Lynn Becker
@cmgiulini.bsky.social
drifter/writer on architecture, culture and Chicago, photographer specializing in out-of-focus images. there will be posts on opera, apologies in advance.
Updates you have no real interest in but I’m going to tell you anyway because I’ve got nothing else to do. Incredible efficiency! Tests already analyzed: I have a big gallstone! Which is strange because they’re usually very painful. Removal shouldn’t be difficult, or so I’m told.
October 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Updates you have no real interest in but I’m going to tell you anyway because I’ve got nothing else to do. Incredible efficiency! Tests already analyzed: I have a big gallstone! Which is strange because they’re usually very painful. Removal shouldn’t be difficult, or so I’m told.
Being wheeled to CTSCAN. (Very colorful!) Such great people at Northwestern! Everything’s fine- just in for tests. For Billie Rubin somebody.
October 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Being wheeled to CTSCAN. (Very colorful!) Such great people at Northwestern! Everything’s fine- just in for tests. For Billie Rubin somebody.
Gratuitous advice Thursday: With all the money being spent on the Obama Center and new playground across the street, you'd think they'd find some cash to fix the gloom-laden, incredibly, derelict 60th street viaduct leading up to them.
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Gratuitous advice Thursday: With all the money being spent on the Obama Center and new playground across the street, you'd think they'd find some cash to fix the gloom-laden, incredibly, derelict 60th street viaduct leading up to them.
Gratuitous advice Thursday: Really should be vertical signage marking the Blue Line Dearborn entrance so people wheeling their luggage know they're going in the right direction. No elevator or escalator, so maybe a plaque on entering Block 37 a few doors down for elevators/escalators.
October 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Gratuitous advice Thursday: Really should be vertical signage marking the Blue Line Dearborn entrance so people wheeling their luggage know they're going in the right direction. No elevator or escalator, so maybe a plaque on entering Block 37 a few doors down for elevators/escalators.
There'll always be an England
October 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
There'll always be an England
...scaffolding gone at former Rock Bottom Brewery morphing into F1 racing attraction, Wednesday bridge lift, four sailboats. Winter's coming.
October 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
...scaffolding gone at former Rock Bottom Brewery morphing into F1 racing attraction, Wednesday bridge lift, four sailboats. Winter's coming.
A week lost to illness. Things seen on trip to clinic, then to pick up prescription. On Dearborn, outdoor dining definitely done for the season, gut rehab at former golf site...
October 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A week lost to illness. Things seen on trip to clinic, then to pick up prescription. On Dearborn, outdoor dining definitely done for the season, gut rehab at former golf site...
If Hawley can get 5 or more Republicans to sign on, shouldn't Dems support this bill? Or course, Stepford Speaker Mike Johnson would probably still keep the House out of session.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
October 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
If Hawley can get 5 or more Republicans to sign on, shouldn't Dems support this bill? Or course, Stepford Speaker Mike Johnson would probably still keep the House out of session.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
That war against climate change? We lost. The percentage rise in temperatures will double, so let's say global temperature isn't that important. AI, and its insatiable appetite for power, barely mentioned. Our tech Gods have spoken. Obscene profits are to be made!
www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...
www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...
October 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
That war against climate change? We lost. The percentage rise in temperatures will double, so let's say global temperature isn't that important. AI, and its insatiable appetite for power, barely mentioned. Our tech Gods have spoken. Obscene profits are to be made!
www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...
www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...
Reminder: opening night of Met Opera's Carmen with Isabel Leonard and Michael Fabiano, free live stream, tonight, Tuesday, October 28, 6:25 CDT.
www.metopera.org/Season/Radio...
www.metopera.org/Season/Radio...
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Reminder: opening night of Met Opera's Carmen with Isabel Leonard and Michael Fabiano, free live stream, tonight, Tuesday, October 28, 6:25 CDT.
www.metopera.org/Season/Radio...
www.metopera.org/Season/Radio...
Mas Context has a great on-line symposium on Northerly Island at 100, with contributions from leading architects, scholars and activists. Here's my take from last May. I doubt much has changed: one of Chicago's greatest jewels, scandalously neglected.
mascontext.com/observations...
mascontext.com/observations...
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Mas Context has a great on-line symposium on Northerly Island at 100, with contributions from leading architects, scholars and activists. Here's my take from last May. I doubt much has changed: one of Chicago's greatest jewels, scandalously neglected.
mascontext.com/observations...
mascontext.com/observations...
I always used to read how Ross Douthat was a serious man worthy of respect. When he wrote a column saying he'd do the Iraq war all over again., I realized he wasn't. Being a better writer doesn't make you any less of a morally bankrupt toady.
October 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I always used to read how Ross Douthat was a serious man worthy of respect. When he wrote a column saying he'd do the Iraq war all over again., I realized he wasn't. Being a better writer doesn't make you any less of a morally bankrupt toady.
I'm sure I just didn't notice it, but I don't remember seeing this Soldier Field logo before. "Stadium in a park" - now that's turning a controversy into a selling point!
October 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm sure I just didn't notice it, but I don't remember seeing this Soldier Field logo before. "Stadium in a park" - now that's turning a controversy into a selling point!
Who needs the Bears? New Zealand national rugby team All Blacks pop-up at Pioneer Court Saturday morning. Facing off against Ireland at Soldier Field next Saturday, a rematch of 2016 Chicago appearance. Coverage on CNBC/Peacock. Seems to be a pretty big deal.
www.choosechicago.com/ireland-vs-a...
www.choosechicago.com/ireland-vs-a...
October 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Who needs the Bears? New Zealand national rugby team All Blacks pop-up at Pioneer Court Saturday morning. Facing off against Ireland at Soldier Field next Saturday, a rematch of 2016 Chicago appearance. Coverage on CNBC/Peacock. Seems to be a pretty big deal.
www.choosechicago.com/ireland-vs-a...
www.choosechicago.com/ireland-vs-a...
Who's going to be the one to tell Rahm all those Republican buddies he got along so well with are now RINO traitors shoved to the sidelines - if not indicted - by our gangster-in-chief.
October 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Who's going to be the one to tell Rahm all those Republican buddies he got along so well with are now RINO traitors shoved to the sidelines - if not indicted - by our gangster-in-chief.
Say goodbye to the graceful round chapel of the1954 Edgar Miller/Ross Barney 2001 rehab Emanuel Congregation, about to be demolished and replaced as part of a new residential tower along the Chicago Riviera.
chicago.urbanize.city/post/residen...
chicago.urbanize.city/post/residen...
October 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Say goodbye to the graceful round chapel of the1954 Edgar Miller/Ross Barney 2001 rehab Emanuel Congregation, about to be demolished and replaced as part of a new residential tower along the Chicago Riviera.
chicago.urbanize.city/post/residen...
chicago.urbanize.city/post/residen...
... All under the baton of Enrique Mazzola, who keeps things boiling up through the telescoping action of a truly harrowing final act.
Fantastic production from David McVicar and team, with a huge angled mirror providing new dimensions to what the audience sees.
Absolutely memorable.
Fantastic production from David McVicar and team, with a huge angled mirror providing new dimensions to what the audience sees.
Absolutely memorable.
October 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
... All under the baton of Enrique Mazzola, who keeps things boiling up through the telescoping action of a truly harrowing final act.
Fantastic production from David McVicar and team, with a huge angled mirror providing new dimensions to what the audience sees.
Absolutely memorable.
Fantastic production from David McVicar and team, with a huge angled mirror providing new dimensions to what the audience sees.
Absolutely memorable.
...Zoie Reams - even a small role sung by Christopher Humbert, Jr. carries great promise for future things. Great choral singing under Michael Black. All under the baton of Enrique Mazzola, who keeps things boiling up through the telescoping action of a truly harrowing final act...
October 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
...Zoie Reams - even a small role sung by Christopher Humbert, Jr. carries great promise for future things. Great choral singing under Michael Black. All under the baton of Enrique Mazzola, who keeps things boiling up through the telescoping action of a truly harrowing final act...