A photo of an urban streetscape, it's Clark Street in Rogers Park. In the distance the Sears Tower is sticking up against a pastel sunset sky. In the foreground there is a 22 Clark bus stop sign and lightpoles with colorful Clark Street branded signs
I always find it astonishing how clearly you can see the Sears Tower and *only* the Sears Tower from this angle
A view down Lawrence Ave from Rockwell, showing a neon green bike rack and a sapling starting to turn green with buds
A view North on Lawrence by HarvesTime Foods showing two people walking side by side, with room to go past them on the left, and another sapling
A view looking North next to HarvesTime showing a much narrower sidewalk
A view South on Lawrence showing a very wide road and very narrow sidewalks
It makes me so happy to see these saplings on Lawrence blooming this spring, brought in just two years ago with a street redesign!
Look at the last two photos for what it looked like before these changes, with a narrower sidewalk that made it real unpleasant
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👋 still here…
a joyful golden retriever mid-sprint through green grass under a canopy of pink cherry blossoms
i feel like you all need this
A walk by #LakeMichigan was needed today. Breathing is good.
#Chicago
Norah at the cherry blossoms in Jackson Park, Chicago
Norah between some cherry blossom trees with The Griffin museum of Science and Industry and the Columbia Basin in the background
Norah and Eduardo soyface pointing at the Obama Presidential Library
Norah look down, is makeup is cunty and she is breasting boobily
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@omfgcows.bsky.social
After success at U of Chicago in 1942, nuclear research moved to a remote location, Red Gate Woods, near Willow Springs, Ill. It closed in 1954, and after some cleanup opened to the public in 1991. There’s reactor and nuclear materials buried on site. As the marker says, don’t dig.
Two friends sitting at the edge of Lake Michigan along the Lakefront Trail near Grant Park in Chicago, with only their legs visible dangling over the water. The lake stretches to the horizon, with part of the Chicago skyline, near the Loop, visible in the distance.
"Sittin’ on the dock of the lake 🎶🎶
Lettin' the skyline drift away 🏙️ 🌊 "
📍Grant Park, the Loop, Chicago
#Chicago #LakefrontTrail #outdoorAdventure #outdoor #photo #urban #urbanExploration #lakemichigan
Medium shot of a blooming cherry blossom tree in Lincoln Square Chicago
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Chris T. jumps while having his picture taken by Lina Tari, both visiting from Indonesia, in front of a cherry blossom tree on the Museum of Science and Industry grounds Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
One giant leap for cherry blossom bloom 🌸
Museum of Science and Industry
Take a walking tour of Elmhurst, Illinois, with Citizens for Elmhurst Preservation! Offered April 18 & 19, it will highlight 2 churches and 27 homes, including the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Henderson House! buff.ly/5O89qk6
Southern view from a lakeshore highrise in Edgewater over Osterman Beach and Chicago loop in distance. // Image captured at: 2026-04-07 21:36:02 UTC (about 1 min. prior to this post) // Image sourced from: wgntv.com // Current Temp in Chicago: 39 F | 4 C // Precip: broken clouds // Wind: E at 7 mph | 11 kph // Humidity: 43%
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
Black and white photo of several of the skyscrapers along Wacker Street and the Chicago River.
If you like architecture, Chicago is pretty great.
#photography #BlackAndWhite #Chicago #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin
Magnolia tree flower buds growing for spring :)
#chicago
#CapeCod #Poetry #Painting #Spring
It is morning, and again
I am the lucky person to be in it
Mary Oliver
🎨 Kaoru Yamada
Beautiful skies in Chicago today.
If you focus on the clouds, you can see them slowly moving.
Or in the lower right, you can see the traffic moving along.
Webcam at www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0UG...
If you needed some good news, I flooded an abandoned duck marsh and it’s got ducks within 24 hours!
A ruby-crowned kinglet at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
I live in the NW corner of the city. This white oak is 15’3” in circumference. That puts it at 291 years old using the tree age estimator. For the first 2/3 of its life it was in an oak savannah forest.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #Treepeople #trees #Chicago
Graphic promoting the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s “Restore the Canopy, Plant a Tree” Free Sapling Program. The top text reads “Free Oak Trees!” in large white letters on a dark green leafy background. On the left, a tan flyer with a green hill and a green tree illustration says “Free Sapling Program” in dark brown and green text. On the right, four illustrated oak leaves and acorns are labeled with colored boxes: “Bur” (white text on dark teal), “Pin” (white text on purple), “Red” (white text on red), and “Swamp White” (white text on orange). The background features dark green leaf patterns.
The MWRD's Restore the Canopy, Plant a Tree free oak sapling program has begun & includes bur, pin, red, pin, & swamp white.
Trees are available for pick up on Wednesdays, April through October, 9 a.m. to noon.
Locations & details: https://ow.ly/l3Bs50YEvnJ
#MWRD #Chicago #trees #oak #free
A city view with tall buildings with glittery lights. There is a long pond in front and it is twilight.
Shot from the car at a stoplight. It’s a pretty city.
The April fools joke is today's weather
Fuck this wind
Thanks to the incompetent Chicago Park District by making it worse but cutting up and cutting down trees that block the wind driving all over the place creating mud swamps
Chicago downtown skyline from the south, Sears Tower to the left, some bare trees in front, blue sky
heard a cardinal and a chickadee singing. additionally, still there.
Sun finally shows up on a cloudy windy grey day. Trees in the background. A tree branch on the foreground
Cherry blossom flowers blooming at Jackson Park in Chicago
Cherry blossom tree blooming at Jackson Park in Chicago
Goose crossing sign in Chicago with the word “Ack” graffitied onto it, and the Obama Presidential Library in the background
Small blue flowers blooming in green grass
It’s that time of year
Early 1950s Chevrolet sedan, street parked in Chicago.
Chicago Chebby.
I love that theater. Played it once. Totally deafening response. Why I insisted we try out Spamalot in Chicago. Just up the street a mile - lovely painting.
Sandhill Crane facing to the right of the frame and wet from rain, standing on a grassy mound.
Sandhill Cranes have returned to the neighborhood in Barrington Illinois to spend the season with us. #bird #photography #wildlife #migration
Three deer, ones that occasionally run through our yard, gave Lady and myself the hard stare on our morning ramble at Homewood Izaak Walton Preserve. Lots of spring signs and birds. Second morning, I had a rusty blackbird. Not surprising considering they like wet habitats. FOY killdeer, too.
