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yodiegoyo.bsky.social
Deigo
@yodiegoyo.bsky.social
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Paintings of corner shops, liquor stores, laundromats, corner stores, and more. Socialist.

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marcusjmerritt.com
Drawings by me of beer bottles from movies

Slacker (1990)
World on a Wire: Part I (1983)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

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Black ink drawing of four beer bottles on a diner table with sugar and salt shakers Black ink drawing of five beer bottles Black ink drawing of a beer bottle Black ink drawing of two beer bottles
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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dmercer.bsky.social
Chicago tire shops are excellent.
Two-story fram building decorated in black and white stripes with a red, green, and white sign that says Jose's New & Used Tires & Rims. One-story orange brick building with a stepped parapet wall with an arch in the center. The door is in the center, and above it is a yellow square with a hubcap mounted on it. On either side of the door are two tires, painted yellow attached to the wall below yellow and black signs in English and Spanish. One-story brick tire shop painted bright orange-red. There is a customer door at the left, topped with a painting of Jesus. Next to that is a large glass block window and on the right is the garage door. There are paintings of tires at various places above the garage door. "4 Brothers Tire Shop, Inc." is painted in black and white at top left. One-story brick building with a flat roof. The brick is painted dark red, pale yellow, and brown. Pictures of tires, painted in black, white, and yellow, decorated the front. On either side are the words "TIRE SHOP", painted vertically. The address is painted yellow in the center of the building.
October 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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clancyny.bsky.social
Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road.

"Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!"
source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...
October 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
Delgado Shoe Store
3504 W 26th Ave.
Chicago
A watercolor painting of a storefront. A metal grate is closed over the recessed entrance to the store, but boots and shoes and a shirt can be seen in display windows. A sign hands above the entrance and part of it reads “DO SHOE STORE”. Above that is part of a sign that reads “LGADO” and to the right of that is part of another sign that reads “DEL”. Below this last sign is a glass door that leads to some orange steps that disappear into the dark.
August 9, 2025 at 4:17 AM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
Johnson’s Transmission
4528 W Madison St
Chicago
A watercolor painting of the entrance to an auto shop. An orange metal grate covers a grey door flanked by orange painted brick with the words “BRAKES” and “TIRES” written vertically. A window is covered in white board with the words “ac charge, brakes rotor, suspension, flats six, batteries, wheel bearings” written on it. Some of the brick exterior is also painted a light yellow. And empty white sign hangs above the window and door
May 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
Jeanette Vizguerra, a leader of the immigrants’ rights/ sanctuary movement, and a friend of mine, was grabbed by ICE last night. Please consider signing this petition and giving to her family’s gofundme: secure.afsc.org/a/freejeanette
Sign the Petition to Free Jeanette Vizguerra
Ms. Vizguerra has led her fight against deportation since 2009. ICE detained the community leader, mother and grandmother without warning on March 17, 2025. Her attorneys have raised concerns about s...
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March 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
1149 W 18th St
Chicago
A watercolor painting of a building entrance. A recessed door is flanked by storefront windows, which are covered by a metal grate. A grate over the doorway is half closed. Graffiti and tags cover the door, and the reflections of buildings are visible in the glass windows. A strip of red brick above the windows runs horizontally across the painting.
March 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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mattbergstrom.bsky.social
The building in 1908
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February 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
2617 W. North Ave
Chicago
A watercolor painting of a storefront. Above the central door hangs a yellow sign with the words “We buy gold, diamonds, silver, electronics, tools, antiques, etc.” written in blue. Flanking the door, the storefront windows are blocked by plywood on one side and piled high with cardboard boxes on the other side. A pink bay window juts out from the second floor of the building, its windows cast in shadow or reflecting a neighboring building.
February 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
Shekinah Glory Holiness Ministry
2436 W Division St
Chicago
A watercolor painting of an orange brick building. Blue-grey doors flank four narrow windows with closed curtains. A sign above the windows reads “Shekinah Glory Holiness Ministry / Where the power of god is always falling / Eld. Calvin L Brown Sr. Pastor”. The shadow of a light pole runs across the sidewalk and up the face of the building
February 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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imleor.bsky.social
Managed to raise more than $10k for the Reader in five days: can we double that amount in ten?
Save the Chicago Reader - Leor Galil's Fundraiser on Donorbox
I published my first Reader story in the summer of 2010. It concerned a Logan Square DIY space called Strangelight, which operated out of a storefront in the Congress Theater. I was 24 at the time. Be...
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January 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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katieprout.bsky.social
Chicago does exceptional local news, but the Reader allows journalists like me to write in a narrative way we can’t anywhere else. Support us here: donorbox.org/support-the-...
January 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
North Pulaski Fresh Market
3850 W North Ave
Chicago
An oil painting of the side of a grocery store. The words Pulaski Market hang above a row of windows filled with advertisements for aguacate, queso, and corn chips. The front of a red pick is visible along the curb, and a man in an orange shirt stands on the roof of the entrance, doing some work on the building.
January 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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john-morris.bsky.social
#53 Pulaski @chicagocta.bsky.social bus at Montrose
monochrome linocut print showing cta #53 Pulaski bus stopped at Montrose
December 11, 2024 at 1:31 AM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
Another one
A photo of a low brick building with metal grating over the doors and windows. Above these is a yellow stripe of painted brick with the words “Food” & “Rosie’s Food Mart” in blue, red, and black paint, which is faded and chipping A photo of the same building but it has been painted white and the doors and windows black. The word “Sparrow” is painted above the door
December 7, 2024 at 9:02 PM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
WASHTOWN USA
4036 W. Montrose, Chicago
A watercolor of an abandoned laundromat. A sign that “Washtown USA” in fading black letters hangs over dark glass windows. Two steps lead up to a recessed entry cast in dark shadows. Above the store, sand-colored aluminum siding is bisected by uneven dark brown aluminum trim that juts out with a bay window, casting more shadow below it. A patch of blue sky is visible in the corner above the neighboring building
December 3, 2024 at 11:15 PM
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tudoraf.bsky.social
A 🧵 lost in migration: A little background on 1205 N. Milwaukee Ave, built in 1937-38, for haberdasher Andrzej/Andrew Starsiak, designed by Anton A. Tocha.
Color photo of a 2-story story building in light tan terra cotta. Parapet features three rounded nubs. A pull-down garage-door-like screen covers what would be a shop window. Lines of gold terra cotta extend from the parapet through the second floor. Between floors in a striking maroon Art Deco font: STARSIAK, then below in smaller letters CLOTHING.
December 3, 2024 at 4:51 AM
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yodiegoyo.bsky.social
3624 W North Ave
Chicago
A watercolor painting of Edie’s party liquors. Grey shingled eaves cast a slight shadow on the sign and the red brick below. The words “rentamos sillas mesas” are painted along the wall”
November 26, 2024 at 8:01 PM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
Rest in Peace, Edie’s Party Liquors
A photo of Edie’s Party Liquors, a corner store with a colorfully painted sign A photo of the same building but it has been painted white with black trim. The original signage can shows through some of the white paint. The windows are empty and the store has closed.
November 26, 2024 at 7:58 PM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
Beauty Sa on
2714 W Division St
Chicago
A watercolor of a storefront. A glass door is dark with shadow and the words “Beauty Salon” are written in small white lettering, with the L missing”. Windows alongside the door reveal nothing but closed grey curtains. A turned off neon “Open Sign” casts a shadow on one of the curtains. The reddish wood siding of the building frames the door and windows.
November 20, 2024 at 3:50 PM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
Baba’s Fish & Chicken
3420 W North Ave
Chicago

Oil on wood panel
An oil painting on wood panel depicting a two story light blue building with a yellow awning that reads “Baba’s Fish & Chicken”. The awning casts a dark shadow over a red and blue store front with a window and door covered in metal bars. Abutting the building is a small cream-colored house with a blue door. On the other side of Baba’s is an empty lot where vegetation grows through a chain link fence. Green trees rise up behind the buildings and give way to a clear blue sky.
November 13, 2024 at 8:05 PM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
Laundryland
3052 W Diversey Ave
Chicago
A watercolor painting of a laundromat at night. The interior is illuminated brightly by fluorescent lighting that reflects of washing machines and orange pillars. The outline of the building is pitch black and frames the large glass windows and entrance. A sign above the entrance is illuminated and reads “Laundryland” in orange lettering
November 10, 2024 at 12:35 AM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
Fireside Bowl
2646 W Fullerton Ave
Chicago
A watercolor painting of the exterior wall of a bowling alley. At the base of the and colored wall runs a broad red line, above it two red framed windows display unlit neon Budweiser signs. Above the windows the word “BOWL” is painted in large red capital letters. Above that two more red stripes run across the wall. The smooth wall then gives way to brown brick interrupted by four second story windows
October 15, 2024 at 9:02 PM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
Zurawski v Texas, a documentary co-directed by my wife @abbieperro.bsky.social, is playing at the Chicago film festival on October 26th and 27th. A truly powerful film worth seeing!

Tickets on sale here www.chicagofilmfestival.com/film/zurawks...
Zurawksi v Texas - Cinema Chicago
Part courtroom thriller and part chronicle of families in crisis, this riveting doc follows three women fighting the battle for reproductive rights.
www.chicagofilmfestival.com
September 27, 2024 at 4:06 PM
yodiegoyo.bsky.social
George’s Music Room
3915 W. Roosevelt Rd
Chicago
A watercolor painting of a two-story red brick building. A white sign with black and blue lettering spans the width of the building and reads “Georges Music” but the second half of the sign is missing or hanging loosely. A vertical sign reading “Georges” in red lettering juts out from the center of the building’s second story as well. The windows along the first floor and two windows on the second story are borders up with plywood. Graffiti covers the side of the building and overgrown plants encroach on the building and the sidewalk.
September 24, 2024 at 12:34 AM