150 N Clinton St – Cycling back home in the rain after a Chicago Humanities Festival talk with Chris Ware, brand new copy of Monograph strapped to the rack covered in a newly purchase cheapo rain jacket. It’s Chris Ware. Of course it’s oversized, CBA! Come on!
The labor intensity of making weekly maps, which I can’t sustain, and Flickr’s new policy nudging people to Pro accounts, which I don’t want, have led me to a new feature: Looking Around. I will be posting pictures taken from the bike during the week.
During Monday’s tour ride – Rabinovitch & Ogus Millers built in 1910s
Rabinovitch & Ogus Millers detail
A CLS piece that has been around awhile.
Left half of a collaboration between Jerkface and Owendippie
A wheatpaste found on Halloween
During Wednesday’s tour ride – Pipsqueak Was Here!!! (left) and another Sickfisher at the Hubbard St Murals (Bline).
Wednesday’s tour ride again – Amtrak Bridge 458 and Canal St. Bridge both raised for boats leaving the lake.
Fall colors and a neighborhood “castle” in Ukrainian Village (Worthman & Steinbach, archs.)
Thursday’s tour ride
Nice wall in the South Loop
Chinatown detail
Carl von Linné Monument on the University of Chicago campus. Find it on the Monuments and Memorials Map.
James Ward Elementary – Chicago oldest school. Find it on the Historical Schools Map.
Near the former Stockyards
Community mural directed by Dr. C Siddha Weber in Bronzeville
Diarchy (Kenneth Armitage, 1957) on the University of Chicago campus. Find it on the Pubic Sculpture Map.
Contact CBA for a guided bike tour or use The Map to plan your own ride.