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Sophie
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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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Wrought metal + #urban landscapes in my beloved #chicago courtesy of my #digicam

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A boxy (limestone?) skyscraper looms in the distance, framed by the criss-crossing steel beams of the L track superstructure in the foreground, on an overcast day in downtown Chicago. the angular (former) Robey hotel is seen rising sharply in the background, while a series of buildings is seen from street level beside a traffic light (on green). The nearest building’s external fire escape adds a geometric, yet linear, patterning to the scene. a mix of newer and older buildings, featuring both sleekly reflective glass facades and ornately sculpted bas-relief-filled stone facades, is seen in downtown Chicago beside a yellowish section of zig-zagged L trackage.
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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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?)

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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

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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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#chicago sights & scenes on a random walk last week in the vicinity of Lincoln Park. Via my #digicam

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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

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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!

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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

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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
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Chicago ghost signs I’ve spotted on recent walks!!
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Boom dope Terra cotta clad neon sign store in west town
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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#walking around west town in #chicago w my #digicam

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the lightbulb-framed sign advertising a local corner diner (offering all-day breakfast!!) juts out from said restaurant’s intricate & well-preserved, green pastel terra cotta facade in west town, Chicago bright red and orange fall foliage obscures the side of a brick residential building, with one of its windows visible above a telephone line a sturdy tree still boasting considerable green leafage and vine-y branches leans in the foreground, with an ornate brick & stone building seen behind it.
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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an overcast #urban #landscape in downtown #chicago //

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a smattering of buildings & skyscrapers of varying heights and architectural styles/periods in Chicago’s downtown / gold coast area an eye catching brick church topped with a central dome is seen beside some other (seemingly residential) buildings in the vicinity of streeterville/old town in Chicago One of Chicago’s iconic corncob-es que Marina Towers rises in parallel vertically beside the Sears (/Willis) Tower & another modernistic skyscraper which shall go unnamed. two 19th century building facades are seen in detail, close-up view. Their color schemes contrast against one another. Scaffolding is seen on the building to the right.
November 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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funky foliage and #urban tree canopy in Lincoln park & wicker park, #chicago

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Sunlight streaks through a variety of different tree canopies & branches along a residential street in Lincoln park, Chicago. The branches and trunks of sturdy looking trees zig-zag and warp their way around telephone wires in Chicago. Fall foliage partially obscures a handful of brick residential buildings lining the street and dappled in sunlight behind the trees
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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shades of #fall on my walks in #chicago this week

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Old brick facade with newer brick renovations peeking thru around the windows. West town, Chicago light and shadow dapple the brick face of this residential building in Chicagos Lincoln park area, as seen through a green and red urban tree canopy a series of rowhouses in Lincoln Park, Chicago, framed by telephone wires and a couple tree canopies. the ornately worked, pale yellow facade of a cottage-y house in Chicago’s near northwest side, seen next to the bright autumn-colored foliage of a nearby tree
October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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morally/ethically good #graffiti in west town, #chicago ( #fucktrump #fuckice )

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October 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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#fall views at my beloved alma mater, the university of notre dame, in #southbend #indiana last weekend (go Irish! Beat USC!!) I love #football season

#photography #photos #digicam #college #sports #notredame #midwest
October 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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#fall foliage on #chicago residential streets, via my lil old #digicam :)

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The upper portion of a brick three-flat is seen in detail, partially obscured by a tree branch of bright green and yellow autumn foliage which frames the shot. a red brick Chicago workers cottage, with a ladder propped up to allow maintenance/repairs workers (one of which is visible in silhouette) to access the roof, is seen from behind the green & yellow leaves of a tree in residential west town, Chicago The upper portion of a reddish brick three flat, with window ornaments and a stepped roof, is seen from behind a branch of yellow-green-orange fall foliage in Chicago.
October 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Random views & details in #chicago courtesy of my old #digicam :-)

#photos #urban #bricks #river #decay #photography
photo of part of the Chicago river system in west town, Chicago. Bridge visible in the distance, and graffiti is tagged on the foregrounded concrete wall/embankment. A cluster of bricks, rocks, and other rubble/debris lies near the edge of an otherwise overgrown & grass-covered empty lot in Chicago, as seen thru a fence. The former site of public housing high rises, since-demolished. The vacant lot is still owned by CHA. An onion domed church is seen in the background, with a wrought iron fire escape seen adjacent and the patterned/textured elevated brick facade of another building framing the view. a water tower is seen in Chicago, rising above a brick commercial-type building from behind. Green foliage and the upper portion of a light post are visible in the foreground edges.
October 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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couple more #digicam #photos I took this weekend in #chicago . feat. (my beloved) L; a fenced off and overgrown empty lot - still owned by CHA - which is the former site of a public housing high-rise; and some Chicago buildings + fall foliage

#photography #urban #architecture #abandoned #city
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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some #digicam #photos I took on walks this weekend in #chicago , my beautiful beloved city (and supposed warzone?)

#photography #urban #infrastructure #midwest #rustbelt
The skyline of Chicago is seen behind an imposing, complex geometric-looking steel tower for supporting telephone/internet wires(?) A picturesque tree rises in the middle of an otherwise empty & abandoned grassy lot, seen from behind a fence, in the former site of public housing in Chicago. View from beneath the L’s (elevated) tracks in Chicago on a sunny fall day, with the trackage creating a geometric pattern of light and shadows on the grassy ground below. The sun casts shadows tracing the silhouette of an adjacent section of L trackage on the brick wall of a large building in Chicago.
October 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM