Tag: Chicago
New Post at Chicago Patina
Update: Chicago Patina was discontinued and all posts were imported over to St. Louis Patina. New post over at Chicago Patina.
Fulton Street Market, West Loop, Chicago
I stumbled upon the new development occurring in Chicago’s West Loop a few months ago. The El extends out west from the Loop in this area. What is remarkable is that luxury condos are going up across the streets from active meatpacking warehouses. I could only imagine such development occurring in St. Louis; it is…
Off to Chicago
I am going to Chicago for the weekend; see new material soon from Chicago’s South Side.
Haymarket, West Loop, Chicago
I had the opportunity a couple of weeks ago to view and photograph the Haymarket Memorial in the West Loop, just east of the Kennedy Expressway. Nowadays, the site of the actual Haymarket is a parking lot. It is a fascinating case of how a city and society chooses to memorialize a controversial event. For…
Chicago Patina
Update: All of my posts on the old Chicago Patina site have been incorporated into St. Louis Patina. I have decided to start a second blog featuring my photographic material of the Windy City. Check it out here. I don’t plan on posting over there nearly as much as I do here, but I will…
Welcome to Chicago Patina!
Update: Chicago Patina went into permanent hiatus; the posts were all exported to St. Louis Patina. Just click on this tag to see them all. I realized this weekend, after taking 200 pictures over the course of 8 hours of shooting, that my St. Louis Patina Blog and Website is too small to cover all…
Windy City
Update: I have no idea what was so crazy, as the link is now dead. This is crazy; I was walking down this street a couple of hours before this happened.