Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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Disabled Law Enforcement Vehicles + Me
One of my very earliest memories, living on the North Side of Pittsburgh at the very tip of the 70’s, was being called out to the front porch to cheer a tow truck pulling a police car that had a flat tire. This was a cause for joy and jeering for some reason. Ever since…
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Lincoln Marsh, Late Autumn 2012 (Thanksgiving Stock)
I am continuing my series of Lincoln Marsh through time. I love the long-form attention that one needs to go back to the same spot and listen to it, watch it, document it. I’ve learned a lot about the affects of drought and the patterns of nature. Yesterday was propitious, given the fog of morning and…
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Architectural Landmark Permit Details for Flagship Walgreens Store at North, Milwaukee, and Damen in Bucktown
The new Walgreens opened at 1601 N. Milwaukee in Bucktown/ Wicker Park, located in a building that I’ve written extensively about this building here is opening today. Here’s the press release: Walgreens Restores Chicago’s Historic Noel State Bank Building into Flagship Store. And some relevant snips on architectural detail: Throughout the last two years, Walgreens has worked closely…
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The Values President
Tomorrow I am going to go to the Club Lucky restaurant in Chicago, Illinois and vote for Barack Obama to retain his position as President of the United States. There are lots of reasons why, including all the normal policy agreements that a big-city Democrat would have with a solid Democratic President from the same…
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The Uneven Distribution of Efficiencies
There is a section of this story in the NYT today (A Part-Time Life, as Hours Shrink and Shift) that struck me another example of how the in-fluidity of data has negative affects on the economy: Technology is speeding this transformation. In the past, part-timers might work the same schedule of four- or five-hour shifts…