FEATURE IMAGE (left to right): State Street, Chicago, July 2015 (STREET I); Motorcycle riders, July 2018 (TRAINS & MOTORCYCLES); Shopper, June 2019 (STREET II); and Kiss in Spring rain, May 2019 (STREET II).
13 Posts.
Street Photography: 2020 BLACK LIVES MATTER march, Downers Grove, Illinois (35 photos).
FEATURE image: The BLM march took place on Main Street on Sunday, June 7, 2020.
Street Photography: STREET III (75 Photos).
Built as a synagogue founded in 1861 by German Jewish immigrants, the neo-Classical building at 4600 S. King Drive was home to Chicago Sinai Congregation from 1912 until the 1940s. In 1961, Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church moved into the building in the Grand Boulevard community of Bronzeville. The church community brought a strong commitment…
Street Photography: ODDS & ENDS. (24 Photos).
The Chicago Skyway’s main feature is a 1⁄2-mile-long steel truss bridge known as the “High Bridge.”
Street Photography: MOTORCYCLES. (23 Photos).
Four days after recording Heartbreak Hotel in January 1956 for RCA records in Nashville, Tennessee, 21-year-old Elvis Presley went out and bought a brand-new red-and-white 1956 Harley Davidson KH. Elvis was not yet famous but had already developed a signature style for which this motor bike formed a part. Having affinities with the 1952 KRTT…
Street Photography: SIGNS OF THE TIMES. (60 Photos).
(3.26 minutes). When I was in Ireland studying history, it was at Trinity College in Dublin. Though there was access to the Berkeley Library (pronounced Barkley) as well as the Old Library that housed the Book of Kells, I ended up using almost exclusively The National Library of Ireland, established in 1877 (though its origins…
Street Photography: CARS & TRUCKS. (60 Photos).
FEATURE image: 1970 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Convertible (lipstick red). Like Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang, today’s Dodge Challenger is a modern muscle car that is inspired by — and compared to — the legacy of its 1960s forebear. The 2021 Ford F-150 ‘s solid performance and durability have few competitors in the modern truck market…
Street Photography: STREET II. (85 Photos).
Photographs ©John P. Walsh William C. “Bill” Henry (1935-1992) for which this portion of 16th Street is named, was a 24th Ward Chicago alderman. Ald. Henry put together the coalition of Black and white aldermen to elect Eugene Sawyer (1934-2008) as mayor of the City of Chicago following the sudden death of Harold Washington (1922-1987), the…
Street Photography: U.S. MIDWEST ROADS. (70 Photos).
Dell Rhea’s Chicken Basket (above in 2016) is 22 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. Its address is 645 Joliet Road, Willowbrook, Illinois. The Chicken Basket is a mandatory dine-in or carry-out stop on a “Midwest Roads” visit. Vintage roadhouse decor and family-oriented service is joined to the menu which features fresh, succulent fried chicken cooked-to-order.…
Street Photography: TRAINS. (20 Photos).
The Brown Line (also known as the Ravenswood Line) is part of the Chicago “El” or “L” rapid transit system. The Chicago public transportation train system offers a total of 8 color-named lines (Yellow, Red, Blue, Pink, Orange, Green, Purple, and Brown). All the lines begin in the downtown “Loop” and branch out from there…
