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Sophie
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Chicago!! & Notre Dame ‘23 🥹
I like taking pics of the built and natural environments in Chicago. I love Midwest/rust belt architecture & history. Old stuff is cool. Rooting for da bears & Notre dame football, & Blackhawks hockey. leftist.
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#chicago sights & scenes on a random walk last week in the vicinity of Lincoln Park. Via my #digicam

#photos #photography #film #vintage #fall #city #architecture #building #style #design #aesthetic #art #nostalgia
a high rise apartment/condominium building is seen from the sidewalk below, with fall colored foliage alongside. the front steps and surrounding garden scene of an elaborate old limestone house (mansion) in Chicago’s Gold Coast/Lincoln park area. a unique, contemporary/modern style building facade framed by bright yellow fall foliage two buildings contrast sharply - one darker colored, ornately detailed and short, one light colored, sleekly modern, narrow & high rise.
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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some shots of #urban #architecture and #birds (pigeons, I’m sure) in #chicago last week

#photo #photography #art #film #digicam #building #contrast #aesthetic #vintage #retro #city
November 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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#photos I took on my old #digicam of an adaptive reuse project under construction in #chicago the other day!

#photography #film #architecture #construction #building #city #urban #design #aesthetic
older church/temple type structure is seen with a new, sleek modern construction actively being constructed atop it, with foliage in the foreground. older church/temple type structure is seen with a new, sleek modern construction actively being constructed atop it, with foliage in the foreground.
November 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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couple more shots I took around west town, #chicago in recent months

#photos #photography #art #urban #urbex #film #digicam #city #midwest #bridge #gritty #nostalgia
November 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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#Americana in #chicago // every time I pass this spot in west town, I am struck by its ironically apt juxtaposition of an ornate old church directly behind a CVS pharmacy drive-thru. guess we all need something

#photography #photo #film #digicam #art #urban #modern #midwest #church
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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some of my fav shots I captured in recent months of end-of-summer #chicago

#photography #soft #photos #digicam #urban #city #urbex #architecture #infrastructure #abandoned #nostalgia #midwest
a section of elevated (El) trackage runs diagonally through a scene of brick buildings and green tree foliage in Chicago An abandoned shopping cart rests against a barrier beside railroad tracks, which branch off into two directions in the near distance. Buildings are visible in foreground, skyscrapers in background An overpass, presumably carrying either a roadway or rail trackage, is seen from below. Several brick structures in the background rise just above the overpass and into view behind it, bearing graffiti (ZWON)!
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Chicago ghost signs I’ve spotted on recent walks!!
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Boom dope Terra cotta clad neon sign store in west town
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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#walking around west town in #chicago w my #digicam

#photos #photography #digital #urban #midwest #autumn #architecture
the lightbulb-framed sign advertising a local corner diner (offering all-day breakfast!!) juts out from said restaurant’s intricate & well-preserved, green pastel terra cotta facade in west town, Chicago bright red and orange fall foliage obscures the side of a brick residential building, with one of its windows visible above a telephone line a sturdy tree still boasting considerable green leafage and vine-y branches leans in the foreground, with an ornate brick & stone building seen behind it.
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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an overcast #urban #landscape in downtown #chicago //

#digicam #photography #photos #midwest #city #skyscraper #architecture #buildings
a smattering of buildings & skyscrapers of varying heights and architectural styles/periods in Chicago’s downtown / gold coast area an eye catching brick church topped with a central dome is seen beside some other (seemingly residential) buildings in the vicinity of streeterville/old town in Chicago One of Chicago’s iconic corncob-es que Marina Towers rises in parallel vertically beside the Sears (/Willis) Tower & another modernistic skyscraper which shall go unnamed. two 19th century building facades are seen in detail, close-up view. Their color schemes contrast against one another. Scaffolding is seen on the building to the right.
November 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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funky foliage and #urban tree canopy in Lincoln park & wicker park, #chicago

#photography #photos #digicam #nature #tree #architecture #building #city #nostalgia #ethereal #autumn #fall
Sunlight streaks through a variety of different tree canopies & branches along a residential street in Lincoln park, Chicago. The branches and trunks of sturdy looking trees zig-zag and warp their way around telephone wires in Chicago. Fall foliage partially obscures a handful of brick residential buildings lining the street and dappled in sunlight behind the trees
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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shades of #fall on my walks in #chicago this week

#photography #photos #digital #digicam #architecture #nature #urban #city #midwest
Old brick facade with newer brick renovations peeking thru around the windows. West town, Chicago light and shadow dapple the brick face of this residential building in Chicagos Lincoln park area, as seen through a green and red urban tree canopy a series of rowhouses in Lincoln Park, Chicago, framed by telephone wires and a couple tree canopies. the ornately worked, pale yellow facade of a cottage-y house in Chicago’s near northwest side, seen next to the bright autumn-colored foliage of a nearby tree
October 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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morally/ethically good #graffiti in west town, #chicago ( #fucktrump #fuckice )

#photography #urban #midwest
October 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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#fall views at my beloved alma mater, the university of notre dame, in #southbend #indiana last weekend (go Irish! Beat USC!!) I love #football season

#photography #photos #digicam #college #sports #notredame #midwest
October 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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#fall foliage on #chicago residential streets, via my lil old #digicam :)

#photography #photos #architecture #nature #urban #brick #midwest
The upper portion of a brick three-flat is seen in detail, partially obscured by a tree branch of bright green and yellow autumn foliage which frames the shot. a red brick Chicago workers cottage, with a ladder propped up to allow maintenance/repairs workers (one of which is visible in silhouette) to access the roof, is seen from behind the green & yellow leaves of a tree in residential west town, Chicago The upper portion of a reddish brick three flat, with window ornaments and a stepped roof, is seen from behind a branch of yellow-green-orange fall foliage in Chicago.
October 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Random views & details in #chicago courtesy of my old #digicam :-)

#photos #urban #bricks #river #decay #photography
photo of part of the Chicago river system in west town, Chicago. Bridge visible in the distance, and graffiti is tagged on the foregrounded concrete wall/embankment. A cluster of bricks, rocks, and other rubble/debris lies near the edge of an otherwise overgrown & grass-covered empty lot in Chicago, as seen thru a fence. The former site of public housing high rises, since-demolished. The vacant lot is still owned by CHA. An onion domed church is seen in the background, with a wrought iron fire escape seen adjacent and the patterned/textured elevated brick facade of another building framing the view. a water tower is seen in Chicago, rising above a brick commercial-type building from behind. Green foliage and the upper portion of a light post are visible in the foreground edges.
October 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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couple more #digicam #photos I took this weekend in #chicago . feat. (my beloved) L; a fenced off and overgrown empty lot - still owned by CHA - which is the former site of a public housing high-rise; and some Chicago buildings + fall foliage

#photography #urban #architecture #abandoned #city
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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some #digicam #photos I took on walks this weekend in #chicago , my beautiful beloved city (and supposed warzone?)

#photography #urban #infrastructure #midwest #rustbelt
The skyline of Chicago is seen behind an imposing, complex geometric-looking steel tower for supporting telephone/internet wires(?) A picturesque tree rises in the middle of an otherwise empty & abandoned grassy lot, seen from behind a fence, in the former site of public housing in Chicago. View from beneath the L’s (elevated) tracks in Chicago on a sunny fall day, with the trackage creating a geometric pattern of light and shadows on the grassy ground below. The sun casts shadows tracing the silhouette of an adjacent section of L trackage on the brick wall of a large building in Chicago.
October 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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here’s some random pics of #buildings I walked past in #chicago this week (including a ghost sign, one of my fav things to spot in the city!) (just casual iphone #photography this time🥴)
A light-orange-brown brick residence (a workers cottage?) with a raised porch supported by black beams is visible in the foreground, with the strange & somewhat brutalist textured facade of a taller structure in the background. A reddish brick three flat featuring white detailing/ornaments and a verdantly ivy-coated side wall is seen from behind the shadowy canopy of a tree in Chicago. The tops of several brick buildings seen in Chicago. I believe that’s the silhouette of a bird mid-flight in the air above said buildings. A pale ghost sign (for “swap-o-rama”) adorns the neglected brick side wall of a structure in Chicago. seen from behind a (barbed wire?) fence. The back of a billboard is also visible at top.
October 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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#photos I took on my dads old digicam of downtown Boston’s fascinating variety of structures from different #historical periods and #architecture styles - love the juxtaposition of such different buildings in close proximity
#photography #boston
several different structures are cast in sunlight and shadow, with the built up ‘steeple’ / clocktower of a lighter colored building in background Mix of different buildings in Boston, including a more ornate hotel-style structure, an old church / meetinghouse with a steeple, and modern skyscraper with reflective glass facade at back another jumble of different architectural styles/forms/periods, including older, ornate brick and stone structures, slightly brutalist geometric skyscrapers, and a small segment of another skyscraper that looks curiously similar to Chicago’s sears tower Historic old church / meetinghouse structure/s seen in Boston, striped in alternating sunlight and shadow cast from skyscrapers looming behind.
September 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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some cool shots I took in downtown #boston on my #digicam last week :) (still learning!)
#architecture #photography
Three very different buildings seen in downtown Boston, with one comparatively shorter, older structure nestled between two vertically towering skyscrapers. The most distant skyscraper’s sleek glass facade reflects the faces of both structures opposite it. Two buildings in Boston are contrasted in this detail shot, with the closer-up brick corner of the nearer structure drawing a vertical line against the more distant skyscraper’s geometric window-checkered facade Shot of several very different structures in downtown Boston, with a squat older substation-type building in the foreground, behind which rises an historic old church/municipal structure with a white steeple, and a more modern looking, geometric skyscraper in background
September 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Some cool #brick #buildings and #architecture I photographed during my trip to #Boston last week!
#photography
several brick buildings in Boston’s beacon hill neighborhood are shown in afternoon sunlight, casting interesting shadows from the fire escape. Detail of the tops of three different, well-kept brick buildings in Boston. Each boasts a unique style of ornamentation. A view down a narrow street along Boston’s freedom trail route, with the white steeple of a historic church/municipal structure commanding attention from behind several brick structures. A view between several brick buildings in Boston, revealing the old contours of their surroundings in discolored brick.
September 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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soft, end-of-summer shades of green in #chicago last week. #photography via my #digicam
view of lake michigan from a grassy lawn in a park in downtown Chicago. Lawn chairs and a figure are visible in shadowy silhouette in the foreground. A sailboat is seen on the lake. Scene is framed by foliage. detail view of an apartment building’s light green facade, the ornament around the windows cast in sunlight and shadow view into a red brick, courtyard-style building in Chicago, through the sunlit canopies & green foliage of several trees.
September 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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soft blur & end of summer haze, in #chicago. via my #digicam.

#nostalgic #photography
View of the sky after sunset, with layers of pink and purple resembling sorbet Blurred / out of focus view of a brick building lit up bright red by the setting sun in Chicago Soft blurry view of a wooden fence, behind which a tree and the back porch of an apartment building are visible, cast in a dappling of sunlight and shadow view looking out at a sun-dappled lake michigan in downtown chicago, with a sailboat visible and three silhouetted figures in the foreground.
September 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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couple pics I took on my digicam last weekend of cool #architecture in downtown #chicago & beautiful #sunset skies in Hyde Park. #photography
A building’s turret looms silhouetted against the fading colors of a post-sunset sky in Hyde Park, Chicago. A diverse array of architectural styles & eras/periods are juxtaposed within a cluster of skyscrapers in Chicago’s loop, seen from the river. The sky over an intersection in Hyde Park, Chicago during a particularly colorful sunset, with some deeper pink, soft & wispy clouds adding to a sorbet-like effect. Several buildings of different heights, eras, and architectural styles are contrasted against one another, cast in alternating light and shadow, in Chicago’s loop.
September 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM