Dearborn and Lake, Chicago

Calder in the front, Mies behind it, D. H. Burnham & Co. at the right. Adams and Dearborn, Chicago

this should be one of defining images of his second term, because its impossible to tell from looking at it whether he is too indifferent to care or too senile to notice

It was very inspiring to hear Tonika Lewis Johnson discuss The Folded Map project and her new book, "Don't Go," at the Newberry Library last night. She's brilliant.

Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath? Character isn't something you tell people about. It's something you live.

Paraphrasing my wife: MAGA/ICE don’t understand Chicagoans are stubborn.They grab their whistles and get back out there day after day. “It’s like dibs.”

What is wrong with Trump? Look at his face!

Looking forward to this!

N. Kenilworth, Oak Park, Illinois. 1905, E. E. Roberts, architect

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Oscar Balch House, 611 N. Kenilworth, Oak Park, Illinois. 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright.

the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from

3525 W. 26th St., Chicago. Built in 1905, John Klucina, architect. Over the years you could get bunions fixed, learn about violins, and buy a fur coat for your child in this building.

I ran across this photo of Chicago's City/County Building under construction in 1909. The photo was published in something called The Chicago City Manual. The second photo is the Holabird & Roche-designed building shortly before construction was completed in 1911. (Wikipedia)

Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.

Do you like my little hat? Logan Square, Chicago

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

Trump's mouth is visibly drooping as he stands on stage

Laura Gale House, Oak Park, Illinois. 1909, Frank Lloyd Wright

Crazy detail on Frank Lloyd Wright's Nathan Moore house in Oak Park

This school is blocks from my boys’ school. Our safety network has been mobilizing daily. If you’re in the area, the ICE vehicle is a gray/black Dodge Charger with Texas plates. It’s been spotted up and down Addison as far west as Cicero.

this morning, ICE went into a Spanish language immersion daycare and took a teacher from the building in front of screaming and crying kids and parents at dropoff and the daycare had to shut down for the day (near Lane Tech, where they were yesterday). Really hoping today's "theme" is not "daycare."

Unbelievable. Daycare Teacher Pulled Out Of Preschool By Armed Federal Agents, 'Traumatizing,' Parents Say blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/d...

Black-owned Burr Oak Cemetery, resting place of Emmett Till, heads toward National Register listing chicago.suntimes.com/black-histor...

It's rare that a northern flicker shows up at the birdbath.

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often

AP just joined NBC and Decision Desk in calling it for Mamdani. That's a wrap.

What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post? This. This is what you get.

Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight

Frank Lloyd Wright's Heurtley House, Oak Park, Illinois

Inglenook, Frank Lloyd Wright's home in Oak Park, Illinois

Witness testimony now beginning with Pablo Moreno González, a Mexican national and one of the class rep plaintiffs. He says he's lived in Chicago 35 years.

#TurretTuesday Little Village (Chicago) and Oak Park

School demolition in Cicero, Illinois

Last night's Moon

Here's a Milky Way shot from a Joshua Tree forest in Death Valley back in July. Already dreaming about next season! #Photography

La Villita, Chicago.

Two Italianates from 1885, Oak Park, Illinois

The 60 Minutes interview, in which Nora O’Donnell let Trump blather on with lie after lie without fact-checking him or pushing back, is a reminder of why we need journalists who will hold him accountable rather than just giving him a platform to spread lies.

#ManholeCoverMonday Rosehill Cemetery's May Chapel with manhole cover

Last night's sunset was insane.

"The Sunday Tribune" ghost sign on 2603 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago. Both buildings are ca. 1895.

Columbus Park, Chicago

Oak Park, Illinois, home of architect William J. Van Keuren, designed by himself in 1896.

It's Sunday. Here's a church. 5200 W. Jackson, Chicago

Trump, Hegseth, and senior military commanders murdered 3 more people last night and the homicides near 100 people, and they expect you to take their word for it that they were transporting drugs and accept it. They murder whoever they want whenever they want.

Finally, we get to game 9

This. Game.