Recently Seen: Fighting Violence From A Tent On The Roof

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Rev Corey Brooks’ rooftop home for 21 days to protest vio­lence in this aban­doned motel and the Wood­lawn community.

Rev Corey Brooks has been liv­ing in a tent on the roof of an aban­doned motel across the street from his New Begin­nings Church to call atten­tion to the vio­lence, killings and pros­ti­tu­tion in that build­ing and in his Wood­lawn community.

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Rev. Corey Brooks at press con­fer­ence for ProjectHood

He will com­plete his 21 day stay in the tent this Sat­ur­day hav­ing attracted sup­port from politi­cians and cit­i­zens  across the city and state. Over $250,000 has been raised in an effort to tear down the motel and replace it with a com­mu­nity center.

For more infor­ma­tion about Rev Brooks and his efforts please visit projecthood.org .

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Recently Seen: Staley The Bear Visits RIC

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Sta­ley, the Chicago Bears mas­cot, offers a warm hug to one of the chil­dren who are patients at the Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Insti­tute of Chicago

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Recently Seen: Bus Stop

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A west side Chicago bus stop.

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Recently Seen: J R T C, Chicago

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The James R. Thomp­son Cen­ter atrium in Chicago.

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Recently Seen: Purple Trees

color photo snowscape of slim barren trees.

A for­est of trees in winter.

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Recently Seen: Urban Landscape New Year’s Day 2012

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The lone build­ing on a Chicago city block in the early morn­ing hours of the new year 2012.

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Cold Today. Hot Tomorrow

 

color photo of fresh watermelon in a pickup truck parked in the city

Fresh water­melon sold from the back of a truck is com­ing. Keep that thought on icy days.

Snow and ice were reported this morn­ing. Many acci­dents and back­ups on the express­ways. Likely to stay this way for a while, but sum­mer is coming.

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Recently Seen: Victor Bueno’s Taqueria

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Vic­tor Bueno’s Taqueria

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So Long Big Time

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Big Time per­forms for the last time at Quenchers in Chicago.

I am prob­a­bly the old­est groupie of the band Big Time. They are — were — a Tom Waits trib­ute band play­ing all over Chicago and the mid­west. Some­times instru­men­ta­tion included a dou­ble row of rust­ing old fire extin­guish­ers played with what looked like a rail­road spike. The side­men changed over the years. Zeb, singer, piano/fire extinguisher/garbage can player and Chris the drum­mer were con­stants. They might do an entire Waits album in one night or a vari­ety of selec­tions from many. Last Wednes­day night was their last gig together for at least a year. They’ll see what hap­pens. What hap­pens is that they will be missed. Thanks for your superb musi­cian­ship and for the show. Come back soon.

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Recently Seen: Sax Man

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Sax Man

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