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Chicago |
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9/10/01 Northeast Sky That's right. 9/10/01. I flew out of Boston on my way to Chicago the morning of the day before the infamous attack. The skies were also beautiful the next day, in stark contrast to the ominous events. |
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9/10/01 Northeast Sky 2 I usually don't even try to shoot the sky out of a jet, but the sunrise was spectacular that day. |
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9/10/01 Northeast Sky 3 Do you see what I mean? |
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Gray Cover This cover could almost be called my memorial cover. The short depth of field has a remarkable somber quality, almost like a utilitarian tombstone. |
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Round Sewer Most sewers are adjacent to sidewalks, but some are in the middle of the street and need to be round. |
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Commonwealth Edison Cover in the Street It looks like someone had a little too much to drink the night before he dug this hole and installed this cover. |
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Commonwealth Edison Cover on the Sidewalk This one they didn't get right either. What gives? |
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City Electric City Electric, as opposed to commercial or residential electric. Good idea. Keep it obvious. |
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Another City Electric Cover Maybe that's all they have is electricity in Chicago? |
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Chicago Water Works Cover Well I guess that blows my theory about electric exclusivity. |
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Chicago ... and you thought Chicago only had the elevated trains. Ha! Now you know. There's a great train that goes from O'Hare Airport right to downtown Chicago for about 3 bucks. |
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Water I think this cover was made by the same manufacturer that made the subway one. |
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Chicago Sewer Straight forward and simple message. Just get the job done. |
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Yellow Drain Great Colors. Great textures. Great shapes. |
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Sanitary District of Chicago This cover is in the only district in Chicago that is sanitary. :-) (not really) |
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Starburst Design It's good to see a burst once in a while, but what does it mean? |
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Metropolitan Sanitary District Now here a very dirty looking MSD sanitary cover. |
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Metropolitan Reclamation District The question therefore is "What are they reclaiming?" |
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Cover with Lots of Lines This one I had to shoot quickly since there was a lot of traffic on this bridge that day. |
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Ameritech Technology is present in Chicago as well as many other big cities in the USA. Someday data lines will replace electric lines as we build self-sustaining energy systems. Then the data lines will go wireless and we'll have our skies back, and the streets will contain plumbing only. |
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Adelphia Cover This one looks pretty beat up, like the CEO of the company. |
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American Legion Chicago is home to many great social clubs, like this one and the AFL-CIO. |
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Chicago and Son Cover Nice and simple brown texture against gray texture. |
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3 Green Covers ...in a large green painted driveway. What a find! |
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L. B. Co. This one might have been designed by Larry Poons? |
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Lincoln Park Cover Of course, I have no idea what it's covering.... electrical switches maybe? |
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Metropolitan Sanitary District with Orange Marking We have a similar commission in Boston and they call it the MDC, Metropolitan District Commission and it keeps the parks and pools open and clean. So far Chicago has a MSD, MRD. What else? |
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Grid in the Grass Lately I've been finding cement grids in the grass, but I'm not sure what the designer's original intent was. |
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Rectangular Sewer Drain Interesting, this one is rectangular. I wonder why? I would think it's easier to dig one of these instead of a round one. |
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Chicago Bull Chicago is a rather bullish city, don't you know? With the Chicago Mercantile and all. |
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Chicago Wandjina Of all the urban wandjinas, this has been the best to date. I think the water in the eyes adds to it's mystery. |
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Chicago Walls and Ducts Chicago has great buildings. Some old and some new. I enjoyed many sites looking up and looking down. |
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Under the Bridge This area would make a great location for a music video. Maybe it already has? |
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Square Cover with Green Bags There were lots of sandbags holding up fences, all around the city at that time. Some were green |
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Orange Bags ... and some orange ones. |
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Chain Link Fence Pavement Grid Somebody must have decided that a chain link fence made a good textural pattern for this sidewalk? |
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Arrows and Line Study This was another tough shot. Lots of traffic. The line detail is great. |
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Tree Grid This tree grid has seen better days. Most of them in Chicago looked much better with no cracks, but the photos of them did not have any character at all. |
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No Swimming Chicago, like many large US cities, does not allow its people to swim in the city. Who owns whom? |
