It’s so cold here in Chicago that the concrete has turned to steel. “And there is another feeling that is a great consolation in poverty. I believe everyone who has been hard up has experienced it. It is a feeling…
Word From The Street: RIP “T” – Cold Streets Take Another Life
She opened her wallet and pulled out a small tattered photo of a young child. “This is my little girl,” she said. “Do you think you could take a photo of this photo, and then have it enlarged? It’s her…
Word From The Street: Phil’s Fund
Street Photography is far more than just taking pictures… – Okay, as many people know, I’m trying to ease the suffering of several mentally disabled homeless men through the winter by providing food and warm clothes (part of my “Under…
Idle No More, Chicago
Idle No More The Idle No More protest movement continues to gain steam here in Chicago.
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…
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