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Photo: godsmokesparliaments: fuckkyeahchicago: emphasisadded: Inspiration? State Street Bridge, Chicago & Balenciaga, Covered Giant Handle

godsmokesparliaments:

fuckkyeahchicago:

emphasisadded:

Inspiration?

State Street Bridge, Chicago & Balenciaga, Covered Giant Handle

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fleetfootedfox 24 Feb Tags chicago 29 Notes

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sexartandpolitics:

abbyjean:

Time lapse video of Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago being demolished. Boing Boing

when i lived in chicago, cabrini green was the most infamous of the “bad” parts of town. it was there that 9 year old “girl x” was raped, choked, poisoned, covered with graffiti and left for dead. i would always see it from the el and wonder what it was like.

Oh my god, it’s done.

Wow. finally.

Watched this twice, once without sound and once with, and both times I’ve nearly cried at my desk. I’ve been trying to figure out why - Cabrini was kind of the placeholder for all of the “chicago is so scary” fears that were instilled in us suburban kids.

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Text: Green Zebra

sexartandpolitics:

Sweet merciful crap that food was amazing.

Always meant to eat there, but never did. Despite living like 3 blocks from it.

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fleetfootedfox 21 Feb Tags chicago vegetarianism food reply 8 Notes

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Photo: kingofalldetectives: shynessisnice: Mega Margaritas at Cesar’s Chicago. I want one. DAMMMITTTT I WANT CESAR’S!!!!!!!!!!!

kingofalldetectives:

shynessisnice:

Mega Margaritas at Cesar’s Chicago.

I want one.

DAMMMITTTT I WANT CESAR’S!!!!!!!!!!!

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fleetfootedfox 11 Feb Tags chicago 11 Notes

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Photo: godsmokesparliaments: fuckkyeahchicago: Interior of Marshall Field’s on State Street, before it was Macy’s. Taken around 2004. submitted by pigtailsandcombatboots Aw, I knew this was Marshall Field’s before I got to the caption. yep. fuck you, macy’s.

godsmokesparliaments:

fuckkyeahchicago:

Interior of Marshall Field’s on State Street, before it was Macy’s. Taken around 2004.

submitted by pigtailsandcombatboots

Aw, I knew this was Marshall Field’s before I got to the caption.

yep. fuck you, macy’s.

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fleetfootedfox 9 Feb Tags chicago submission 21 Notes

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Photoset:

Lair of the Minotaur

Kuma's Burger

Mastodon

Slayer

Apropos of nothing, really. I saw a Kuma’s burger on fuckyeahchicago, and I recently posted that pic of their whiskey taps. Damn I wish I was there right now.

fleetfootedfox 3 Feb Tags kumas chicago slayer mastodon lair of the minotaur 15 Notes

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age-of-quarrel:

What part of Chicago isn’t bicycle friendly besides wintertime? I lived in Philadelphia, and being as close to Chicago as I am, I’ve noticed no difference.

Please elaborate.

Sorry, that was meant exactly the opposite. I’ll go revise the post to make it more clear. Chicago > Austin when it comes to the bike friendly. Even in the winter, I’ll take biking in Chicago over biking in Austin.

For my Austinite peeps: Austinite bike culture trumps Chicago, but it does so largely because there are so many obstacles to biking in Austin. e.g.:

WTF SUV Road Warrior assholes who will swerve at you, and the obscene number of hit & run’s there have been this year
Bike lanes that just stop for no reason. I live on south Lamar. There is no way for me to get to work that doesn’t involve a dangerous section of high-speed road.
Unlit bike paths at night. If you haven’t been down that path before, don’t even think about doing it at night. Your headlight will not save you.
Bike thieves. This might be owing to a (deserved) naiveté in Austin - Chicagoans are badass and will not leave their shit unlocked unless their hand is on their bike. Or it might be that bike thieving is rarer in Austin, and therefore more remarkable when it happens. I dunno.
Hills - It’s a badge of honor here (looking at you, heavy metal monday riders), but damned if it ain’t something to collectively bitch about
Darkness (lack of light pollution) - It’s brighter at 2am in Chicago than it is at dusk in Austin. If you don’t ride in numbers, it’s fucking dark.

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fleetfootedfox 27 Jan Tags biking chicago austin 4 Notes

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Answer: I love your love of Chicago. Why aren't you there anymore?

“I love your love of Chicago. Why aren't you there anymore?”
– godsmokesparliaments

lots of reasons. weather, people, hyper-segregation, lack of clean/green space, etc. it was definitely a difficult decision, I grew up there, went to school at UIC, it was my ideal city for a long time.

However, now living in Austin, I think there’s a lot better that could be expected of an American city without sacrificing Chicago’s super-urban qualities: density, walkability, bike-friendliness, public transit

fleetfootedfox 1 month ago Tags chicago cities 1 Notes

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Photo: (via godsmokesparliaments) This was 2-3 hours out of every day for me all through college. It’s a good thing I didn’t have last.fm then. Else my top artists would be Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan. By the time I left school, I could fall into a heavy sleep by the time my ticket was punched, and wake up on cue, 5 minutes from my stop.

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This was 2-3 hours out of every day for me all through college. It’s a good thing I didn’t have last.fm then. Else my top artists would be Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan. By the time I left school, I could fall into a heavy sleep by the time my ticket was punched, and wake up on cue, 5 minutes from my stop.

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fleetfootedfox 1 month ago Tags transit chicago 5 Notes

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