Idle No More The Idle No More protest movement continues to gain steam here in Chicago.
Year: 2012
Tattooed Teardrops
Tattooed teardrops line the sterilized institutional halls for the morning call – hot flesh delivered live from the cold hard streets of steel keeps the iron ball rolling, the silver bell tolling, and the lead still flowing. There is no…
The End of Little Cheyenne? Aldermen Push to Close Down Ewing Annex Hotel
Tucked away in a dreary little corner of Chicago’s financial district, directly in the shadow of the tallest building in the Western hemisphere, sits a tiny row of buildings on the 400 block of South Clark Street, that makeup all…
Report From the Street: Hard To Help the Most Needy
Henry hasn’t had a change of clothes in years, not months, but several years. His curled toenails protrude from the front of his shoes like hood ornaments on a 71 Cadillac. The back of his pants… well, there is no…
Between these two…
Between these two… There’s a homeless man living under lower Wacker Drive just off the walking path that follows the river. During the day, while the inhabitant is out foraging, I often stroll past his little patch of concrete that…
American Schmuck
He’s an American schmuck, don’t even know what hit him. Cancer stick dangles from the bobbling head of the neck-tied bandit trading commodities on the floor of the exchange. He’s banking on America, making swaps on his futures, running out…
Marquette Park, Chicago
Located in the once primarily Lithuanian neighborhood of Chicago Lawn, Marquette Park is one of 14 parks designed in 1903 by the Olmsted Brothers landscape design firm. Marquette Park has a long history of racial tension. My grandmother lived over…
Chicago’s State Street Preacher (Samuel Chambers)
Chicago Street Photography – This is Chicago’s State Street Preacher (Samuel Chambers). Somehow, Mr. Chambers finds the time – and the need – to stand on the corner every day, all day, yelling through a microphone telling everyone why they…