Silvertone Chicago Vol.1

The corn cob towers.

This is the first time I've posted to the Chicago Neighborhoods Project in years. I stopped because I found trying to keep up with several types of social media was too time consuming. I am most active on Twitter at @ChiNeighbor. I have been tweeting videos of the city. I also feature snippets of Chicago Tribune newspaper articles from 1893 about the city and the World's Fair.

My longer term project is tentatively called "Tarot in the White City: Instructions, History and Advice from Chicago." I envision this as a book as centered around the amazing research about tarot that emerged in the early 1890s. Part of this knowledge has gone back into obscurity. For fun, I've designed a way to read tarot with a set of dominoes, a partial deck of playing cards, and a partial deck of modern tarot cards.

Visual Journal of the Fantastical City

As for photography, I've taken a new interest in shooting black and white (actually, silvertone) photos. I am exploring what is real and what is not. How the image of the city is constructed through our thoughts. Always there is an element of dreams to what we see.

The beer garden along the Riverwalk.

The autumn season. Shadowy figures crossing Wabash.

Corner clock on the Palmer House Hotel.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial along the Riverwalk. Wedding couple on far left stairs.

The canopy of lights at the Palmer House Hotel.

Doorways of the Chicago City Hall/Cook County building.

The Riverwalk.

The entrance to the Blue Line along the underground tunnels of the Pedway.

Vending machines and snacks in the Pedway.