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Expert in Illinois counties. Acting State Symbologist (self-appointed). Libraries, Lincoln, nature, architecture, transit. Book my library programs & get my newsletter at johnkokoris.com!
Love this building in oak park
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Love this building in oak park
Our handsome, patient oaf of a cat Titus has passed on. He enjoyed finding heat sources, joining us in the bathroom, falling gracelessly off of things, and looking like he was dead until one day, he was. We will always remember you Mr. Titus.
November 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Our handsome, patient oaf of a cat Titus has passed on. He enjoyed finding heat sources, joining us in the bathroom, falling gracelessly off of things, and looking like he was dead until one day, he was. We will always remember you Mr. Titus.
Same shot about an hour later
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Same shot about an hour later
Cannot put into writing how i feel about this
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ICE/CPB thugs tackled a nonverbal autistic man outside a Family Dollar in Chicago’s Little Village claiming he was “noncompliant.”
Witnesses begged them to stop. “Why they beating up this special boy?” one worker cried. “He comes in every day for a treat. He has the mind of a child.” 🤬🤬🤬
ICE/CPB thugs tackled a nonverbal autistic man outside a Family Dollar in Chicago’s Little Village claiming he was “noncompliant.”
Witnesses begged them to stop. “Why they beating up this special boy?” one worker cried. “He comes in every day for a treat. He has the mind of a child.” 🤬🤬🤬
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Cannot put into writing how i feel about this
First Presbyterian Church of La Grange, 1962
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
First Presbyterian Church of La Grange, 1962
A rare #daughterpost to cleanse your timeline
November 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
A rare #daughterpost to cleanse your timeline
Sharing my photo of the most interesting shoe repair window I've seen (in Lake Zurich) to promote my cemetery talk at the library there tonight. Please come!!
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Sharing my photo of the most interesting shoe repair window I've seen (in Lake Zurich) to promote my cemetery talk at the library there tonight. Please come!!
Such a great honor to be on @wbez.org’s Say More this morning talkin Cemeteries. Surreal to see these disembodied voices I’ve heard for so long in person. If for some reason you weren’t listening, go to their website and check it out! I am on 40 min in but the whole ep is fun
October 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Such a great honor to be on @wbez.org’s Say More this morning talkin Cemeteries. Surreal to see these disembodied voices I’ve heard for so long in person. If for some reason you weren’t listening, go to their website and check it out! I am on 40 min in but the whole ep is fun
A fellow traveler who got in touch with me after my @21st.show segment shared this song about his Illinois adventures. Please connect to your loudest speakers and press play. If you are on transit or at the library, disconnect your headphones first.
youtu.be/CvU3eY_O9V8
youtu.be/CvU3eY_O9V8
I've Been Everywhere in Illinois
YouTube video by Chikostribe
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October 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A fellow traveler who got in touch with me after my @21st.show segment shared this song about his Illinois adventures. Please connect to your loudest speakers and press play. If you are on transit or at the library, disconnect your headphones first.
youtu.be/CvU3eY_O9V8
youtu.be/CvU3eY_O9V8
In case you missed my thread of this stunning midcentury church in Beverly, see pics below!
October 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In case you missed my thread of this stunning midcentury church in Beverly, see pics below!
Jewish Waldheim
October 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Jewish Waldheim
Canyons of Forest Park
October 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Canyons of Forest Park
Very nice ceiling at @RiverForestPL. See posts below for more shots of this very charming library. Let’s share this one far and wide, doesn’t get much better than this! 1/4
October 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Very nice ceiling at @RiverForestPL. See posts below for more shots of this very charming library. Let’s share this one far and wide, doesn’t get much better than this! 1/4
I like you so much I want to put you in here, forever
October 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I like you so much I want to put you in here, forever
The Walker branch of the Chicago Public Library
October 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Walker branch of the Chicago Public Library
Old timey charmers in Morgan Park
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Old timey charmers in Morgan Park
Morgan park mirror selfie
October 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Morgan park mirror selfie
Christ the King in Beverly, just really a standout midcentury church in a very cool little part of the neighborhood. More pics to
follow in thread
follow in thread
October 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Christ the King in Beverly, just really a standout midcentury church in a very cool little part of the neighborhood. More pics to
follow in thread
follow in thread
Walker Branch of @chipublib, also my face if you do not attend my Illinois Cemeteries lecture there tomorrow afternoon. Free and open to all. Check out the great homes along the ridge in Morgan park and Beverly and then see me lecture in all my splendor.
October 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Walker Branch of @chipublib, also my face if you do not attend my Illinois Cemeteries lecture there tomorrow afternoon. Free and open to all. Check out the great homes along the ridge in Morgan park and Beverly and then see me lecture in all my splendor.
My hotel night stand
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My hotel night stand
The truth is I’ve been in Disney world all week. My deep apologies for leaving Illinois. Did you know the Spaceship Earth attraction was inspired by the work of SIU professor Buckminster Fuller, who patented geodesic domes and published the “Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth”
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The truth is I’ve been in Disney world all week. My deep apologies for leaving Illinois. Did you know the Spaceship Earth attraction was inspired by the work of SIU professor Buckminster Fuller, who patented geodesic domes and published the “Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth”
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ICYMI: We talked on the show with @mrillinois.bsky.social about some of the interesting stops on a tour of cemeteries across Illinois.
Touring notable cemeteries with ‘Mr. Illinois’
YouTube video by Illinois Public Media
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October 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
ICYMI: We talked on the show with @mrillinois.bsky.social about some of the interesting stops on a tour of cemeteries across Illinois.
Nice red house in Morgan Park. See me nearby at 111th and Hoyne this weekend as I present on our state’s many interesting cemeteries and tombs
October 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Nice red house in Morgan Park. See me nearby at 111th and Hoyne this weekend as I present on our state’s many interesting cemeteries and tombs
Fulton County Courthouse in Lewistown, not far from one of our state’s more famous cemeteries. I had the great honor speaking with @brianmackey.com on @21st.show yesterday about some central Illinois gravesites. Link below!
October 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Fulton County Courthouse in Lewistown, not far from one of our state’s more famous cemeteries. I had the great honor speaking with @brianmackey.com on @21st.show yesterday about some central Illinois gravesites. Link below!
I will be back at this utterly charming Walker Branch of the Chicago Public Library to talk Illinois Cemeteries and Graves! Plan a little south side outing, we’ll talk Lincoln’s tomb, spoon river, Oak Woods, and more. link below
October 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I will be back at this utterly charming Walker Branch of the Chicago Public Library to talk Illinois Cemeteries and Graves! Plan a little south side outing, we’ll talk Lincoln’s tomb, spoon river, Oak Woods, and more. link below