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Beautiful Chicago. April 2020, Buckingham Fountain

Beautiful Chicago. April 2020, Buckingham Fountain and the city skyline: Chicago's "front door".

April 2020. Last spring we explored a city filled

April 2020. Last spring we explored a city filled with empty spaces.

Beautiful Chicago. Chicago's majestic skyline on a

Beautiful Chicago. Chicago's majestic skyline on a misty spring Sunday morning a couple of weeks ago.

6 a.m. There's always someone out, making photos o

6 a.m. There's always someone out, making photos on State Street.

Beautiful Chicago. Three young women had just fini

Beautiful Chicago. Three young women had just finished making their photos with the Chicago Theater as a pedestrian passed by.

Peaceful protest State Street. A protester carries

Peaceful protest State Street. A protester carries a Chicago flag during last night's peaceful protest of the fatal police shooting of Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old child.

Beautiful Chicago. The Chicago Theater mural in th

Beautiful Chicago. The Chicago Theater mural in the Benton Place alley.

Can’t Wait. Beautiful Chicago.  The new Chicag

Can’t Wait. Beautiful Chicago.  The new Chicago Theater marquee message: "We Can't Wait To Be Together Again".

Apostrophe t. The changing of the message on the C

Apostrophe t. The changing of the message on the Chicago Theater marquee.

5% illumination. Just after sunset, the slender wa

5% illumination. Just after sunset, the slender waxing crescent moon appeared in the western sky above the Loop.

Ansco Autoset. A new to me Ansco Autoset I've star

Ansco Autoset. A new to me Ansco Autoset I've started shooting this week. John Glenn purchased a Minolta Hi-Matic at a drugstore before his three orbits in Friendship 7. Ansco, until then a film company, rebranded the camera as the Ansco Autoset. When the astronaut appeared on State Street yesterday, I thought photos of the Autoset and the pages of the manual would make a neat post. Next time we have an astronaut on State Street, I'll be at the ready with my Ansco Autoset which "...takes all of the guesswork out of photography, assures you of good pictures every time!"* *The "guesswork" is my favorite part, and only if the light meter still works!

An astronaut on State Street. You never know what

An astronaut on State Street. You never know what you'll see on State Street, that Great Street. Yesterday, an astronaut appeared for a photoshoot with the Chicago Theater.

Beautiful Chicago. Lake Michigan and the sky above

Beautiful Chicago. Lake Michigan and the sky above.

Beautiful Chicago. Lake Michigan, the Chicago skyl

Beautiful Chicago. Lake Michigan, the Chicago skyline, and a fisherman. Recently I learned Lake Michigan is stocked with Salmon (Coho, Atlantic, Pink, and Chinook) as part of a rehabilitation program that started in 1960.

Beautiful Chicago. I never tire of this view of th

Beautiful Chicago. I never tire of this view of the river and the Chicago skyline.

Reinforced concrete, Marina City. When completed i

Reinforced concrete, Marina City. When completed in 1968, Marina City's towers were the tallest reinforced concrete buildings in the world.

First light. Quiet morning, first shot before my f

First light. Quiet morning, first shot before my first cup of coffee.

Chicago Theater. Groups gathering before making th

Chicago Theater. Groups gathering before making their memories of a Friday night at the Chicago Theater, State Street.

Chicago Theater. Three photographers catch the pos

Chicago Theater. Three photographers catch the pose with the Chicago Theater marquee. Friday night, State Street.

8 cars. Exiting the last, 8th, car of a CTA Red Li

8 cars. Exiting the last, 8th, car of a CTA Red Line train at Washington.

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