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Robert Loerzel
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Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/
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When is the Siskel Film Center going to do a 26-hour screening of "Centennial"?! Talk about "Settle In"!
With a runtime of 26 hours and a $25 million budget, it was one of the longest miniseries ever and the most expensive television show in history.[2] It employed four directors and five cinematographers, and featured over 100 speaking parts.[3] Centennial was released on DVD on July 29, 2008.
January 30, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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As Alamo Drafthouse continues showing "Twin Peaks" on Saturdays, it is skipping over 10 episodes from Season 2. (Not a bad decision, if you ask me.) Season 3 (a.k.a. "The Return") starts Feb. 21. drafthouse.com/chicago/movi...
TWIN PEAKS Twin Peaks Episodes 14-17 Feb 07 TWIN PEAKS Twin Peaks Episodes 28-30 Feb 14 TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me David Lynch's surrealist fever dream Feb 21 TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 1-3
January 30, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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Cardinals this morning at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
January 28, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Seeing a movie at Landmark Century Centre Cinema, I noticed the building also contains the Chicago Duplicate Bridge Club.
A sign on a storefront window says”Chicago Duplicate Bridge Club.” Inside, people sit at tables playing cards.
January 28, 2026 at 4:57 AM
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Birds in Montrose Harbor this morning, when it was a few degrees above zero. (Canada geese, mallards, common goldeneyes, and redheads.)
January 26, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Seen on a sidewalk in Uptown: “Know your enemy.”
A sign saying “Know your enemy” lies on a sidewalk.
January 26, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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The Chicago skyline, seen this morning from Montrose Point
January 26, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Snowy, with paw prints #ManholeCoverMonday @kevinirvine.bsky.social
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A snow-covered manhole cover in a sidewalk, with a trail of paw prints running across it.
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Weather report from Eternal Silence (a.k.a. the cloaked guy at Graceland Cemetery)
Snow covers the top of a statue of a man wearing a cloak.
January 25, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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NYT’s analysis of the videos www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
About eight seconds after he is pinned, agents yell that he has a gun, indicating that they may not have known he was armed until he was on the ground. The same agent who approached with empty hands pulls a gun from among the group that appears to match the profile of a firearm DHS said belonged to Mr. Pretti. The agents appear to have him under their control, with his arms pinned near his head. As the gun emerges from the melee, another agent aims his own firearm at Mr. Pretti’s back and appears to fire one shot at close range. He then appears to continue firing at Mr. Pretti, who collapses. A third agent unholsters a weapon. Both agents appear to fire additional shots into Mr. Pretti as he lies motionless. In total, at least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds.
January 24, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Tilda Swinton and Willem Dafoe are my most-seen contemporary actors. I guess I need to catch up on my Ethan Hawke viewing!
Mel Blanc 117 films Charlie Chaplin 49 films Buster Keaton 44 films Tilda Swinton 43 films Willem Dafoe 42 films
January 24, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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Good morning 🥶
A screenshot of a weather app: 6:14 Home Chicago –5° Feels Like: –22° H:8° L:–8°
January 23, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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An eastern fox squirrel eating snow in Graceland Cemetery — where I’ve noticed one or two of these squirrels, which have a more orange color than the eastern gray squirrels that are more common in Chicago.
January 21, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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When I give talks about the Uptown Theatre, I usually mention how that Goethe quip appears in this 1925 ad for the theater.
An advertisement says: IT WILL HUSH AND THRILL YOU WITH ITS POWER Architecture like “frozen music,” sculpture of heroic size, elegance beyond all your dreams. Balaban & Katz UPTOWN THEATRE Broadway and Lawrence Ave. UPTOWN SQUARE Behind and beneath all the splendor and luxury purr enormous machines, filtering, purifying, cooling the air you breathe. Cancel All Engagements for the Opening Tomorrow Noon
January 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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A Chicago Municipal Device (a "Y" inside a circle), spotted in the Gage Park neighborhood.
A circle surrounding a "Y" shape is on a concrete pillar topped by snow, with fencing on either side of the pillar.
January 21, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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I'm talking about "The Uptown: Chicago’s Endangered Movie Palace" Saturday at the Uptown branch library and Sunday at the Ethical Humanist Society. Details about these and more upcoming events here: www.robertloerzel.com/events/
Upcoming events for The Uptown: Chicago’s Endangered Movie Palace, a new book by Robert Loerzel and James A. Pierce: Saturday, January 24, 11 a.m.: Uptown Branch of the Chicago Public Library, 929 W. Buena Ave. (Reservations are full.) chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events Sunday, January 25, 10:30 a.m.: A solo presentation by Loerzel at the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago, 7574 Lincoln Ave., Skokie. Free and open to the public. No reservations are needed. https://ethicalhumanistsociety.org/programs/
January 21, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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Photo 1: The Damen Silos on July 17, 2025.
Photo 2: The demolition site on Jan. 20, 2026.
Two concrete structures stand with a city skyline on the horizon. A vacant lot behind a fence with “Keep Out” signs. The Chicago skyline, including Willis Tower, is on the horizon.
January 19, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Yes, there is a Fire Museum of Greater Chicago! It's in an old fire station at 5218 S. Western Ave. It includes the Ken Little Library, which is typically open on Monday mornings. I had fun poking around there today. firemuseumofgreaterchicago.com
Three firefighter outfits are posted at the end of rows of book shelves.
January 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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A fire department photographer’s helmet. This is sitting in the library at the Fire Museum of Greater Chicago.
A black helmet labeled: “PHOTOGRAPHER CD CHICAGO”
January 19, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Rohrschach test… Looks to me like a comet. #ManholeCoverMonday @kevinirvine.bsky.social
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A manhole cover surrounded by a blob-like area on a sidewalk
January 19, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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The East Seventh Street Hotel building on Feb. 14, 2025
January 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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I took this photo on Feb. 14, 2025.
The boarded-up windows of the former South Loop Club
January 19, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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The East Seventh Street Hotel building, designed by architects Christian S. Michaelsen and Sigurd A. Rognstad. It's at State Street and Balbo Drive, which was called Seventh Street when the hotel opened in 1930.
Looking southwest toward the East Seventh Street Hotel building. A mural is on the east-faing wall. Signs are visible for the South Loop Club. Looking south toward the East Seventh Street Hotel building. A sign is visible for the South Loop Club.
January 19, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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Soldier Field, seen this morning from Northerly Island
A football stadium and skyscrapers seen in the distance, beyond a snowy field of brown grass
January 18, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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A yellow-bellied sapsucker in Graceland Cemetery
January 17, 2026 at 10:38 PM