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No Rumble in the Bronx

Friday, March 18, 2011

I’ve passed by the “historic Bronx building” many times on my way through Skokie, and I’ve always meant to stop and take a few shots. Looks like a 20s era building. Not sure what makes it historic. I haven’t found much more info about it online, save from the company that was apparently hired to […]

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Photo a Day 2011, #45: Moon moon moon, you’re taking care of me.

Friday, February 18, 2011
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Prithee, Attend to My Plea! We Are in Dire Need of Assis… Thunk! Ugh…

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

The world’s most inefficient warning sign? By the time you finish reading it, a nine-inch icicle might be lodged in your skull.

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Photo a Day 2011, #44: The Senate Gathers and Shivers

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

They all seemed to be saying, “What the hell? Wasn’t it just spring?”

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The House That Richard “Built”

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Made an interesting trip today to Richard Nickel’s house. With the thaw I felt an itch to search for interesting buildings. Then I remembered that I had yet to see Nickel’s home—though he never actually lived here, having died not so long after buying it. I think it was on the endangered buildings list, but […]

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Photo a Day 2011, #37

Wednesday, February 9, 2011
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Phil Donahue, Old Soldier

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Found near Pioneer Court on Michigan Ave.

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