The Impossible Year

Tag: uptown

  • West Montrose Avenue, 24 July 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 I just thought the early dusk sun pushing through the trees and reflecting off the street was beautiful. I love my neighborhood.

  • The Gerber Building, 30 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 At the corner of Wilson and Broadway is arguably one of the most beautiful CTA building in the city. In recent years it has been remodeled and improved to it’s former glory and will one day wind up as the home of Chicago Market…

  • Uptown Protests, 25 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 There was a march up Broadway Avenue in opposition to Alderman Harry Osterman and Alderman James Cappleman, both of which are opposing police reforms in city council.

  • Uptown’s Black Lives Matter Protest, 1 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Uptown, the neighborhood immediately to the east of us that we sit on the border of, is one of Chicago’s most diverse neighborhoods, and was the site of one of the city’s largest Black Lives Matter protests yet. It has also been…

  • St. Boniface Cemetery, 5 April 2020 Polaroid OneStep 600 / Impossible 600 Color (Expired) Stopped off at St. Boniface on my ride today and tried again to work with this expired film.

  • Seth (and Lee) Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Seth came into town after moving away two years ago. We got together at Bar on Buena for drinks. Lee photobombed.

  • Movie Shooting at the Uptown Theatre Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection Unfortunately this didn’t come out as well as I’d like. They were shooting Transformers 4 at the long derelict Uptown Theatre, giving hopes that maybe the theatre will be restored someday.

  • Saying Goodbye to The Annoyance Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection The Annoyance Theatre in Uptown is shutting down until it can reopen at its new Belmont Avenue location this fall (hopefully). I spent some time along with Zack photographing the old location and some of the actors who had graced its stages…

  • It’s Christmas, Goddamnit! Polaroid SLR 680SE  / Impossible PX-680 Color Protection 11*12 My friend Charley directed his first original show “It’s Christmas, Goddamnit!” at the Annoyance Theatre. Lee performs in it at as well. They still have one show left if you’d like to check it out.

  • Halloween Soccer Society Polaroid SLR 680SE / Impossible PX-680 Color Shade COOL The final game of the year with my soccer friends was played mostly in costume.