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Photo: fuckyeahcartography: rubbishgoeshere: “…a map of all the rail lines in Chicago circa 1955, traced off of a colorful Rand McNally.”

fuckyeahcartography: rubbishgoeshere: “…a map of all the rail lines in Chicago circa 1955, traced off of a colorful Rand McNally.”

fuckyeahcartography:

rubbishgoeshere:

“…a map of all the rail lines in Chicago circa 1955, traced off of a colorful Rand McNally.”

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fleetfootedfox 24 Aug Tags 8 Notes
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Photo: sexartandpolitics: absurdlakefront: morninggloria: delicatetbone: City of (segregated) Chicago composed of dots indicating race (click to see WAY larger). from: http://www.radicalcartography.net/index.html?chicagodots  Also available, Chicago - dots by income This map explains why it’s not hard to tell which Chicago train line is which based by looking at the the people getting on and off. Mostly black people getting on, white people getting off?  Southbound Red Line. Mostly white people getting on, black people getting off?  Northbound Red Line.Black people getting on and off?  Green line.Latin people and people with suitcases getting on and off? Orange line.Latin people/hardcore hipsters getting on and off?  Pink line.People with suitcases AND hipsters who have sold out AND Latin people getting on and off?  Blue line.Dorks and white people getting on and off?  Purple line.White people getting on and off?  Brown line.Kind of surly jerks?  All lines. Demographic Porn. Once a cop woke me up when I’d fallen asleep on my regular commute to 95th/Dan Ryan. He did not wake me up to say “hey vagrant, stop sleeping on the train.” He woke me up to tell me that I’d missed my stop. I informed him I had not. He was very confused. ETA: Also don’t forget the Asians and Jews on the north side. wow.  I really want to see a similar map for other cities - I wonder how many are as pronounced.

sexartandpolitics: absurdlakefront: morninggloria: delicatetbone: City of (segregated) Chicago composed of dots indicating race (click to see WAY larger). from: http://www.radicalcartography.net/index.html?chicagodots  Also available, Chicago - dots by income This map explains why it’s not hard to tell which Chicago train line is which based by looking at the the people getting on and off. Mostly black people getting on, white people getting off?  Southbound Red Line. Mostly white people getting on, black people getting off?  Northbound Red Line.Black people getting on and off?  Green line.Latin people and people with suitcases getting on and off? Orange line.Latin people/hardcore hipsters getting on and off?  Pink line.People with suitcases AND hipsters who have sold out AND Latin people getting on and off?  Blue line.Dorks and white people getting on and off?  Purple line.White people getting on and off?  Brown line.Kind of surly jerks?  All lines. Demographic Porn. Once a cop woke me up when I’d fallen asleep on my regular commute to 95th/Dan Ryan. He did not wake me up to say “hey vagrant, stop sleeping on the train.” He woke me up to tell me that I’d missed my stop. I informed him I had not. He was very confused. ETA: Also don’t forget the Asians and Jews on the north side. wow.  I really want to see a similar map for other cities - I wonder how many are as pronounced.

sexartandpolitics:

absurdlakefront:

morninggloria:

delicatetbone:

City of (segregated) Chicago composed of dots indicating race (click to see WAY larger).

from: http://www.radicalcartography.net/index.html?chicagodots 

Also available, Chicago - dots by income

This map explains why it’s not hard to tell which Chicago train line is which based by looking at the the people getting on and off.

Mostly black people getting on, white people getting off?  Southbound Red Line. Mostly white people getting on, black people getting off?  Northbound Red Line.
Black people getting on and off?  Green line.
Latin people and people with suitcases getting on and off? Orange line.
Latin people/hardcore hipsters getting on and off?  Pink line.
People with suitcases AND hipsters who have sold out AND Latin people getting on and off?  Blue line.
Dorks and white people getting on and off?  Purple line.
White people getting on and off?  Brown line.
Kind of surly jerks?  All lines.

Demographic Porn.

Once a cop woke me up when I’d fallen asleep on my regular commute to 95th/Dan Ryan. He did not wake me up to say “hey vagrant, stop sleeping on the train.” He woke me up to tell me that I’d missed my stop. I informed him I had not. He was very confused.

ETA: Also don’t forget the Asians and Jews on the north side.

wow.  I really want to see a similar map for other cities - I wonder how many are as pronounced.

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fleetfootedfox 1 week ago Tags 65 Notes
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Photo: jenmcnasty: Old style light… Apparently this is the beer of the Cubbies! I either didn’t know there was a Light version or deliberately avoided it.  Until I met Lone Star, it was my favorite cheap beer (although negro modelo is cheap enough here to be a contender).

jenmcnasty: Old style light… Apparently this is the beer of the Cubbies! I either didn’t know there was a Light version or deliberately avoided it.  Until I met Lone Star, it was my favorite cheap beer (although negro modelo is cheap enough here to be a contender).

jenmcnasty:

Old style light… Apparently this is the beer of the Cubbies!

I either didn’t know there was a Light version or deliberately avoided it.  Until I met Lone Star, it was my favorite cheap beer (although negro modelo is cheap enough here to be a contender).

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fleetfootedfox 21 Aug Tags 2 Notes
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Audio:

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.] 40 Plays
Kill Hannah - welcome to chicago motherfucker

Kill Hannah - Welcome to Chicago, Motherfucker

still trolling my old hard drive for music that used to fascinate me.  nostalgia and homesickness in one awesome, gothy shot.

fleetfootedfox 1 week ago Tags 4 Notes
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Photo: Download the “i know what a lion is” demo! - castevet’s MySpace Blog | Castavet is fucking awesome.  I think there’s also a download for their The Echo & The Light album somewhere, which is what I’m presently listening to and enjoying the shit out of. Pay no attention to the black metal band of the same name, they’re pretty generic.  The Chicago-based (between berwyn and bryn mawr makes me homesick every time i read the title) punk band is where it’s at.

Download the “i know what a lion is” demo! - castevet’s MySpace Blog | Castavet is fucking awesome.  I think there’s also a download for their The Echo & The Light album somewhere, which is what I’m presently listening to and enjoying the shit out of. Pay no attention to the black metal band of the same name, they’re pretty generic.  The Chicago-based (between berwyn and bryn mawr makes me homesick every time i read the title) punk band is where it’s at.

Download the “i know what a lion is” demo! - castevet’s MySpace Blog |

Castavet is fucking awesome.  I think there’s also a download for their The Echo & The Light album somewhere, which is what I’m presently listening to and enjoying the shit out of.

Pay no attention to the black metal band of the same name, they’re pretty generic.  The Chicago-based (between berwyn and bryn mawr makes me homesick every time i read the title) punk band is where it’s at.

fleetfootedfox 15 Aug Tags 3 Notes
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Photo: danielholter: Under the Red Line (by Nate Gautsche)

danielholter: Under the Red Line (by Nate Gautsche)

danielholter:

Under the Red Line (by Nate Gautsche)

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fleetfootedfox 12 Aug Tags 2750 Notes
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Link:

Pritzker hits a bicyclist, runs and police help in the cover-up

abloodymess:

lovechristine:

A federal complaint filed last month accuses Matthew Pritzker, an heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune, of intentionally striking a bicyclist with his SUV and fleeing. The suit also claims police protected Pritzker with a cover-up.
The 28-year-old defendant is one of the Chicago Pritzkers, who have been near the top of Forbes magazine’s “America’s Richest Families” list for decades. The family has made major donations to Chicago schools, hospitals and cultural institutions (Millennium Park’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion is named for Matthew’s uncle). Matthew is a real-estate entrepreneur, the head of the Matthew Pritzker Company and an investor in Chicago-based HomeMade Pizza Company and State Street Pictures.


Read more: http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/museums-culture/88085/lawsuit-alleges-a-pritzker-heir-was-involved-in-a-hit-and-run#ixzz0wQ76Ldfc

the chicago way. always has been, always will be.

ugh

from A Bloody Mess
fleetfootedfox 3 weeks ago Tags 8 Notes
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Photo: kaela: Absolutely knackered yesterday, as the British would say. Rested tired eyes on this lovely lawn before returning to NYC.

kaela: Absolutely knackered yesterday, as the British would say. Rested tired eyes on this lovely lawn before returning to NYC.

kaela:

Absolutely knackered yesterday, as the British would say. Rested tired eyes on this lovely lawn before returning to NYC.

from Kaela Hill
fleetfootedfox 10 Aug Tags 2 Notes
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Photo: hotelechozulu: absurdlakefront: I love homes like this in Chicago. via I love the ivy-covered buildings in Chicago.

hotelechozulu: absurdlakefront: I love homes like this in Chicago. via I love the ivy-covered buildings in Chicago.

hotelechozulu:

absurdlakefront:

I love homes like this in Chicago. via

I love the ivy-covered buildings in Chicago.

from hotelechozulu
fleetfootedfox 5 Aug Tags 19 Notes
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Photo: ginos east - Vintage Vantage awesome shirt, but I don’t know that it’s possible to justify spending $70 for it.

ginos east - Vintage Vantage awesome shirt, but I don’t know that it’s possible to justify spending $70 for it.

ginos east - Vintage Vantage

awesome shirt, but I don’t know that it’s possible to justify spending $70 for it.

fleetfootedfox 21 Jul Tags 3 Notes
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