The Impossible Year

Tag: uptown

  • Gill Park

    Gill Park

    Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 We met up with Jess and hung out in Gill Park. I’d never been there before but there was a really special feeling about it. There were people walking around in the distance, beautiful street art on the sides of buildings, and just the right amount of sun and…

  • (What used to be) City Sports

    (What used to be) City Sports

    (What used to be) City Sports, 8 March 2021Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 After many years of planning Uptown’s City Sport athletics retail shop has been torn down to make way for high-rise condos at Wilson and Broadway. This neighborhood in Chicago is one of the most diverse in the whole city, but unfortunately,…

  • ‘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.

  • Cuyler Avenue, 20 December 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   A friend went out of town with his family briefly and had me bring in packages.

  • Uptown Pizza & BBQ, 28 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   At the corner of Wilson and Kenmore Avenues in Chicago you will find Uptown Pizza & BBQ. I’ve been meaning to check this place out for years and finally did it by ordering the ‘Thin Crust Taco’ pizza, which is a feast unto itself.…

  • Greenview and Pensacola, 9 November 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600   We had a beautiful breezy day here in the city and I shot this photo while walking the dog. You can barely see it, but below the sign there are a number of leaf collection bags that Graceland West Community Association collected. as…

  • Greenview Avenue, 10 August 2020Polaroid SLR 680 SE/Polaroid Color 600 On Monday a massive derecho swept through the Chicagoland region causing tornados along the lakefront, knocking down over 7,300 trees, and leaving over 2 million people without power. We were fortunate to be mostly spared any damage (though we did lose internet) but our neighbors…

  • 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…