Author: DXO
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Daley Center Chicago: HVAC for the Weary
I’ve always been attuned to HVAC– Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning— in architecture. the design of a building’s HVAC system can make or break its success, but it seems that too few architects pay much attention to it. Very often you’ll walk into a place that blasts you with hot stale air as soon as…
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Sun Creeper
I placed my car in the sun’s way.It didn’t seem to care,and burned the snow using its shadow-tool
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The Chin of Bart Ross
I wonder if the apparent murderer of Judge Lefkow’s husband and mother took any succor from the fact that the police sketch that the police are saying was him gave him a more generous jaw than was real. Here’s an excerpt from one of his court filings: Excerpts from court filings in Bart Ross’ decade…
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Adolescent Dork’s Evil Plot/ Wet Dreams
So today I was driving home down California Avenue in Chicago. Suddenly I see a slew of dark-clothed, ponytailed, geeky-looking people streaming north. Dozens of them walking in clumps. Army coats, corduroys, and nice facial hair. Almost all of them are men. They look like extras out of Clerks. My mind is racing. Is there…
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Gary Stochl
Gary Stochl Originally uploaded by juggernautco. Gary Stochl is an urban anthropologist, lying in wait on the city streets waiting for the subjects of his study to finally align themselves in the perfect, most telling fashion. He has been a hidden Chicago artist for decades. Now he is uncovered. Here’s some text from…