The MidWasteland, Part II

Thursday, May 24, 2012

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Door entryway along Logan Boulevard. Logan Square.
A house adorned with swastikas along its cornice.
The Logan Square station on the CTA Blue Line.
The friendly barista at Star Lounge Café. East Humbolt Park.
Bánh mì.. Uptown.
The Uptown Theater. Uptown.
A canyon of skyscrapers along the Chicago River. 
The best pad-thai I have eaten. Aroy Thai, Lincoln Square.
A chewbacca house. Logan Square.
Central Camera's classy vintage sign. Wabash Ave, The Loop.
La Colombe's wonderful interior. West Loop.
The award-winning Aqua Tower. Loop.
A refrigerated warehouse. West Loop/Fulton Market.
Silje. The Loop.
The quintessentially Modernist Marina City apartments.

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LA + Summer + Instagram

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

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The High-Modernist Theme Building, a familiar sight at LAX.
Relaxin'. Handsome Brothers Coffee, Arts District.
Parked out front. Picfair Village.
Invader + Art-Deco. Hollywood Blvd.
Dingbat. Orange Grove Ave, Wilshire Vista.
Mother's Day Brunch at Bottega Louie. DTLA.
The Los Angeles Theater. DTLA.
Amoeba Records. Hollywood.
The Umami Burger, Umami Burger. Hollywood.
Deco-y. Beverly Hills.
Chillin'. Wilshire Vista.
Contemporary on Abbot Kinney. Venice.
Breakfast with Buddy and Silje. Le Maison du Pain.
Cavemen. CoffeeBar, DTLA
Tacos de camarones. Mariscos Jalisco, Boyle Heights.
An illuminated Space 1520. Hollywood.
No laptops here. Paper or Plastik.

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Three days in the MidWasteland

Monday, May 21, 2012

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The Aragon Ballroom in Uptown, where President Obama held his 50th birthday last year.
Looking north towards the Trump Tower, from the Wabash Elevated.
Mies' Crown Hall at IIT.
Looking east towards the Loop skyline from the Kedzie station on the Green Line.
The praise-worthy Spicy Italian sandwich at Bari's Deli, located on the city's Near West Side.
Doggie sunglasses on Grand Ave.
Roosevelt University's new, sleek elevated campus high-rise.
A wonderfully-detailed Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the - surprise - Ukrainian Village neighborhood.
The Legacy condominium tower in the Loop.
A soulful, 1970's vibe along Dr. Martin Luther King Dr. in Bronzeville.
Tidy homes in the Ukrainian Village.
The glorious, high-Brutalist Prentice Women's Hospital
Cool. Logan Square

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Right next to DeNiro

Monday, April 30, 2012

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Brownstones along Halsey St. in Bed-Stuy.
Midtown Manhattan seen from the 46th St. (7) station. Sunnyside, Queens.
Posted. Franklin Ave/Atlantic Ave.
Sidekick. Dough Donuts, Bed-Stuy.
MJ pennant. Soho.
Book-lined interior of Milk and Roses. Greenpoint.
Looking up. Tribeca.
An oddly-placed, wedge-shaped structure on Franklin Ave in Clinton Hill.
The imposing Williamsburg Savings Bank tower. Downtown Brooklyn/Fort Greene.
Mexican brunch (!!) at Chavala's. Crown Heights.
Rafael's former-hospital-turned-apartments house. W. 167th St., the Bronx.
Pencil Factory Lofts. Greenpoint.
The cleverly laid-out Raised By Wolves boutique. Greenpoint.
Anarchy in Fort Greene.
Looking down the sleazy stretch of Broadway in Manhattan's 30s, that I enjoy so much.

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