The Impossible Year

Tag: wrigleyville

  • Tom at GMan, 11 July 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Lakeview’s bars scene is scary for those of us concerned about the virus.‬ The Gman Tavern is striving to do things right.‬ ‪Its manager, Tom, told me they want to be the safest bar in Wrigleysville.‬ On Saturdays from 2pm to 7pm the bar…

  • 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…

  • Deuce’s, 5 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 While huge parts of the country have erupted in protest, people in Wrigleyville are acting like everything is normal and there is no pandemic.

  • Cafe Tola, 3 June 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 Cafe Tola is a small coffee and empanda shop on Southport Avenue that has expanded over the years into a chain of stores all over Chicago. This one however, is near and dear to my heart. In light of everything going on they’ve boarded up…

  • ‘The Sounds of the Friendly Confines’, 22 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Color i-Type Film For the second time, in as many weeks they played the organ at Wrigley Field. It  created an atmosphere of normality during these deeply strange times. I met up with my friend Tomlinson and we biked around Wrigley in circles just taking…

  • Gman Tavern – Rory, 16 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Color i-Type Film On Saturday the Gman Tavern was running $20 BOYG growler fills and I stopped by to support both my favorite local bar, and my friends who work there. Rory was working the door and it was great to see (half of) her face and…

  • A Virtual Gameday, 15 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2/Color i-Type Film On Friday, despite their being no baseball for the foreseeable future. The Cubs brought in someone to play the organ at Wrigley Field. I spent upwards of 20 minutes just riding my bike in circles around the park enjoying the moment, and appreciating the smiling…

  • Raphael & Chicago Comics, 7 May 2020Polaroid OneStep 2 / Color i-Type Film This is my friend Raphael, who happens to be the manager of Chicago Comics. Chicago Comics has been particularly hard hit by the pandemic due to forced closures and the fact that Marvel and DC have *MOSTLY* frozen their release schedule for…

  • Bike at Lakeview Station Post Office, 20 April 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE / Impossible Color 600 (Expired) I’ve been making regular trips to my local post office to order stamps and mail orders from my design shop.

  • Tomb of a Dog, 19 April 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE / Impossible Color 600 (Expired) Wandering through Graceland Cemetery we found this dog shaped headstone. There were no markings to indicate the ownership but it was coincidentally located right next to a bunch of Morrison family plots, which only makes me want to learn more.