The Cobblestone Creation

Wicker Park; Chicago, Il.
November 24, 2010; 6:14pm

1929 Chicago Bike Rider

So cool to see vintage pictures of people riding bikes through the city. This shot is from 1929, taken on the corner of Kimball and Lawrence. It is from the The Encyclopedia of Chicago and is definitely being re-posted without permission. Shhhh. I love bike.

Out With The Huh?

Haven't posted a Polaroid picture in a while. This is from the Fall of 2002, taken in a friends dorm room at Southern Illinois University. I am on the left, wooking it out: though you can't tell, those pants have patchwork running along the sides and I wasn't wearing shoes, never did. I had a great time during the 4 months I was enrolled there. Ah, so many memories of not remembering anything.

New Vintage: Polaroid Photo #3

It was snowing outside earlier tonight. Snowing like mad. I ran outside into the middle of my street, a quiet, wooded side street in a North side neighborhood of Chicago, and snapped a polaroid. I went outside knowing that the street lamps wouldn't provide enough light for the Spirit 600 to capture the snow falling, the lit sky, the bare limbs of crackling trees, but I needed to make sure.

And sure enough. But, as this guy would tell you, there is no such thing as a wasted polaroid. So, here is number three.

Cost: Four dollars 

Location: Lakeview, Chicago 

Time: 6:30pm, 2/22/10

Weather: Heavy, wet snow. 32* F