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City Centre

author: livia : São Paulo, Brasil
Monday, July 16th, 2007

Astrophysics National Laboratory

author: livia : Brasópolis, Brasil
Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Early 20th Century Architecture

author: livia : São Paulo, Brasil
Friday, July 13th, 2007

Humboldt Park & Gentrification

author: Xavi : Chicago, IL
Monday, July 2nd, 2007

Hotel Detective

author: procyon : Lincolnwood, IL
Monday, May 7th, 2007

Walk Down 53rd St. Circa 4:37 PM

author: procyon : Chicago, IL
Friday, March 30th, 2007

Yard Dragon

author: Brad : Springfield, IL
Sunday, March 4th, 2007

Sponge Boats

author: sine : Tarpon Springs, FL
Thursday, March 1st, 2007

Sandhill Crane

author: sine : Pine Island, FL
Monday, February 26th, 2007

Pine Island Salt Flats

author: sine : Pine Island, FL
Friday, February 23rd, 2007

Barack Obama's Official Announcement

author: Brad : Springfield, IL
Saturday, February 10th, 2007

Bike in Snow

author: Damon : Chicago, IL
Friday, February 9th, 2007

Adler, 12th St. Beach and the Former Meigs Field

author: procyon : Chicago, IL
Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Rapid Transit Bike Shop

author: Brad : Chicago, IL
Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Birmingham in Color

author: dfwtiger : Birmingham, AL
Friday, January 12th, 2007

Decatur Graffiti

author: Brad : Decatur, IL
Sunday, January 7th, 2007

Birmingham Alabama

author: dfwtiger : Birmingham, AL
Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

Chicago Critical Mass - November 2006

author: Brad : Chicago, IL
Sunday, December 24th, 2006

Lesson Taken

author: Festina Lente : Urbana, IL
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

Through the Bricks

author: Festina Lente : Galesburg, IL
Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

Five Points - Southside

author: dfwtiger : Birmingham, AL
Friday, December 1st, 2006

Whisked.

author: dahling : Miami, FL
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Got Stickers?

author: Brad : Springfield, IL
Monday, November 20th, 2006

Old Illinois State Capitol

author: Brad : Springfield, IL
Monday, November 20th, 2006

Carpet Circles.

author: dahling : Miami, FL
Friday, October 20th, 2006

Fall Taxis

author: procyon : Chicago, IL
Saturday, October 14th, 2006

Smoke and Werds.

author: dahling : Miami, FL
Saturday, October 14th, 2006

And The Winter Moves About Illinois

author: procyon : Chicago, IL
Monday, October 9th, 2006

Untitled

author: jeffB : Chicago, IL
Saturday, October 7th, 2006

Alley Fire Escape

author: Brad : Springfield, IL
Thursday, October 5th, 2006

City Centre

author: livia : São Paulo, Brasil

João Brícola Street (June 16th, 2007)

Astrophysics National Laboratory

author: livia : Brasópolis, Brasil

"Pico dos Dias" Observatory at Longitude : +45° 34' 57" Latitude : -22° 32' 04" Altitude : 1864m 1,6 m Perkin-Elmer Telescope I'll take some inside shots soon .... 0,6 m Zeiss Telescope - traded, for coffee, with East Germany in the 60's. It began to operate only in 1983. 0,6 m Boller & Chivens Telescope The site at sunset The clouds were beatiful but not welcome

Early 20th Century Architecture

author: livia : São Paulo, Brasil

At the corner of November 15th and December 3rd Street. At City Centre.

Humboldt Park & Gentrification

author: Xavi : Chicago, IL

The displacement of Puerto Ricans from Humboldt Park, as in many other Latina/o and black communities is called gentrification, which can be defined as “the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, thus improving property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses (dictionary.com)." Throughout our history in Chicago, Puerto Ricans, like other communities of color, have been systematically displaced from many residential areas. For the past 50 years, Humboldt Park, especially along

Hotel Detective

author: procyon : Lincolnwood, IL

web.archive.org/web/200105182316 . . . tp://www.purplehotel.com/ The Purple Hotel (formerly a Hyatt and a Radisson; note signage difference in archived website and current photo) is a local landmark in the north suburbs of Chicago. It has fallen into disrepair recently (mold behind the wallpaper, etc.) and is scheduled for demolition soon, so my boyfriend (who is from the north suburbs and whose family apparently went there frequently for Thanksgiving in the eighties, though he doesn't remember it) and I stopped by to visit it and document its exterior before it goes down. It was a cloudy day, and my camera is well-worn...

Walk Down 53rd St. Circa 4:37 PM

author: procyon : Chicago, IL

disclaimer: safety pins on backpack are because the zipper is broken and not as part of any pseudostatement closeup on the rivets: two are green, one is gold and one is rose-colored! (probably from being rubbed by people waiting for the bus) hyde park bank the building with all the cobalt tile is the former Meridian theater; last i heard it was slated to become retail space, keeping the facade all the cookie monsters piled in this cookie-monster colored van... it makes me smile every time I see it back home (not on 53rd)

Yard Dragon

author: Brad : Springfield, IL

Dragon lawn ornaments on MacArthur Blvd.