hugo cuypers you beautiful belgian

still room on the fire bandwagon, this team is fun

guy looking at a large collage work on the wall at an art gallery, made up of images of a crowd and a power plant and smokestacks

(my dad was really into the marshall brown collages at western exhibitions)

1922 building permit in the trib, everything is mispelled

streetview of the former general furniture co. store at north & keeler in hermosa, also heavy on the terracotta with the same terracotta shield above the front entrance

the tribune got it real wrong in 1922 (PRUTZLER?) and i found it hard to make out the architect's name in the actual permit, but luckily isaac s. stern did a handful of other stores for general furniture, including this one at 4208 w north in hermosa

1709 w chicago, two story brick and terracotta, now home to brasero restaurant with art galleries above, there's a terracotta shield above the main entrance that has the the letters GF & co.

1922 ad for investments in the "pritzker building"

1922 building permit

brought my dad to the dabin ahn show at document gallery and he was wondering what 1709 w. chicago was originally

so: developed by nicholas pritzker (!), jb's great grandfather, as a general furniture co. store, completed in 1922 and designed by architect isaac s. stern

Two massive forked lightning bolts drop behind the Chicago skyline during a nighttime thunderstorm

Single frame. Two perfectly placed bolts. Thanks, Mother Nature!

#ILwx #Chicago

Ackerman Clarke’s booth, oil pastels by Duncan McGillivray-Smith

Ortega y Gasset’s booth and western exhibitions’ booths

good naked and another one I don’t remember, small paintings and small works in metal

it’s the last couple days to check out the barely fair, the tiny art fair that best encapsulates what’s so special about chicago’s art scene—it’s in mckinley park, make a date out of it and pair it with a visit to cadinho bakery or marz brewing

www.barelyfair.com

An adult greated horned owl and a young one sit in a tree.

A great horned owl sits in a tree.

A great horned owl flies, pursued by a crow.

A young great horned owl sits in a tree.

I came across a family of great horned owls in Chicago (at an undisclosed location). They were being harrassed by crows and a Cooper's hawk. I sure hope they don't eat any poisoned rats!

Party invitation to Gertrude Abercrombie's house at 5728 Dorchester, September 1954.

I think today is the day. The players finally realise the gravity of the situation we are in. Step on to the pitch and leave everything they have out there. Raise their level, give it their all, at last understand that “To Dare Is To Do”…

Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Brighton

A gargantuan, nightmare of a tornado hit Easton, Illinois tonight in the pitch black darkness. Only with the lightning and a few power flashes can make out the shape of this beast...

May everyone across the midwest remain safe tonight, it's been one hell of a day.

🎥: Ali Wilson

#wxsky #tornado

the name ossian really fell off

huh, good call, thank you!

what’s the deal with the searchlight on the lyric opera building

I regret to inform you that “drunken idiot who isn’t interested in working” is the best case scenario for FBI director in a Trump regime.

something weirdly poignant about the way the fbi rapes me daily guy tidily packs up his shit right at 5:00

like ope, my shift is done

A Well-Aimed Potato: The Klan, Notre Dame, and Today | dansinker.com

With the Trump administration switching into anti-Catholic overdrive this week, I wrote about a time a hundred years ago when Catholic students from Notre Dame beat the shit out of the Klan. A feel good story for the ages. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...

I Played 'The Boys Are Back in Town' on a Bar Jukebox Until I Got Kicked Out The boys were back in town, but I was out of the bar, because they asked me to leave.

on the 50th anniversary of the release of The Boys Are Back in Town I'm morally obligated to share my favorite story of all time

north shore adult diapers, for when the mets shit their pants

I DM’d them and it looks like they fixed it

north shore adult diapers, for when the mets shit their pants

pat hughes literally started laughing, i thought it was a joke

opponent errors being sponsored by northshore adult diapers on cubs radio broadcasts is a fantastic bit

at the time, it was only the 37th time that had ever happened

i saw steve kline strike out four people in one inning for the expos at candlestick park and i don’t recall anyone in the stadium recognizing what’d they’d just witnessed

that’s gotta be a mistake but no clue who to contact to get that turned back on

western exhibitions booth, they put down a tiny wood floor, the works are reminiscent of the chicago imagists

it’s really good but it seems like organizing it is a pain in the ass and so every year i worry they’ll stop putting it on—you should go

three wall outlet frames with works on paper inside them, good weather’s booth

i also thought these works on paper framed by electric outlet frames were clever

they look like tiny ceramic vases

these were made out of barbie dresses

Ackerman Clarke’s booth, oil pastels by Duncan McGillivray-Smith

Ortega y Gasset’s booth and western exhibitions’ booths

good naked and another one I don’t remember, small paintings and small works in metal

it’s the last couple days to check out the barely fair, the tiny art fair that best encapsulates what’s so special about chicago’s art scene—it’s in mckinley park, make a date out of it and pair it with a visit to cadinho bakery or marz brewing

www.barelyfair.com