The Impossible Year

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  • Wrigleyville at Dusk

    Wrigleyville at Dusk

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I stopped off at Dimo’s Pizza on my way back from Chicago Comics and appreciated the light and the looming cloudy appearance of a storm that never materialized. 

  • ‘Blessed’

    ‘Blessed’

    ‘Blessed’, 6 March 2021Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I woke up, took a yoga class, and biked up to Lost Larson for coffee and croissants. On my way there I passed by this mural I love which is on the side of the building occupied by Ridman’s Coffee which is also excellent.

  • Clark and Wilson, 24 January 2021Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Took the dog on a long walk all the way to Wilson and Clark. This corner is such an odd one. So many empty storefronts and so much change happening. I’ll be curious to look back in a few years. 

  • Rayan Plaza

    Rayan Plaza

    Rayan Plaza, 27 January 2021Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600  Snapped this while stopped at a light on my way back from picking up my weekly treat of comic books and pizza. The contrast of the colorful signs and Divvy bikes with the otherwise muted palette of the scene just felt interesting to me.

  • Chicago Comics + Clark Street Looking South, 13 January 2021Polaroid OneStep 2/Polaroid Color i-Type Film  Took my weekly trip to pick up comics, and show this looking South past the store. I then dropped the phot in my bag with my books. The cold weather caused the film to discolor like that, usually I keep…

  • Belmont Flyover Crane, 9 December 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   Biking back from Chicago Comics I stopped to appreciate the clear blue sky we were having and how this crane for the CTA construction looked.

  • Clark and Racine, 28 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   There was a pro-Trump rally outside of Wrigley Field. Myself and others went to counter protest. Just two years ago I was walking by this corner and tore down a bunch of ‘Patriot Front’ signs. It’s disturbing to me to see what is becoming…

  • 7-Eleven Clark and Southport, 5 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 The intersection of Clark and Southport is prime real estate on two busy streets, with a bus stop right next to it, and immediately adjacent to an affluent residential neighborhood. A prime location for a convenience store.  Well, over the last few years 7-Eleven…

  • Clark and Roscoe, 8 July 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Wrigleyville’s landscape continues to change as, despite everything else going on, the construction never stops. The CTA’s Red and Purple Modernization project, aka ‘RPM’ marches on, leveling buildings and building brutalist structure, as we march towards a faster, more efficient mass transit system. One…

  • All Quiet on West Waveland Avenue Polaroid Spectra ProCam / Impossible PZ-680 Two days after the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, The Cubs are up in Milwaukee and Wrigleyville is quiet again.