Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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The News The Day Before: Anwar Sadat’s Assassination
I love the New York Times archive. Since I get the paper delivered to my doorstep every morning, I get access to every word they’ve published since 1851. If I were a smarter person (or at least an actual coder), I would use their API tools to do all sorts of things, including the automation…
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Lincoln Marsh in Early Summer
There is a wonderful lushness to this marsh right now. The rain you served us well. The reeds are thin and green, but with one ripe orange one here: And here's what I'm pretty sure is a Black-headed Grosbeak: Here's the complete set. Marshes and prairies are our oceans here in Illinois. Breathe them in.
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Prentice Hospital is Worth Saving
There's a lot going on around Prentice Women's Hospital (250 East Superior Street) right now. It was made in 1974, but I think it deserves protection as a historic place. I love the sublime honeycomb structure– it makes me remember that it's possible to build something fresh. That not everything has to fit the box.…
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Wrapping Up the AldermanicWebsites Project
I had a fun time with my obsessive side project, AldermanicWebsites. I learned a ton about current modes of online campaign management, I spoke to lots of the candidates, and felt like I really had a handle on the issues that were of interest at the Ward level. It was also cool doing a Hack…
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Methods for Monitoring TIF Info
The TIF Balance Sheets and TIF Projection Reports data published by the City of Chicago to its data.cityofchicago.org is great info on existing TIFs. But if you want to keep up with what’s going on with new TIF legislation, you still have to jump through some extra hoops. Here’s what I do. I use Update…