Lee Bey
@leebey1.bsky.social
Architecture critic for Chicago Sun-Times and ABC7 Chicago. Author/photographer of Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side. I dig vintage TV/movies and 20th century funk, soul and jazz.
Bears beat the Lions in OT, 45 years ago today. I remember this like it was yesterday.
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Bears beat the Lions in OT, 45 years ago today. I remember this like it was yesterday.
Walter Payton uses a paper transfer to ride public transit on the 1979 RTA commercial.
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Walter Payton uses a paper transfer to ride public transit on the 1979 RTA commercial.
On the Sun-Times TikTok today, talking about the Obama Presidential Center.
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
On the Sun-Times TikTok today, talking about the Obama Presidential Center.
Happy Halloween. From Baron Samedi.
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Happy Halloween. From Baron Samedi.
Watching the old tv show Felony Squad last night. Det Briggs asks his partner Sgt Stone, "Hey, you thirsty?" and Stone replies "Yeah, let's coffee-up." I like that. "Let's coffee-up." I'll be using that in the near future.
October 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Watching the old tv show Felony Squad last night. Det Briggs asks his partner Sgt Stone, "Hey, you thirsty?" and Stone replies "Yeah, let's coffee-up." I like that. "Let's coffee-up." I'll be using that in the near future.
Felony Squad intro. The building with the cascading lights is the then-brand new LA Dept. of Water & Power bldg, 1965, Albert C. Martin & Associates...
October 23, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Felony Squad intro. The building with the cascading lights is the then-brand new LA Dept. of Water & Power bldg, 1965, Albert C. Martin & Associates...
The 1937 movie In Old Chicago shows how the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 started: An overly sensitive nursing cow -- who knew how to break the fourth wall. #chicago #greatchicagofire
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The 1937 movie In Old Chicago shows how the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 started: An overly sensitive nursing cow -- who knew how to break the fourth wall. #chicago #greatchicagofire
Paul Newman at his Paul Newman-est. As private eye Lou Harper in 1966's "Harper."
October 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Paul Newman at his Paul Newman-est. As private eye Lou Harper in 1966's "Harper."
Man o man. Lee Marvin as Lt. Frank Ballenger, wheeling that big Ford down Wacker Drive past the old Sun-Times Building in this 1960 episode of M Squad.
October 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Man o man. Lee Marvin as Lt. Frank Ballenger, wheeling that big Ford down Wacker Drive past the old Sun-Times Building in this 1960 episode of M Squad.