Pokey
@junkyardcrawler.bsky.social
architecture, dead mall, train, car enthusiast
Chicago-based
takes too many photos
non-binary but like it's complicated and I'm working on it, I swear
Website/Blog: https://etaoin-shrdlu.net/
RIP COHOST - EGGBUG FOREVER - KEEP EM POSTING IN OUR HEARTS
Chicago-based
takes too many photos
non-binary but like it's complicated and I'm working on it, I swear
Website/Blog: https://etaoin-shrdlu.net/
RIP COHOST - EGGBUG FOREVER - KEEP EM POSTING IN OUR HEARTS
they're also pulling down Ravenswood Presbyterian for around 6 single family homes, and it's not even two full blocks off the Montrose Brown Line stop.
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
they're also pulling down Ravenswood Presbyterian for around 6 single family homes, and it's not even two full blocks off the Montrose Brown Line stop.
I thrifted some fancy floor lamps 😁
I can't find these exact ones for sale, but they're made by a German company called Holtkotter, who do not seem to make cheap things. These ones are older ("vintage"?) and so are halogen, not LED, but still.
I can't find these exact ones for sale, but they're made by a German company called Holtkotter, who do not seem to make cheap things. These ones are older ("vintage"?) and so are halogen, not LED, but still.
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I thrifted some fancy floor lamps 😁
I can't find these exact ones for sale, but they're made by a German company called Holtkotter, who do not seem to make cheap things. These ones are older ("vintage"?) and so are halogen, not LED, but still.
I can't find these exact ones for sale, but they're made by a German company called Holtkotter, who do not seem to make cheap things. These ones are older ("vintage"?) and so are halogen, not LED, but still.
from today's outing; two different sets of former Illinois Central locomotives, affectionately known as "deathstars" due to the late railroad's final logo. Photographed from the 211th St Metra Station.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
from today's outing; two different sets of former Illinois Central locomotives, affectionately known as "deathstars" due to the late railroad's final logo. Photographed from the 211th St Metra Station.
one of the fascists pointing guns at journalists seems like hes specifically a christo-fascist, unsurprising I know but I wanted to make note of it
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
one of the fascists pointing guns at journalists seems like hes specifically a christo-fascist, unsurprising I know but I wanted to make note of it
for want of a sticker printer
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
for want of a sticker printer
Gradalls are the doohickiest machines of all time and I love them
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Gradalls are the doohickiest machines of all time and I love them
I just had a great-terrible idea
(though I feel like counting that IHOP is a stretch? Idk)
(though I feel like counting that IHOP is a stretch? Idk)
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I just had a great-terrible idea
(though I feel like counting that IHOP is a stretch? Idk)
(though I feel like counting that IHOP is a stretch? Idk)
stumbled into a photo from Alex V. Hernandez for Block Club Chicago from just over a year ago, makes an interesting comparison.
November 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
stumbled into a photo from Alex V. Hernandez for Block Club Chicago from just over a year ago, makes an interesting comparison.
rolls of carpet and clumsily stacked pews decorate an empty church on Chicago's north side, set to be demolished in the coming months.
November 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
rolls of carpet and clumsily stacked pews decorate an empty church on Chicago's north side, set to be demolished in the coming months.
Urbex is a really funny hobby because when you think about it, it's basically this
November 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Urbex is a really funny hobby because when you think about it, it's basically this
why is this random chunk of street exempt from streetview
November 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
why is this random chunk of street exempt from streetview
I DID buy this pair of vintage pepper mills
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I DID buy this pair of vintage pepper mills
things i didnt buy at the thrift store
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
things i didnt buy at the thrift store
strangely atmospheric google streetview of an Indiana Kmart
October 31, 2025 at 12:32 AM
strangely atmospheric google streetview of an Indiana Kmart
this one's my favorite because it reads like a senator armstrong meme
October 29, 2025 at 3:42 AM
this one's my favorite because it reads like a senator armstrong meme
Cicero Life, July 12th, 1940
Chicago Tribune, March 22nd, 1987
Chicago Tribune, March 22nd, 1987
October 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Cicero Life, July 12th, 1940
Chicago Tribune, March 22nd, 1987
Chicago Tribune, March 22nd, 1987
I feel like there's a good photobook to be made out of Chicago's junk & scrap trucks
October 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I feel like there's a good photobook to be made out of Chicago's junk & scrap trucks
Got a solid nugget of cheese in my Ritz bits
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Got a solid nugget of cheese in my Ritz bits
this weekend's downtown work brought out one of the CTA's work buses. Converted from buses retired out of the everyday transit fleet, they're a fairly rare find 'in the wild'. This one is a 2005 New Flyer D40LF, formerly 1011 in service.
October 27, 2025 at 3:41 AM
this weekend's downtown work brought out one of the CTA's work buses. Converted from buses retired out of the everyday transit fleet, they're a fairly rare find 'in the wild'. This one is a 2005 New Flyer D40LF, formerly 1011 in service.
a 'rare' view from the CTA's Loomis Ramp! Originally used to route Blue Line trains to 54th/Cermak, the opening of the Pink Line led to the end of this track's revenue use by 2008. However, due to this weekend's Loop closure, it's briefly back into use to allow Pink Line trains to transfer at Racine
October 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
a 'rare' view from the CTA's Loomis Ramp! Originally used to route Blue Line trains to 54th/Cermak, the opening of the Pink Line led to the end of this track's revenue use by 2008. However, due to this weekend's Loop closure, it's briefly back into use to allow Pink Line trains to transfer at Racine
who donated a damn bloomberg terminal to mt sinai
October 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
who donated a damn bloomberg terminal to mt sinai
>Campaign Evolved is coming to Playstation
October 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
>Campaign Evolved is coming to Playstation
today in "but it's weird that it happened twice", Chicago's Edgewater Beach Hotel had a sister, in the Edgewater *Gulf* Hotel of Biloxi, MS. It was also torn down in 1971 (the same year demolition finished on the Edgewater *Beach* Hotel
October 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
today in "but it's weird that it happened twice", Chicago's Edgewater Beach Hotel had a sister, in the Edgewater *Gulf* Hotel of Biloxi, MS. It was also torn down in 1971 (the same year demolition finished on the Edgewater *Beach* Hotel
and last, but by absolutely no measure least, the incredible Avalon Regal Theater (1927)
Such a beautiful building, and I'm so happy to see it's not being left to decay.
Such a beautiful building, and I'm so happy to see it's not being left to decay.
October 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
and last, but by absolutely no measure least, the incredible Avalon Regal Theater (1927)
Such a beautiful building, and I'm so happy to see it's not being left to decay.
Such a beautiful building, and I'm so happy to see it's not being left to decay.
Another bus pass and 13,000 steps later I have wrapped Day 2 of Open House Chicago!
Stony Island Arts Bank (1923)
Grand Ballroom (1923)
Nichols Tower (Sears Merchandise Building) (1906)
Stone Temple Baptist Church (1926)
Stony Island Arts Bank (1923)
Grand Ballroom (1923)
Nichols Tower (Sears Merchandise Building) (1906)
Stone Temple Baptist Church (1926)
October 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Another bus pass and 13,000 steps later I have wrapped Day 2 of Open House Chicago!
Stony Island Arts Bank (1923)
Grand Ballroom (1923)
Nichols Tower (Sears Merchandise Building) (1906)
Stone Temple Baptist Church (1926)
Stony Island Arts Bank (1923)
Grand Ballroom (1923)
Nichols Tower (Sears Merchandise Building) (1906)
Stone Temple Baptist Church (1926)