Chicago photography
May 16, 2024 1:44 PM Subscribe
Neighbors and neighborhoods near Midway Airport. I loved these photos, seeing them is like biking around in these neighborhoods. It's so easy to take photos now, but ordinary life with good composition and good light is still an unexpected pleasure.
I love Chicago.
posted by chavenet at 2:18 PM on May 16 [2 favorites]
posted by chavenet at 2:18 PM on May 16 [2 favorites]
Chicago is a truly fantastic biking city-- flat, straight streets, residential parallel to throughways lots of places, great neighborhoods, some well cared-for, some not. There's a good rentabike system, divvy. I'm partial because I mostly grew up there and still have family there, but these photos capture a kind of vibe that's easy to find there. Also a lot of great food.
posted by lwxxyyzz at 2:19 PM on May 16 [1 favorite]
posted by lwxxyyzz at 2:19 PM on May 16 [1 favorite]
My wife grew up in this area. Those pictures look like they could have been taken on her block, although she was a bit closer to Nick and Vito's.
I was led to believe the city was an uninhabitable hellscape.
One thing to note is that Chicago fire and police officers are required to live inside the city limits. The area around Midway is inside that boundary, but as far from dense urban as one can get. So you do get a higher proportion of public service officers as your neighbors. Just sayin'.
posted by JoeZydeco at 2:57 PM on May 16
I was led to believe the city was an uninhabitable hellscape.
One thing to note is that Chicago fire and police officers are required to live inside the city limits. The area around Midway is inside that boundary, but as far from dense urban as one can get. So you do get a higher proportion of public service officers as your neighbors. Just sayin'.
posted by JoeZydeco at 2:57 PM on May 16
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