d*'s links

chicagodibs:

A bit early, don’t cha think? 

Good thing these people got ahead of last night’s one inch dusting!

ROFL! OMG, dibs! I so do not miss this.

calumet412:

Cafe de la Marine, Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago.

One of my favorite buildings at the fair.

calumet412:

Grant Park, 1930, Chicago

calumet412:

Towing ships which had become stuck in the frozen river, 1960, Chicago.

npr:

(via 5-11 alarm fire — Chicago Tribune)

A wild image of an iced-over abandoned warehouse that caught fire in Chicago on Tuesday night. That white stuff is not weather related — the water that firefighters used to put out the blaze froze. — Heidi

Photo: John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune

calumet412:

Crowded platform at Belmont, 1979, Chicago.

The el used to be worse? Oy.

I heart Rockefeller Chapel, where it began and ended for me.

(via uchicagoadmissions)

calumet412:

Urban garden and animal pen, 1948, Chicago. Gordon Coster

uchicagoadmissions:

penrose-stairs:

C-Bench, University of Chicago, 1920s.

From 1903 to 1960 the C Bench was reserved for varsity athletes, and is now a common place for all students to sit between classes, or chalk up advertisements for their favorite club!

Flappers at the C-Bench! I love this! Now where are their cigarettes and liberal arts look of disdain?

calumet412:

Construction of the Calumet Skyway (now called the Chicago Skyway), 1957, Chicago.