The Impossible Year

Tag: construction

  • 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.

  • ComEd Construction, 19 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   The day before my birthday ComEd began jackhammering and ripping up the street in front of our house without any warning.

  • 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…

  • Construction  Polaroid SX-70 AutoFocus / Impossible PX-70 Color Protection NIGO The building immediately next to the Southport CTA Brown line stop was torn down and is being actively rebuilt.

  • Construction on Southport Polaroid SX-70 AutoFocus / Impossible PX-70 Color Protection Thought this was an interesting setup. Still getting used to that light / dark dial on my SX-70.