Category: Illinois
Make A Picture If You Can’t Find One to Take
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no need to head to landmarks to shoot Pictures, make your own Don’t practice photography in extraordinary places. Especially ones you had to make plans for with extra costs. Instead, mix in a bit of the ordinary into your daily shots. If you can make the ordinary seem more wonderous,…
Sold to the Highest Bidder…for a While
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From losing a building to naming rights, our we losing local cultural and historical Significance in our cities? Union Station Chicago is home to cross-country trains for a more traditional form of travel. On a trip to St. Louis, I was surprised to find that although I’m departing from Union…
Avoiding The Most Popular Shot In Chicago
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Finding Value in the Honeycomb Beyond the Chicago Skyline How do you try to set yourself apart from the rest? The Honeycomb in Chicago’s Lincoln Park is one of the most popular photo spots in the city. If you check this image online, you’ll be seeing a similar image over…
Dyeing to be Green for St. Patrick’s Day: Chicago
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Looking Back at Past St. Patrick’s Days and a Little History March summons a force of a holiday in the city of Chicago. It turns our river turn green, closes our streets and bridges, makes the police come out in full force, and four different parades take over the city…
When A Simple Arch Is Anything But At The Art Institute Of Chicago
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Taking a Few Extra Steps Can Lead You to a Piece of Local History The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the city’s most prized possessions. For all of the art that is preserved in its building as well as the late 19th century building itself. The lions outside…