Author: DXO
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On A Walk, Christmas Day 2011
We took a walk in Lincoln Park yesterday in bright blue Chicago. Here are some pics. Bench overlooks barren great garden and waits for lush return. I have no idea what kind of trees these are that produce such bright orange limbs: The sublime blues of Jeanne Gang’s People’s Gas Education Pavilion seem so stark:…
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In Praise of Wolfgang Oehme
This morning I read the obituary of landscape architect Wolfgang Oehme in the NYT. Here’s a snip: For 30 years, Mr. Oehme teamed up with James van Sweden to develop self-sustaining gardens, free of pesticides, that could remain beautiful even as the seasons changed. They planted flowers and bushes not by threes and fives, but…
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This Is Why Wide Right Turn Signs Exist (Accident at State and Division in Chicago)
I have the world’s largest collection of Wide Right Turn signs (go ahead and Google it and see for yourself). So it was with more than a passing interest that I snapped this fender-bender at the corner of State and Division this afternoon.
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Three Window Washers Race to Clean Mies
I work in a complex created by Mies van der Rohe in 1970. This pleases me. This morning I noticed these workers getting started on their day. Maintenance is key.
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Peoples Gas Education Pavilion at Night
I’m somewhat obsessed with this place— one of our great public spaces.