tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62812906088342921022024-03-14T03:05:03.861-05:00brokecompsoulMy Photo-musing around ChicagolandBrokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-55420781420522314922013-07-12T13:31:00.000-05:002013-07-12T13:41:51.467-05:00Over The River<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6h0ZW4HGAOVnH968lBZ__SrC3e1qlb3_sAFUyByf3RilN8pJHnxidw_I5FjlFiJWqW_8wZ5ZAr3LI29asG8ti8-20SpPj6guzBHNyknlNH8S7Y3s7tyDce5ZF8Dpx9dociItrTKr/s1600/Tugging+Through.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin6h0ZW4HGAOVnH968lBZ__SrC3e1qlb3_sAFUyByf3RilN8pJHnxidw_I5FjlFiJWqW_8wZ5ZAr3LI29asG8ti8-20SpPj6guzBHNyknlNH8S7Y3s7tyDce5ZF8Dpx9dociItrTKr/s320/Tugging+Through.jpg" /></a></div>
Tuesday started with a very dark and gloomy sky. I decided to ride my bike anyway and got rained on in the process. It was worth it! I got some really nice images in Seneca Illinois and then decided to ride Dupont Rd back towards Morris. I was pleased when I reached the bridge of the Illinois and was presented with this tug pushing a load eastward down the riverBrokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-57491394784107443812013-03-09T10:14:00.001-06:002013-03-09T10:14:22.327-06:00A late Winter Sunset<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kendo26/8539857272/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8385/8539857272_bb6c3b85b5.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kendo26/8539857272/">A late Winter Sunset</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kendo26/">kendoman26</a>.</span></div><p>Taken two days after the largest snowstorm of the season, the snow already is quickly melting in the March sun. Very cool sunset</p>Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-85190470756343721992012-01-09T16:41:00.003-06:002012-01-09T16:45:42.023-06:00Hello Long Time no posting :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQa3j2iLMwP09NnrTPwBLcEXiMNFt20Yo2wySk1YfJYjkEOc9FIJ-J8rdxtkvzeiBD5yr6BlBwct7fwpRGE1LcG7Pj4OpQkazqj-z9ZXpT6T4J7vTtlgdXJkFFL791U9SKY87zs2M/s1600/Bird1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaQa3j2iLMwP09NnrTPwBLcEXiMNFt20Yo2wySk1YfJYjkEOc9FIJ-J8rdxtkvzeiBD5yr6BlBwct7fwpRGE1LcG7Pj4OpQkazqj-z9ZXpT6T4J7vTtlgdXJkFFL791U9SKY87zs2M/s400/Bird1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695766693084878098" /></a><br />Many changes have occurred since I last posted in this blog. Lost my job, and left Chicago for North Central Illinois, living in the City of Morris. The County Seat of Grundy County Illinois.<br /><br />While I was taking out the trash yesterday I saw feather falling from a tree. I looked up and so this large bird sitting in the tree. I quickly went inside to get the camera and the zoom lens. In this shot it looks like it's looking at me :)Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-49980265728421080832010-04-01T15:32:00.003-05:002010-04-01T15:35:49.068-05:00APRIL!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7k9amcC1O9SZsYkJOgBQLmvTzf9xuvqcLbyZ6Pzhe6EgkERyT7GNZUMCc40jrdDBBf3om0gjhpmWMI7AZegTsqvP6zFuOw7KkBOGd2P0r7DogUN0dBs_o1D88zWDpcc0wIm4A3Dk/s1600/100_1729.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7k9amcC1O9SZsYkJOgBQLmvTzf9xuvqcLbyZ6Pzhe6EgkERyT7GNZUMCc40jrdDBBf3om0gjhpmWMI7AZegTsqvP6zFuOw7KkBOGd2P0r7DogUN0dBs_o1D88zWDpcc0wIm4A3Dk/s400/100_1729.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455270052147493938" /></a><br /><br />It's April and Chicago and it feels more like the middle of summer instead of early spring! Took my bike out for a ride for the first time this year. Rode to Olive Park which overlooks the city's Gold Coast. Awesome ride awesome day It's 83 out right now!Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-45037389677641009952010-03-19T13:48:00.002-05:002010-03-19T13:56:30.816-05:00Trains!Thursday was the third in a string of nice days that Chicago has had. I decided to watch some trains go through the Canal Street Railroad Bridge. This is a vertical lift bridge and it's neat to watch it go up when boats go through. Today, however it was time to see trains pass through.<br /><br />The first picture is an amtrak train headed to Union Station<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWVhLsUaDtJ_1-awa-JrsomjTDZ2kh0mxCUSIY60O7-vZbRZoQlTNuix9o7Z7OfqeQygm0_oMh7EHPiAgGRF7vt1F-5-9Uayanp2Gkx8jPmWRd5NSHinYPsoYEz45K7dIyuVXJRe6/s1600-h/Amtrak1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWVhLsUaDtJ_1-awa-JrsomjTDZ2kh0mxCUSIY60O7-vZbRZoQlTNuix9o7Z7OfqeQygm0_oMh7EHPiAgGRF7vt1F-5-9Uayanp2Gkx8jPmWRd5NSHinYPsoYEz45K7dIyuVXJRe6/s400/Amtrak1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450419983165711602" /></a><br /><br />The one below shows an Union Pacific Engine passing through<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RBCcBN9wbM4_36I8IgLqFz3dYvjCpRWZzAVJQGRtgKSSGr-uoVpQcPsvAChJxk_r1ZZruIwF7mmuUcApz1FZS71u3NNpRXYiQgofDG-Xx51aNnheZI23tOcla3scjnZ5RIzLJXrC/s1600-h/Union+Pacific.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RBCcBN9wbM4_36I8IgLqFz3dYvjCpRWZzAVJQGRtgKSSGr-uoVpQcPsvAChJxk_r1ZZruIwF7mmuUcApz1FZS71u3NNpRXYiQgofDG-Xx51aNnheZI23tOcla3scjnZ5RIzLJXrC/s400/Union+Pacific.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450420604267321922" /></a>Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-36209238908613590782010-03-13T14:10:00.002-06:002010-03-13T14:13:59.708-06:00Spring Has Sprung!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMbZB1ffC4ttRsVWVIIkIlkxFtRw12KppkxHZF107SpnJX7AJeHSJaWsRET3JeGC3zZtPcuB3zKEGTaRwGjYHtys7weMtIBfYuLGBPZ5oGxtydKyz2NQBpsNIm5Zj49jAiIcT_wHo/s1600-h/New+Life.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMbZB1ffC4ttRsVWVIIkIlkxFtRw12KppkxHZF107SpnJX7AJeHSJaWsRET3JeGC3zZtPcuB3zKEGTaRwGjYHtys7weMtIBfYuLGBPZ5oGxtydKyz2NQBpsNIm5Zj49jAiIcT_wHo/s400/New+Life.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448214229355652658" /></a><br />The warm weather of the past week finally allowed all the snow to melt and the first greenery to pop out of the ground!Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-18310256477833574282010-02-21T13:21:00.002-06:002010-02-21T13:26:57.314-06:00A Red Lite Sunset<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-4tu3NrTiTCjnJ5SeOEDJ3s1ifmYVdBLl0hthE4zAGe1Mng_d9P0Ocij2ropCrRqDaJSdaUlipXzc6-otfEvJsJ5e4qVUL0w-tLhddITEAH-3PqwlB_lx09qkxmpFjBrje6qYcJp/s1600-h/Sun-glow.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-4tu3NrTiTCjnJ5SeOEDJ3s1ifmYVdBLl0hthE4zAGe1Mng_d9P0Ocij2ropCrRqDaJSdaUlipXzc6-otfEvJsJ5e4qVUL0w-tLhddITEAH-3PqwlB_lx09qkxmpFjBrje6qYcJp/s400/Sun-glow.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440779881007440626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7H5auyJdigL3c-8jmcJpGgsqHqEODj2zTp9g7hYw2HJ0QY2awpNGPSFPeIgEHe0_u0KlWEgLFVTrAtirlaeGbMKdp3GBLS1hgfgQ5vIHkRGM7WZ52xnbM9zGaUBM1nwov4N2rbOh/s1600-h/Aon+Red.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7H5auyJdigL3c-8jmcJpGgsqHqEODj2zTp9g7hYw2HJ0QY2awpNGPSFPeIgEHe0_u0KlWEgLFVTrAtirlaeGbMKdp3GBLS1hgfgQ5vIHkRGM7WZ52xnbM9zGaUBM1nwov4N2rbOh/s400/Aon+Red.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440779871182720642" /></a><br /><br />Last Tuesday evening something told me to look out the kitchen window, When I looked out I was amazed by the red reflections the last light of the day was casting on the loop. The Aon Building in particular looks very cool!Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-441838789080540122010-02-15T03:50:00.002-06:002010-02-15T03:54:15.093-06:00February SnowChicago finally got hit with a substantial snowfall over 12 inches fell on Wednesday. Thursday sunny skies returned, which has been a rare treat this Winter. The photo below shows the Bridgeport neighborhood after the storm.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyNYkgIco6gWVk9_6XeIKDXtXjjrFMoXkSxS_fRAU2OPM1N8ppN0AyRH9GsSPkOVgaZXgqLFP6pNvBaoTGDxIZgvqUS4VxQ81wDy_2L63hk_Q-RGlMw3b9T9HCzdUvsahzjhubv7KV/s1600-h/Aftermath.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyNYkgIco6gWVk9_6XeIKDXtXjjrFMoXkSxS_fRAU2OPM1N8ppN0AyRH9GsSPkOVgaZXgqLFP6pNvBaoTGDxIZgvqUS4VxQ81wDy_2L63hk_Q-RGlMw3b9T9HCzdUvsahzjhubv7KV/s400/Aftermath.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438406240078602082" /></a>Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-67212942355220622012010-02-07T04:10:00.004-06:002010-02-07T04:19:47.563-06:00End of the Line or is it?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrG7BnFSmcFGAZwZ0HMZ43mBcjpSJvVjTLeAXCsmB5Apbj8mkKmhheao-mWZVrHzVapi8eFaxsIBJGeuCKe5AgC8hrE9ITo6Q-9GKj6OKKYeCpJ9-gXD0H5JWATU2-X7pY-jLDIr1/s1600-h/Last+Days.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrG7BnFSmcFGAZwZ0HMZ43mBcjpSJvVjTLeAXCsmB5Apbj8mkKmhheao-mWZVrHzVapi8eFaxsIBJGeuCKe5AgC8hrE9ITo6Q-9GKj6OKKYeCpJ9-gXD0H5JWATU2-X7pY-jLDIr1/s400/Last+Days.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435442612148398018" /></a><br /><br />Today the cuts in CTA service go in effect. They didn't have to but the union is stuborn. The photo above was taken last week at the now closed Archer Garage. Yesterday the CTA rounded up all the 6000 series Flxibles and moved them to the Archer garage for storage. I have a love hate relationship with those Flxibles, when running well they were great transportation on the other hand some of them should have be sent out to pasture sooner.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvEFSv4n7osz0ruNKDB7rsFp_xBh1ol9WGiddkuaG7-I7RgjKzvQ1nLEx-Kfgt3StROnXvLiM3MuOn1-dpePVOQePkMpu355Mbr6ceTFzZUpwkaiTWDsW3A5Y6I_s7X_P2owlLuXI/s1600-h/100_1376.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvEFSv4n7osz0ruNKDB7rsFp_xBh1ol9WGiddkuaG7-I7RgjKzvQ1nLEx-Kfgt3StROnXvLiM3MuOn1-dpePVOQePkMpu355Mbr6ceTFzZUpwkaiTWDsW3A5Y6I_s7X_P2owlLuXI/s400/100_1376.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435443462020971058" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-zDVtYi7u90_lnTcCpB6k8t6-ZkOH_yUWVi1aDIvDRd4x_07bR_yqarybyBTdlmO-0n3y3QGKdlKwsE4hcvpGApn_-ESCJ4wibBA5J4v5Q4V3TpLiwEFQykbSHKiKq3Novkumxl6/s1600-h/100_1373.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-zDVtYi7u90_lnTcCpB6k8t6-ZkOH_yUWVi1aDIvDRd4x_07bR_yqarybyBTdlmO-0n3y3QGKdlKwsE4hcvpGApn_-ESCJ4wibBA5J4v5Q4V3TpLiwEFQykbSHKiKq3Novkumxl6/s400/100_1373.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435443457262251426" /></a><br /><br />Today's bus watching should be interesting. The #44 Wallace Racine goes down my street and while weekends we only have 6 on the route, there usually a mix of Flyers and Flxibles. The 74th street garage houses the 44 and now has traded it's Flxibles for Novas, so I'll be watching to see if a Nova is on the route.<br /><br />Service could be restored eventually if the union can come to terms, but even then it will take a couple of weeks to happenBrokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-1026869349306183272010-01-29T05:46:00.003-06:002010-01-29T05:48:41.656-06:00Harvest Moon in January?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqXcLSFwWwGKfWRm2nVG6AixlX0Ffg_vGbWhyphenhyphenyhzVRQUtl25P_WoyY4VpIeeJgenNpbxNkJzazkknrkGaBhAW7WIA0V9RIM6sPAg8pREGLfnvGfXE4lBKrKnK6imG20lYFpYys42R/s1600-h/Setting+Moon+behind+Trees.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 359px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqXcLSFwWwGKfWRm2nVG6AixlX0Ffg_vGbWhyphenhyphenyhzVRQUtl25P_WoyY4VpIeeJgenNpbxNkJzazkknrkGaBhAW7WIA0V9RIM6sPAg8pREGLfnvGfXE4lBKrKnK6imG20lYFpYys42R/s400/Setting+Moon+behind+Trees.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432127363220237506" /></a><br />Yesterday morning I caught a strange sight. The setting moon in waxing gibbous was orange in color. This color is usually associated with the Harvest Moon. Very strange!Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-89510499956546485182010-01-19T05:03:00.002-06:002010-01-19T05:08:21.200-06:00Winter at Ping Tom Park<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8pEVvhd96dDMgzU_QEP1W2NmMS6gc_7AF_FF1BKaCP2oTEpEl0lMwNkn5jq7kD1C_GVMgEsAAF_DaIT5oR1dFg_WATQYc4HYYBsTv0Uq8d6a0HaUsw9UMI4VNKLbM9ByBxUkI9EK/s1600-h/Winter+Pagoda.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8pEVvhd96dDMgzU_QEP1W2NmMS6gc_7AF_FF1BKaCP2oTEpEl0lMwNkn5jq7kD1C_GVMgEsAAF_DaIT5oR1dFg_WATQYc4HYYBsTv0Uq8d6a0HaUsw9UMI4VNKLbM9ByBxUkI9EK/s400/Winter+Pagoda.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428406049773530402" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZaZYAShREvSFpzJKlQU_3s6IoZYyxhbLaEYpdE-IoRXgbdS9rODCDkQYOx7qGsVYQGZhSVIdkTjiw_ILhGe0AbuvXACRkYr2oMAvhHtJokJm9Xt7ASnV4Fno9MZTLkGHLk2s6Bzxe/s1600-h/Winter+in+Ping+Tom+Park.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZaZYAShREvSFpzJKlQU_3s6IoZYyxhbLaEYpdE-IoRXgbdS9rODCDkQYOx7qGsVYQGZhSVIdkTjiw_ILhGe0AbuvXACRkYr2oMAvhHtJokJm9Xt7ASnV4Fno9MZTLkGHLk2s6Bzxe/s400/Winter+in+Ping+Tom+Park.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428406039086097314" /></a><br />I have finally got a chance to snap a few shots of Ping Tom Park in Winter. Ping Tom Park is located along the Chicago River behind Chinatown. The Pagoda is the only structure located in the park.Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-48559035768381575402010-01-13T09:42:00.002-06:002010-01-13T09:46:11.194-06:00Pinkish Sky<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSnlCO17N4y_ux1TuEzpG8rJ0HYw0v6gyxV-Wp8hHWtMPstYlifzGZhXtQY44EuTzHokQJEU0aLxmTDLE-6dT9pqhp3Tj_IrchTpBKapsis51ce78x1HwbpUb4_cx67GBIJD31WkK/s1600-h/Winter+Morning.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSnlCO17N4y_ux1TuEzpG8rJ0HYw0v6gyxV-Wp8hHWtMPstYlifzGZhXtQY44EuTzHokQJEU0aLxmTDLE-6dT9pqhp3Tj_IrchTpBKapsis51ce78x1HwbpUb4_cx67GBIJD31WkK/s400/Winter+Morning.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426251227721829634" /></a><br />Last Friday, the snowstorm came to an end and the sky was clearing. We had an interesting pinkish sky just before daybreak :)Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-89680044061279782242010-01-03T06:26:00.003-06:002010-01-03T06:31:23.611-06:00Happy New Year!With the arrival of the really cold weather, we finally have blue skies. New Year's Day started with the sun rising above US Cellular Field AKA Sox Park!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Ilp5AF9tuOkcPAnh428huagvbBsq3xiaAC5miutoD0JnamQ75-rCyxgXtMg8BHjodkKRBaqr8i4MZi_Jnmyrqhb7KkZvpDkNwqgaB3RERxgGXLsq-b-3teiB95S75Mg849UviBMB/s1600-h/Sunrise.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Ilp5AF9tuOkcPAnh428huagvbBsq3xiaAC5miutoD0JnamQ75-rCyxgXtMg8BHjodkKRBaqr8i4MZi_Jnmyrqhb7KkZvpDkNwqgaB3RERxgGXLsq-b-3teiB95S75Mg849UviBMB/s400/Sunrise.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422489542781546050" /></a><br /><br />Saturday morning started cold with a temp of 7 degrees but since I missed the moon on New Years Eve, it was a good chance to snap a pic of the still nearly full moon.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifl8QZi8fkj8bFCN7va5RG4YH_O3zoIIq2a8UyKCAyxGDC4pteJ7r7h9b0RhsOh6yF8vVeosGRQPUfDm20Qr5AKXV2qgN5wN0wOEMeKxuF4fpSq66lTlkNkNwNgTgT1En3Q7cQ79ym/s1600-h/Moon+010210.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 381px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifl8QZi8fkj8bFCN7va5RG4YH_O3zoIIq2a8UyKCAyxGDC4pteJ7r7h9b0RhsOh6yF8vVeosGRQPUfDm20Qr5AKXV2qgN5wN0wOEMeKxuF4fpSq66lTlkNkNwNgTgT1En3Q7cQ79ym/s400/Moon+010210.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422490096624306338" /></a>Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-61524331219310623792009-12-28T14:32:00.001-06:002009-12-28T14:35:15.075-06:00Cold End of the YearWent by the planetarium today and shot this cold view<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy25epREAttHDx7_TZW07raURD6rRLHQVFAKneUvkCJE8s9kAFCGPr64-2I3kFIiV1Y2q1CtfEgHA3y6yJ5hH38ZZeTckHyWfClTEJAX8bdQscYiidjNDbvKRl8S2-98Ry6DurTDPc/s1600-h/122809+Lakefront.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy25epREAttHDx7_TZW07raURD6rRLHQVFAKneUvkCJE8s9kAFCGPr64-2I3kFIiV1Y2q1CtfEgHA3y6yJ5hH38ZZeTckHyWfClTEJAX8bdQscYiidjNDbvKRl8S2-98Ry6DurTDPc/s400/122809+Lakefront.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420388277196926834" /></a><br /><br />BrrrBrokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-73508073272177230422009-12-20T04:39:00.001-06:002009-12-20T04:41:01.029-06:00SuspendedDue to things that out of my control. I'm temporarly suspending my blog. Best wishes to all for a great holiday season.Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-45647723994453206392009-12-14T14:01:00.003-06:002009-12-14T14:04:33.935-06:00FrostedThe weather is up and down now :) Last Thursday was the coldest day of the season with a low of 0 and a high of 8. Now that's cold. When temps get that cold I have a kitchen window that decides to join the fun as below :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MlsNH1RI67_Gv6prFWYMdRzBIFVRT_R_wqwc1uoh84wXmnBnCu131TG6imcCkfv2_om80foCYjXfXVCKoxPEai4LqVdzTVRgaQxmLLYhn58t39lvT8igGeTVOgt7bFSOC_kX_sls/s1600-h/Frosted.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MlsNH1RI67_Gv6prFWYMdRzBIFVRT_R_wqwc1uoh84wXmnBnCu131TG6imcCkfv2_om80foCYjXfXVCKoxPEai4LqVdzTVRgaQxmLLYhn58t39lvT8igGeTVOgt7bFSOC_kX_sls/s400/Frosted.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415185042301365698" /></a><br /><br />It's warm and balmy 39 today but another cold spell is coming for tommorrow with highs barley making 20.Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-73421950150375985632009-12-07T06:56:00.002-06:002009-12-07T07:00:31.628-06:00First Snowfall<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvCweadyZe-6iYdIeotUweCiFR664Ky27qofXaVJ5b0bfBl8Yf5PT-jhJq_YXmnC_DtNGxd2hAHTlD3a08Vw4pqHPxvxaOVY0LMtHwgUo5V0jhMae1T_4sWkISgiP9ZeSl85zf1D8/s1600-h/First+Snowfall.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvCweadyZe-6iYdIeotUweCiFR664Ky27qofXaVJ5b0bfBl8Yf5PT-jhJq_YXmnC_DtNGxd2hAHTlD3a08Vw4pqHPxvxaOVY0LMtHwgUo5V0jhMae1T_4sWkISgiP9ZeSl85zf1D8/s400/First+Snowfall.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412478057868839506" /></a><br /><br />While astronomical winter is 3 weeks away, Chicago usually receives it's first inch of snow by December 2nd. It was 5 days late this year :)Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-89995395647193798942009-12-02T10:18:00.004-06:002009-12-02T10:22:43.953-06:00December!Yesterday was December 1st, but you couldn't tell by the weather with a high of 55! Below is a wonderful photo of the skyline from the Planetarium! Too bad it couldn't last as I type this the clouds have rolled in with maybe some snow tonight :(<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvaOQpX_xOnMemEKD4Zgfw2UfJeLsoZUZxMcQRPFkAOpnxjUwlofffSNau9hGyYnvh2KKNJ8ONwXL_n0Ddrs1nr7b8e6MqsHjSw0mCQookTgmReBXRAjD4cAk5nSt2uJZA_rIT6De3/s1600-h/Dec+1+Skyline+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvaOQpX_xOnMemEKD4Zgfw2UfJeLsoZUZxMcQRPFkAOpnxjUwlofffSNau9hGyYnvh2KKNJ8ONwXL_n0Ddrs1nr7b8e6MqsHjSw0mCQookTgmReBXRAjD4cAk5nSt2uJZA_rIT6De3/s400/Dec+1+Skyline+copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410674421242992466" /></a>Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-928697651833687512009-11-24T14:11:00.003-06:002009-11-24T14:16:37.334-06:00A Great Fall Day!It seems that this year October-November have switched roles and were having such great weather for November. This despite the rumor of snow on Thanksgiving! This past Saturday I decided to take a walk around the parts of Bridgeport that I haven't visited yet. Since it has opened on Memorial Day weekend, I've visted Stearns Quarry Park several times. What I haven't seen is the backside that runs along Popular Street. Popular is a realtive short street running on an angle from 31st to Archer. Below is a shot of the quarry from Popular.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90sZAL0HKIkAk4A56p7FF9CI0S9HIscsVm-0sZjXABql95JDp1nDeYgVknkntvMOol7drDpKvHR8uUA7OdianVIqcWnS8tSGaTK-ezATEKh-aEmG7RoYXMuzM-zlurF4-fLlWFS0W/s1600/Stearns+Backside.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh90sZAL0HKIkAk4A56p7FF9CI0S9HIscsVm-0sZjXABql95JDp1nDeYgVknkntvMOol7drDpKvHR8uUA7OdianVIqcWnS8tSGaTK-ezATEKh-aEmG7RoYXMuzM-zlurF4-fLlWFS0W/s400/Stearns+Backside.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407766526642561154" /></a>Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-10257238656006982552009-11-15T14:20:00.002-06:002009-11-15T14:24:28.862-06:00Early Evening on the LakeI continue to be distracted by illness and personal issues, but last Sunday evening I took the Sony out to the lakefront and shot some cool pictures. See below!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJwkZJOwxKxgUaNBq99ZttrPLjsAmDKudMZA8W5BJ7x2u4oAVxJM8Kofgnk_n1j3fIJpdnpne2uI3BsO788kF4rGMMw22bScrj7WV650rv0_uWlYUUC5M73cUNE5NPEjBBFomvfD6/s1600-h/November+Evening+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJwkZJOwxKxgUaNBq99ZttrPLjsAmDKudMZA8W5BJ7x2u4oAVxJM8Kofgnk_n1j3fIJpdnpne2uI3BsO788kF4rGMMw22bScrj7WV650rv0_uWlYUUC5M73cUNE5NPEjBBFomvfD6/s400/November+Evening+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404428832629999698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEily4eU2WC2sRqGSun8hniihdKOVMWpvi5Z_QkDM0ARY8yqykzVj6rnpgOYpgL7ONJRFoitfWREKphN4pQU3kSELMRnVKdh0PjPDKHTlnDfwFeAotJcT4_nklEe6JDjBpB9TijHfTXN/s1600-h/Early+Evening+Cruise.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEily4eU2WC2sRqGSun8hniihdKOVMWpvi5Z_QkDM0ARY8yqykzVj6rnpgOYpgL7ONJRFoitfWREKphN4pQU3kSELMRnVKdh0PjPDKHTlnDfwFeAotJcT4_nklEe6JDjBpB9TijHfTXN/s400/Early+Evening+Cruise.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404428822228497682" /></a>Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-90962463655012824632009-11-06T16:40:00.001-06:002009-11-06T16:44:15.885-06:00Bad WeekHaven't posted anything this week. I've been under the weather all week! The badness started Sunday when I dropped my camera bag into the water, Thanks Tom for getting it! but the zoom lens was ruined. On Monday I bought a new camera a Sony Alpah a230 which I really haven't been able to use because of being sick :(
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<br />With that in mind and something different I found this on the internet:
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<br /><a href="http://www.death-clock.org"><img src="http://www.death-clock.org/makeimg.php?dod=Friday, 12th June&yod=2037&aod=Age 70" alt="My Death Clock Calculation" width="220" height="180" border="0" />Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-71379962992826144562009-10-30T08:47:00.010-05:002009-10-30T09:41:18.173-05:00A Walk Down La Salle Stree Part 3On Sunday October 18th I did a walking tour with the people from Forgotten Chicago. In this final part we'll explore the residential areas north of Chicago Avenue as well as Sandburg Village.<br /><br />North of Chicago Avenue we enter the old residential area of the Gold Coast. On the corner of Dearborn and Chicago sits the most expensive YMCA built at the time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8GqLvOamOURiVYc-Zpl-J9UrTEdIYUIep2qKHMLAS2KNaDxr1kyphAu5_gIjtp1vNiwlDDHbi1414joDIoSZ4NQAmffIH23GbaVW7hLe5Pb54u3KE-tG0xAD6ZWBgdXdlYJo1jHg/s1600-h/PA189449.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8GqLvOamOURiVYc-Zpl-J9UrTEdIYUIep2qKHMLAS2KNaDxr1kyphAu5_gIjtp1vNiwlDDHbi1414joDIoSZ4NQAmffIH23GbaVW7hLe5Pb54u3KE-tG0xAD6ZWBgdXdlYJo1jHg/s400/PA189449.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398390716419672914" /></a><br /><br />We continued to walk down Dearborn past such late 19th Century gems like these<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwVHLYodwODpi0eJxSnxRiOn1aM02Wawvb5eCskVxhmxXuzwrqErjiHoSreRWH6esGU1XkKFjNPNgm51tDQA_cWWgwr5a2OYC_gNgNG3dbvfAByXpuT-9GBmtTDVTRNkUZzxVEJj7/s1600-h/PA189453.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdwVHLYodwODpi0eJxSnxRiOn1aM02Wawvb5eCskVxhmxXuzwrqErjiHoSreRWH6esGU1XkKFjNPNgm51tDQA_cWWgwr5a2OYC_gNgNG3dbvfAByXpuT-9GBmtTDVTRNkUZzxVEJj7/s400/PA189453.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398391460169589442" /></a><br /><br />Not too far north from this location is Chicago's oldest Park : Washington Square. A place where mid-19th century speakers would get up on they're soapbox. Washington Square Park was founded in 1853 and other than an addition of a fountain in it's center looks much like it did then.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBa5FW9-axxp533i2XiEGBqkT8Fjt9PFBjRRa9PpALOFsX2wa_LYF04t4vhOP9DROm0J5AF9OZ7CXwo40wIHZVVGTrAsulV2DkB7UtdkdBUPtGej9zx-AxAAzfR4OFSEtBoe6YCcPW/s1600-h/100_0807.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBa5FW9-axxp533i2XiEGBqkT8Fjt9PFBjRRa9PpALOFsX2wa_LYF04t4vhOP9DROm0J5AF9OZ7CXwo40wIHZVVGTrAsulV2DkB7UtdkdBUPtGej9zx-AxAAzfR4OFSEtBoe6YCcPW/s400/100_0807.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398393602258120050" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrmw51nZjUey8rBB1pIU8JLbJQb-h5B9K5rP6EdA3Rn-SDhVC_0iLHOSPh9eiZEVA70nBnG8-oAHg6iljsIqwBfjMeIhortnvPvd1OaRuu8Rw9-svk8rOERaXjV5Z58tyvR8dr9_6/s1600-h/PA189455.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrmw51nZjUey8rBB1pIU8JLbJQb-h5B9K5rP6EdA3Rn-SDhVC_0iLHOSPh9eiZEVA70nBnG8-oAHg6iljsIqwBfjMeIhortnvPvd1OaRuu8Rw9-svk8rOERaXjV5Z58tyvR8dr9_6/s400/PA189455.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398393594850142770" /></a><br /><br />We walked west through the park over Clark Street so our guide could show us a residence that still had the old numbering System. Prior to 1909, the street names and the numbers were a mishmash of things. Street names would change and the numbers apparently were still based at Lake Street. Here's a fine example of a residence on Delaware with both systems.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOA464VadLEOy0Ek6qWepLLjUoWwgxzT35tOUANjw0JCOjrSZ4jHwzomy_2Z88KgQYMAToXi_zTbdVu2ghg4JoQgBOxmlbEaOtFc14jnd5xs64eG4mcFbHG-QDzQPaZIM-qYy3rpF/s1600-h/Old+Numbers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOA464VadLEOy0Ek6qWepLLjUoWwgxzT35tOUANjw0JCOjrSZ4jHwzomy_2Z88KgQYMAToXi_zTbdVu2ghg4JoQgBOxmlbEaOtFc14jnd5xs64eG4mcFbHG-QDzQPaZIM-qYy3rpF/s400/Old+Numbers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398394745403707346" /></a><br /><br />We turned off of Delaware and continued heading north on La Salle. There was a least four churchs we past that our guide didn't mention and I went back the next day to take shots of these buildings. I'm still doing research about the churchs so that will be a seperate post. We did stop by a an apartment building whose side had to be reduced with the widening of La Salle. See below<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTMjdgioIFZhf-e97pwIR9IELDeK6YHEzuUMZRDRp0kX90riK9_dDjVgLrWgZnctb__sVq_Oj-SjEY4nkysEce3-JYhXO5aBVHilRlYQsMWC7zvf7IHYRcvxS-1XLGcoj_WfdyjCx/s1600-h/PA189469.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTMjdgioIFZhf-e97pwIR9IELDeK6YHEzuUMZRDRp0kX90riK9_dDjVgLrWgZnctb__sVq_Oj-SjEY4nkysEce3-JYhXO5aBVHilRlYQsMWC7zvf7IHYRcvxS-1XLGcoj_WfdyjCx/s400/PA189469.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398395980888210994" /></a><br /><br />The 1960's were a time of urban renewal projects across America and Chicago's Near North Side had two major projects. Cabrini Green was the well known urban project to clear the slums of west of Wells street. Somewhat in it's shadow was a project for the middle-class known as Sandburg Village Sandburg Village was built on land cleared between 1400 North and North Avenue and Between LaSalle and Clark. The site contains both highrises and low-rise townhomes. Despite the intended class of homes the two sites contain, both project's are similar in construction. The exteriors of the highrises at Sandburg Village are only slightly nicer and they include balconies. Something Cabrini-Green lacked. Sandburg Village was built as apartments but during the Condo-craze of the late 1980's and early '90's the complex was converted. With most of Cabrini-Green razed, Sanburg Village remains as one of those mid-twentieth Century ideas of urban renewal.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncdU8tEKKHwa7tGBy2e7OGkYfH_3QBGGmEb5sTiRwwd5cP1DMiAk9w8KcxZtxJdXcxxpUGNvHhRIH_Fe3A9ckLHh5SgzpGZdUotGtyLjG0pmikjekQwTh4aZyTlHl6DcvWNxaAbFO/s1600-h/PA189486.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjncdU8tEKKHwa7tGBy2e7OGkYfH_3QBGGmEb5sTiRwwd5cP1DMiAk9w8KcxZtxJdXcxxpUGNvHhRIH_Fe3A9ckLHh5SgzpGZdUotGtyLjG0pmikjekQwTh4aZyTlHl6DcvWNxaAbFO/s400/PA189486.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398399440984526546" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmuZuT9OvVUYtgKr2rbjhpe0gAwa4fNtn1N0bSiYBPwL1iarNBbj0d8s_tLKHlSlLXX696H2sVe0j_GpdrbndoNXZYzLLFtSFqne9jQdS0Dvu_0iO-4l-vSQX5LpVzUZWZ_uuGWbG/s1600-h/PA189484.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHmuZuT9OvVUYtgKr2rbjhpe0gAwa4fNtn1N0bSiYBPwL1iarNBbj0d8s_tLKHlSlLXX696H2sVe0j_GpdrbndoNXZYzLLFtSFqne9jQdS0Dvu_0iO-4l-vSQX5LpVzUZWZ_uuGWbG/s400/PA189484.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398399437081681442" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRRJHUYFNN0k5p5f-DVWxEJXJjXkXKGGU_gnMdpzyHMPXM0VbDJVfys4ZfuPi-ixF3Cq4ChKs2aC4r9aSJAXjNriKntkQLVPcKE2xwwcc7XG2v6aOlCiON2-olWi-hgM3dGZJ8u5R/s1600-h/PA189478.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSRRJHUYFNN0k5p5f-DVWxEJXJjXkXKGGU_gnMdpzyHMPXM0VbDJVfys4ZfuPi-ixF3Cq4ChKs2aC4r9aSJAXjNriKntkQLVPcKE2xwwcc7XG2v6aOlCiON2-olWi-hgM3dGZJ8u5R/s400/PA189478.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398399432427054050" /></a><br /><br />We left the sterile mid-century Sanburg Village and walked across La Salle to look at some renovations that an artist community made during the period of the 1920's to 1940's. Theophil Studio's was renovated in 1940 and has that very Art Deco feel<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijsJ3sVf1SvQiqlfIERuMzCMQ4eT5pkHkEQQ_ws7iAfKck1zRm7WT0sbvvmPofNWQ9d-klIHN2a1oElmDNPL6okBxFmDAYC7J28u0m9RCl9lNgF1J2jzinmy53MXp3dwxKQbuegiUq/s1600-h/PA189495.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijsJ3sVf1SvQiqlfIERuMzCMQ4eT5pkHkEQQ_ws7iAfKck1zRm7WT0sbvvmPofNWQ9d-klIHN2a1oElmDNPL6okBxFmDAYC7J28u0m9RCl9lNgF1J2jzinmy53MXp3dwxKQbuegiUq/s400/PA189495.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398400795319788258" /></a><br /><br />We headed back north on La Salle Street and then over to Clark where this impressive mid-century bank stands. The building is all glass and steel much like a mid-century skyscraper. It was built at a time when Chase Manhattan Bank built a glass safe to proof what a great institution they were. I won't argue with this being an interesting bank and it's the only mid-century bank building slated to be added to Chicago's Historical buildings.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbsZAgqyv7Hl2zC1M4KGrnkspO-cXQqeSscglgI-gwLsK5Ka8vV9GcbUDt5Pfy4ZWRu6uNh6JoCWCBtkAumd-Z6FkWp-BxvOefMcOOh8Ywzz5p2UUsa731YB2B8dZ_gD-MhwKwSqg/s1600-h/100_0763.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpbsZAgqyv7Hl2zC1M4KGrnkspO-cXQqeSscglgI-gwLsK5Ka8vV9GcbUDt5Pfy4ZWRu6uNh6JoCWCBtkAumd-Z6FkWp-BxvOefMcOOh8Ywzz5p2UUsa731YB2B8dZ_gD-MhwKwSqg/s400/100_0763.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398402825875305170" /></a><br /><br />This concludes this tour. This was the last tour that Forgotten Chicago was hosting this year. I look forward to what they may produce next year.Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-78263374635461608882009-10-26T14:06:00.008-05:002009-10-26T14:32:58.742-05:00A Walk Down La Salle Street Part 2On Sunday October 18th I did a walking tour with the people from Forgotten Chicago. In part 2 we explore an old horse drawn trolley car building, a streetcar power station and some motels.<br /><br />This building was probably most famous as Michael Jordan's restaurant but it was originally built to house horses for Chicago's brief but large trolley car system. The building has housed restaurants since the 1920's and today it is the home to "The Power Company" which is more a bar and nightclub. It is run by the same people who operate English seen as the last photo of part one. We had the oppurtunity to see the third floor where the hay would have been stored, today it has a somewhat small stage for entertainment. The horses were on the second floor and our guides had no clue on how they got up there.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1h3Zuz_HfkVfdMgoM0Ja4BbA0Vpu8vomHCgSE5Ikaybbxs-5ln2UGAbDjH1HUXfajMQTrqYpB9k0H8CPCG965QxXvdndObUOOSenQlPO1t6rRcECNYJadXuzSKYbkDYCy5ncyDpMD/s1600-h/The+Power+Co.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1h3Zuz_HfkVfdMgoM0Ja4BbA0Vpu8vomHCgSE5Ikaybbxs-5ln2UGAbDjH1HUXfajMQTrqYpB9k0H8CPCG965QxXvdndObUOOSenQlPO1t6rRcECNYJadXuzSKYbkDYCy5ncyDpMD/s400/The+Power+Co.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396989133792207666" /></a><br /><br />On the backside of the same lot stand a power generation plant for streetcars. It was erected in 1910 and the CTA still owns the property.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5mvE1Ml7_hgp1Z0CCuv_j6F-sujNAbbvGQvd9Ln3om4eXIdZU-_0JcndgAaZAhBoRR9letd1fYMrtSWTpK2Pnqc3MeMMl_C_1D8gRZx_jSkSrABULdKLF9p2PxFJs7MAe8SFNUUM/s1600-h/Power+Generation.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5mvE1Ml7_hgp1Z0CCuv_j6F-sujNAbbvGQvd9Ln3om4eXIdZU-_0JcndgAaZAhBoRR9letd1fYMrtSWTpK2Pnqc3MeMMl_C_1D8gRZx_jSkSrABULdKLF9p2PxFJs7MAe8SFNUUM/s400/Power+Generation.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396990027006203010" /></a><br /><br />Just north of the Power House stands the Chicago's Anti-Cruelty Society. Our guides explain the architecture of the orignal 1936 structure below.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWc-Vrgi5H0gqhf8JYpa-jFWrM6sa7mPfaeIOCSjMolhGjVXJdhkM6KFA52KTjdYXV_a92C2cJQ54j8KrpAtgP0i7KZi9nio3OmalxskqXDpes_3lxUETpbmcUKAl3ThiDxM6TMRBM/s1600-h/Left+BasRelief+ACS.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWc-Vrgi5H0gqhf8JYpa-jFWrM6sa7mPfaeIOCSjMolhGjVXJdhkM6KFA52KTjdYXV_a92C2cJQ54j8KrpAtgP0i7KZi9nio3OmalxskqXDpes_3lxUETpbmcUKAl3ThiDxM6TMRBM/s400/Left+BasRelief+ACS.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396990667873402690" /></a><br /><br />We then headed west to Wells and north past Ohio where we saw the last standing SRO (Single Room Occupency) hotel. At one time the area was filled with these cheap places to stay.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWa9eBVxlI3Tn1JXL6BriDa6NYivUqKsj1w9P2Hnls8OsBSV7A_2uhBDa7o6niDSo9i5FYQvnNWMakv2PuWL6kX3i8mHvE5IfEuVRzcftWbA5ERmDIRel7r5xmUq6pwrb7Pgj2YHw2/s1600-h/PA189408.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWa9eBVxlI3Tn1JXL6BriDa6NYivUqKsj1w9P2Hnls8OsBSV7A_2uhBDa7o6niDSo9i5FYQvnNWMakv2PuWL6kX3i8mHvE5IfEuVRzcftWbA5ERmDIRel7r5xmUq6pwrb7Pgj2YHw2/s400/PA189408.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396991634532616562" /></a><br /><br />We headed back east onto Ohio and at the corner of Ohio and La Salle stands Ohio House. Built in 1958 just three years after Chicago allowed motels to built within city limits, Ohio House still looks like a bit of a time warp.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-63e7BiBYhPahen8o0zNT0qRJTWb0CrSd3iKbyBhCXtfMP3x30VMWzsx5xoaQFdADYaO_HLk8bl4-q6oX3wm2HAUa_RikwiDBdydcsoarjNtZjCQ7RWtpNXIIhtYRsZqE0H8pnlxb/s1600-h/PA189415.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-63e7BiBYhPahen8o0zNT0qRJTWb0CrSd3iKbyBhCXtfMP3x30VMWzsx5xoaQFdADYaO_HLk8bl4-q6oX3wm2HAUa_RikwiDBdydcsoarjNtZjCQ7RWtpNXIIhtYRsZqE0H8pnlxb/s400/PA189415.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396992801124077650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_quluZjzJPSlDwPx1NZ414ThM9YUEE3XKGN2VDPH4LK5z_8dLL8qXXAGYHyq3cAeISgdbxNJAIAQWxFdjKPqUiYArbtkFdgRWVgVCuGLcz-w6dHLhaKEHLzZlCaHHolWhg5E1_oaG/s1600-h/PA189412.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_quluZjzJPSlDwPx1NZ414ThM9YUEE3XKGN2VDPH4LK5z_8dLL8qXXAGYHyq3cAeISgdbxNJAIAQWxFdjKPqUiYArbtkFdgRWVgVCuGLcz-w6dHLhaKEHLzZlCaHHolWhg5E1_oaG/s400/PA189412.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396992797679176034" /></a><br /><br />We walk a little farther north to Chicago Avenue and there sits the other motel. Built as the LaSalle Motor Lodge, today it's a Howard Johnson's Inn!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglr1qsxWnt3Gu2JZ8a6SjwIPSVgHrOVDr1r31zQrKEapqsM6sCmY9Nd44Q46fkxcgyG7NwyIIGzzntMgyW6BLJQsXZ_tw4tQD6gY-v3F_eE6QUtH33s1gokf7ggin1rcvUfPgmSZdT/s1600-h/PA189431.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglr1qsxWnt3Gu2JZ8a6SjwIPSVgHrOVDr1r31zQrKEapqsM6sCmY9Nd44Q46fkxcgyG7NwyIIGzzntMgyW6BLJQsXZ_tw4tQD6gY-v3F_eE6QUtH33s1gokf7ggin1rcvUfPgmSZdT/s400/PA189431.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396993577609929842" /></a><br /><br />This concludes part 2 of the tour. In part 3 we'll explore the residences north of Chicago avenue, take a look at Sanburg Village and stop by a mid-century bank!Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-44679014289988974812009-10-25T13:22:00.005-05:002009-10-25T13:39:09.763-05:00Windows 7 - My first ImpressionsI recieved my upgrade to Windows 7 yesterday so I wanted to make a few comments on it before part 2 of the La Salle street walk.<br /><br />Overall so far Windows 7 is working. My biggest complaint was how long it took to do the upgrade - around 2 1/2 hours. If I did a clean install it would have been about 20 minutes or so I've been told. I guess the amount of time would be a wash since a clean install would have forced me to reinstall all my applications plus all my documents, photos and music. Windows 7 in all its glory is posted below.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHUlt8Z2Lu_QlYsofNKYWoluc6WvAm_fnyiuvkLtUaTpQ6fBBi07YhPaexIko9YKgmPLuncoS7XNQ1ncKMpLCArxRiaKIQeKc2rc64hRA-iytKrBSc46VNugzpiPpoieLe97MXKrO/s1600-h/100_0866.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPHUlt8Z2Lu_QlYsofNKYWoluc6WvAm_fnyiuvkLtUaTpQ6fBBi07YhPaexIko9YKgmPLuncoS7XNQ1ncKMpLCArxRiaKIQeKc2rc64hRA-iytKrBSc46VNugzpiPpoieLe97MXKrO/s400/100_0866.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396605969566236146" /></a><br /><br />Windows 7 is simliar to Vista but there are changes. The taskbar,which I have at the bottom, can act much like Apple's Dock. You can "pin" applications for quicker opening. Right know I have IE8, iTunes, Windows Live Mail and Excel pinned. For this screen shot I moved a couple of my gadgets to the middle, something new in Window 7. In Vista these gadgets lived in the sidebar which took over the righthand side of the screen. The sidebar is now gone and gadgets are allowed to roam free :)<br /><br />I have yet to have any problems with my day to day applications. So that's good news. Even IE8 is behaving. On Windows 7 launch day, October 22nd, I had a great surprise in the morning when Microsoft forced IE8 onto me :(, and just like other expriences with it under Vista it consitantly crashed. So far IE8 on Windows 7 hasn't crashed :) I had to install Live Windows Mail before the upgrade because Windows 7 doesn't come with an email program and you will loose your mail in the process.<br /><br />This morning I moved onto some multimedia stuff in Windows Media Center. Microsoft has added internet TV capability and I can now get the sub-channels with my tuner. See below.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ZM5ByFe2st8cd5kOC5OUqua339beDKHy8foruU-mtt3noYSl7ytpUlORw0TfY_30oGn52PnLv_6uVJtcTkhmPIs0A2-yPJZasuPMiIv80ZJsOMFVXGSkcVroR2s3Yw9TvNvH5Y_j/s1600-h/100_0869.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ZM5ByFe2st8cd5kOC5OUqua339beDKHy8foruU-mtt3noYSl7ytpUlORw0TfY_30oGn52PnLv_6uVJtcTkhmPIs0A2-yPJZasuPMiIv80ZJsOMFVXGSkcVroR2s3Yw9TvNvH5Y_j/s400/100_0869.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396608476654527330" /></a><br /><br />I haven't tried to burn anything yet or play a dvd but I don't forsee any problems. Well that's my quick summary of Windows 7, if anything warrants it, I might blog about it in the future.Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6281290608834292102.post-61104148428578286042009-10-23T10:30:00.007-05:002009-10-23T11:02:54.971-05:00A Walk Down La Salle Street Part 1To begin we'll call the walk La Salle street just like Forgotten Chicago advertised it as such. In reality It was The LaSalle-Clark-Dearborn-Wells Walk :D<br /><br />On Sunday October 18th we meet at the Northeast Corner of Wacker and La Salle. We started our walk at Noon and proceeded to head north over the River past the Reid Murdock Center, Chicago one time traffic court and today the home of the Encylopedia Britannica.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCp0di_F7rHZz7ETwJas-bqgvImkKiNcBmlvoj-6nikCRtiXIMRbuVXgAbDZBDgO0CWUekcc9m1DauK8peQUHfAxtDgNNb_OYDXmi-9EGS6WMgzbJEfO_WKK9Kcl12nntFG4YC8Xq9/s1600-h/PA189361.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCp0di_F7rHZz7ETwJas-bqgvImkKiNcBmlvoj-6nikCRtiXIMRbuVXgAbDZBDgO0CWUekcc9m1DauK8peQUHfAxtDgNNb_OYDXmi-9EGS6WMgzbJEfO_WKK9Kcl12nntFG4YC8Xq9/s400/PA189361.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395820574319547202" /></a><br /><br />We stopped at Carroll Street which at a lower level. It once ran from the Merchandise Mart to where the IBM building now stands.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GqaE_kRLikWtsFuvTcCReJxFSbWSmJE_KoZwcbvlWIzjmtrhfzW9FUtbNc44cs3knd2AjauAG0FvbveRAgZZ01MILtv5YiaMgsNJ4Vd25wKQagJ5K1ZKFcKDLD8Uidyl8Yu_-U6Z/s1600-h/PA189360.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GqaE_kRLikWtsFuvTcCReJxFSbWSmJE_KoZwcbvlWIzjmtrhfzW9FUtbNc44cs3knd2AjauAG0FvbveRAgZZ01MILtv5YiaMgsNJ4Vd25wKQagJ5K1ZKFcKDLD8Uidyl8Yu_-U6Z/s400/PA189360.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395821235036982082" /></a><br /><br />We Walked up to Kinzie street and headed east to Clark where the funniest thing on the tour occured. Our guide was beginning to explain that the building below was built for the Thompson Restaurant Chain as a warehouse. He didn't get very far in when a double-decker tour bus passed by and someone from the bus yelled "We're on a bus" I guess he thought that was better than us walking :D We all laughed and the our guide continued onward. Thompson's Restaurant's were a nationwide chain that was based on the cafeteria model. The fast food model was the downfall for these kind of restaurants.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUCjmClIkcYYqc-YGDkPYP0xgpYukOAPojFJWn9IJYtVdCbhl60WEim9nhf1ZzfrHxYHQHoXkAbOMFOmYdhGisqmZo0L9Ycj44qAaGskF5Umj6I6HTK9l4ilXrBo_zMbB8kfEswsW/s1600-h/100_0824.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKUCjmClIkcYYqc-YGDkPYP0xgpYukOAPojFJWn9IJYtVdCbhl60WEim9nhf1ZzfrHxYHQHoXkAbOMFOmYdhGisqmZo0L9Ycj44qAaGskF5Umj6I6HTK9l4ilXrBo_zMbB8kfEswsW/s400/100_0824.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395823142453849570" /></a><br /><br />We then headed north on Clark past some doors on the vaulted sidewalk. We learned that some of the first inside bathrooms were under the vaulted sidewalks because the city still had poor water preasure. We headed west on Hubbard to the mosaic below. This mosaic proclaims the Illinois Terrazzo and Tile Company, but like a guides mentioned they couldn't find any info as if they were located at the address where the tiles are laid. What is funny though is 53 west Hubbard is the Home of Hubbard Street Adult book store. While we were looking at the mosaic, someone opened the door to peek out what was happening. I'm sure they've had groups of people protest in front so I guess they seen that we were harmless and went back inside.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbgb88f2btMQJYLCBO5W6AW_l2-cXx9nges8OTDYm9V60aH-LNZvGuPV3Wz6IdByGqvUoI6n8MHrTOIy9s7UW_0X_RlwQopsWIQlD_fsBX1Rh40v57_9dSZfjw113-Ec9jMTKZwOD/s1600-h/Mosaic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbgb88f2btMQJYLCBO5W6AW_l2-cXx9nges8OTDYm9V60aH-LNZvGuPV3Wz6IdByGqvUoI6n8MHrTOIy9s7UW_0X_RlwQopsWIQlD_fsBX1Rh40v57_9dSZfjw113-Ec9jMTKZwOD/s400/Mosaic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395824926213930962" /></a><br /><br />We Continued to walk on Hubbard back to La Salle and Continued north on LaSalle to the Art Deco fronted Building below. This building is much older than it's Art Deco front suggests. In 1928 La Salle Street was Widened causing many buildings to cut back their fronts and put new ones one. The colors one this one is amazing!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEokWTXRK6__8xmRNTwMmKKpvs_djkR37AY7sTJIIPHIqzHTUuvQVtEdG4tYY2wSJPSQ2Kohz9DlCeoVHAC9ZvYD8-Fg934WeTizmgQa-UKVoJzqtBkBIBouAg8E8jghvcq2Wvs_dO/s1600-h/Colorful+Art+Deco.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEokWTXRK6__8xmRNTwMmKKpvs_djkR37AY7sTJIIPHIqzHTUuvQVtEdG4tYY2wSJPSQ2Kohz9DlCeoVHAC9ZvYD8-Fg934WeTizmgQa-UKVoJzqtBkBIBouAg8E8jghvcq2Wvs_dO/s400/Colorful+Art+Deco.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395825931612217410" /></a><br /><br />This concludes part one of this series. In part two we'll head up on LaSalle Street, make a stop at a famous restaurant that used store horses and see some motels!Brokecompsoulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09832515389005450818noreply@blogger.com2