All in Street

Trumpers

Trumpers

Jack Siegel
Chicago, Demonstrations, Street

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Today, I saw what I perceive to be my first pro-Trump rally in Chicago.  Ostensibly the rally was to protest the possibility that Sharia law would be instituted in the United States, but at the end of the day, at least some of those present were Donald Trump supporters who were making a symbolic stand  in front of the bronze statue of an 11-foot high George Washington on the northwest corner of Wacker and Wabash.  Not surprisingly, a group of counter-protesters was in place at the northeast corner, which often serves as the locus for Trump protests in Chicago.

 

North Avenue Beach

North Avenue Beach

Jack Siegel
Chicago, Food, Street, Urban Landscapes

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Rain was in the forecast today, but on North Avenue Beach, it was nowhere to be found.  Sunny, warm, but none of the July and August humidity was in the air, which probably kept beach attendance down a bit, but there were still plenty of people milling about.  Everyone seemed to be having a good time.  Volleyball, touch football, castles in the sand, and the smell of a little reefer in the air.

Saturday Bridge Lift

Saturday Bridge Lift

Jack Siegel
Architecture, Urban Landscapes, Street

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Chicago is known for the sound of the electric blues, but long before Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Little Walter, and all the others plugged in, Chicago was an industrial center, home to foundries, transportation hubs, and animals headed through shuts to their slaughter. In the words of Carl Sandburg, the City of Broad Shoulders.  Emblematic of those shoulders are 27 or so bridges that tie one side of the Chicago River with the other.  

Science

Science

Jack Siegel
Chicago, Demonstrations, Street

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Today some 40,000 Chicagoans participated in the March for Science, a nonpartisan demonstration that had heavy partisan overtones.  There certainly weren't Trumpians in evidence. It is hard not to be anti-Trump if you are scientist:  Trump wants to cut funding for science; Trump wants to politicize scientific research in an effort to support his anti-science policies (anti-vax, anti-climate, anti-research); and Trump wants to rely on alternative facts.

6103

6103

Jack Siegel
Demonstrations, Street, Urban Landscapes

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26 U.S.C. § 6103   Returns and return information shall be confidential, and except as authorized by this title, no officer or employee of the United States, . . . shall disclose any return or return information obtained by him in any manner . . . .

Reflected

Reflected

Jack Siegel
Chicago, Architecture, Street, Urban Landscapes

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The sun continued to burn with intensity as the afternoon turned into twilight, spaying the the Chicago River with intense light.  It was so intense that it lit the underside of the bridges, which is what caught my attention.  You gotta love the clouds and that deep blue sky.  

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