“An October sort of city even in the spring. With somebody’s washing always whipping, in smoky October colors off the third-floor rear by that same wind that drives all the yellowing comic-strips down all the gutters that lead away from home.” -Nelson Algren, Nobody knows where O’Connor went, Chicago: City On the Make, 1952 I’mContinue reading “October Town”
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Why the World Needs More Chicagos
It is 1 degree Fahrenheit this Sunday morning. I’ve been here in Chicago a full week for a project. A west facing window at a close relative’s house, has an ice veneer over 90% of its surface. It is not even a month past the Midwinter mark and the ground is nearly permafrost. So, whyContinue reading “Why the World Needs More Chicagos”
Wild, Abandoned 