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Sophie
@sophiama.bsky.social
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Chicago!! & Notre Dame ‘23 🥹
I like taking pics of the built and natural environments in Chicago. I love Midwest/rust belt architecture & history. Old stuff is cool. Rooting for da bears & Notre dame football, & Blackhawks hockey. leftist.
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1248 North Monitor Avenue
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1605226018: 1248 North Monitor Avenue
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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My favorite #digicam shot I took last weekend, in Chicago’s #loop on a sunny yet hazy day

#photography #photo #chicago #photographer #film #analog #digital #filter #urban #city #cityscape #rail #transport #train #infrastructure #architecture #landscape #nostalgia #vintage #building
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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L-framed scenes in downtown #chicago last weekend, via my #digicam (also, I’m curious - do u spell it L or eL?)

#photo #photography #photographer #analog #film #camera #aesthetic #art #vintage #train #transport #city #urban #infrastructure #cityscape #nostalgia #architecture #buildings #rail
a skyscraper rises horizontally across the frame behind a triangular, cris-crossing section of raised L trackage superstructure, in Chicago’s loop A portion of elevated L trackage cuts diagonally across the frame, alongside a light post and strung wiring. Behind the tracks, a number of different buildings / skyscrapers rise to varying heights, in different colors and styles, to form a vibrant cityscape background. A shot of a block in Chicago’s loop from eye level, beneath a portion of elevated L trackage, the imposing geometric superstructure & support columns of which provides a frame for the street level scene below. The Chicago theater is visible, as is a CTA bus and several vehicles.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Two more interesting shots I took on my old #digicam last weekend in #chicago

#photo #photography #art #film #vintage #retro #city #cityscape #urban #grit #building #architecture #midwest #aesthetic #nostalgia #analog
the Chicago skyline is seen in a blue-toned haze from a rooftop in LP area, with several brick structures of varying uses/forms seen in the foreground. a collection of buildings of different heights, sizes, shapes, and styles are seen in jumbled contrast from the rooftop of a LP 3-flat in Chicago on a sunny fall day.
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Still thinking about these fascinating composite stained glass windows I saw while walking around lincoln park last weekend. What a fun, colorful touch!!

#digicam #photo #photography #stainedglass #glass #chicago #architecture #design #art #film #city #color #diy
a brick residential structure in the vicinity of Chicago’s Lincoln park area is seen from behind some bare tree branches. Attention is drawn to the building’s two large rectangular windows which each feature a multicolored array of square stained glass panels, arranged in a quilt-like composite.
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Some #chicago shots from my #digicam over the last week, including a really cool use of #stainedglass that I fawned over for about ten minutes upon seeing

#photo #photography #film #vintage #architecture #midwest #urban #city #fall #building #art #design
some colorful walk-up row houses line the street in the foreground, while a hulking pair of contemporary, geometric high rises loom in contrast from the background. a row of brick walk-ups / residential flats is seen, prominently featuring a large front window composed of numerous multi-colored square stained glass panels. Part of a high rise building is visible in the background. The patterned brick facade of a Chicago 2/ or 3 flat is seen, interrupted by three windows reflecting blue sky and verdant foliage, from behind a multicolored canopy of leaves in mid autumn. a lightly patterned brick residential structure is seen in the foreground, contrasting with the hulking high rise condominiums occupying the horizon behind it with geometric mass.
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Random #marengo (and #chicago ) snaps that capture my late-fall #nostalgia

#digicam #film #photo #photography #art #analog #vintage #retro #filter #nostalgic #midwest #liminal #aesthetic #landscape
an old-ish brick church in the slightly more rural locale of Marengo, IL (west and slightly north of Chicago) reflects the bright afternoon sun in its large front windows. A wooden, external (fire escape?) stairwell zig zags vertically upwards through its exposed nook in between brick and stone walls. a small (utility?) shed is seen in a field of electric/telephone poles & beams, with a small & cordoned off dusty dirt road/path in the foreground between mostly-bare trees.
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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4950 West Rice Street
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1604427023: 4950 West Rice Street
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Are those… green stairs.?? Are they painted green? Why am I kinda smitten?
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4938 West Rice Street
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1604427027: 4938 West Rice Street
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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4951 West Rice Street
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1604429003: 4951 West Rice Street
November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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1511 North Austin Boulevard
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1605200012: 1511 North Austin Boulevard
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Fulton Market in transition, 2010 - 2014
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Nelson Algren, by his Favorite Division St. Bar, Chicago, by Art Shay
American, 1922-2018
1949

More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/191353
Art Shay American, 1922-2018, Nelson Algren, by his Favorite Division St. Bar, Chicago, A work made of gelatin silver print.
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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i understand that dr. zack isn’t for everybody and that if you’re a longtime football fan, you don’t get a lot out of his segments. but they’re a great way for casual fans and newcomers to learn football concepts like the alphabet
awfulannouncing.bsky.social Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · Oct 22
What the heck? 🏈📺😵‍💫 #CFB
October 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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q: why did the outfielders raise their arms during this play?

a: according to the ancient scrolls in which the rules of baseball were found, if a ball lands and doesn't bounce that ball is declared god. the players were worshipping god. i doubt there will be a game 7 or any further baseball seasons
cjzero.bsky.social CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · Nov 1
Absolutely hate the World Series wedgie here
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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chuck schumer has been barred from formally observing this year's lexus december to remember sales event. they can't stop him from standing outside, but he will not be allowed into the showroom and he cannot directly behold the obelisk or participate in the thousand screams
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Wall quilt, West Garfield Park, Chicago
Section of a brown brick wall including the following elements: a piece of wood in the shape of Nevada that is painted white; rectangular areas that might have been windows or doors that are bricked up with white mortar, unlike the rest of the building; another opening that is filled in with white brick; a band of painted concrete across the top with peeling paint; narrow strips of wood attached from the bottom of the concrete halfway down the brick; some sort of concrete blocks with a triangle pattern pressed into them
October 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Columbus Park, Chicago
Trees with orange and yellow leaves seen through a large arched opening in a brick wall. The arch is trimmed in stone and has a stone balustrade across the bottom. There are two small round windows on either side of the arch.
November 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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4908 West Iowa Street
Google Streetview of the property with PIN10 1604421036: 4908 West Iowa Street
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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#chicago sights & scenes on a random walk last week in the vicinity of Lincoln Park. Via my #digicam

#photos #photography #film #vintage #fall #city #architecture #building #style #design #aesthetic #art #nostalgia
a high rise apartment/condominium building is seen from the sidewalk below, with fall colored foliage alongside. the front steps and surrounding garden scene of an elaborate old limestone house (mansion) in Chicago’s Gold Coast/Lincoln park area. a unique, contemporary/modern style building facade framed by bright yellow fall foliage two buildings contrast sharply - one darker colored, ornately detailed and short, one light colored, sleekly modern, narrow & high rise.
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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some shots of #urban #architecture and #birds (pigeons, I’m sure) in #chicago last week

#photo #photography #art #film #digicam #building #contrast #aesthetic #vintage #retro #city
November 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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#photos I took on my old #digicam of an adaptive reuse project under construction in #chicago the other day!

#photography #film #architecture #construction #building #city #urban #design #aesthetic
older church/temple type structure is seen with a new, sleek modern construction actively being constructed atop it, with foliage in the foreground. older church/temple type structure is seen with a new, sleek modern construction actively being constructed atop it, with foliage in the foreground.
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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couple more shots I took around west town, #chicago in recent months

#photos #photography #art #urban #urbex #film #digicam #city #midwest #bridge #gritty #nostalgia
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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#Americana in #chicago // every time I pass this spot in west town, I am struck by its ironically apt juxtaposition of an ornate old church directly behind a CVS pharmacy drive-thru. guess we all need something

#photography #photo #film #digicam #art #urban #modern #midwest #church
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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some of my fav shots I captured in recent months of end-of-summer #chicago

#photography #soft #photos #digicam #urban #city #urbex #architecture #infrastructure #abandoned #nostalgia #midwest
a section of elevated (El) trackage runs diagonally through a scene of brick buildings and green tree foliage in Chicago An abandoned shopping cart rests against a barrier beside railroad tracks, which branch off into two directions in the near distance. Buildings are visible in foreground, skyscrapers in background An overpass, presumably carrying either a roadway or rail trackage, is seen from below. Several brick structures in the background rise just above the overpass and into view behind it, bearing graffiti (ZWON)!
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM