Net Pix
Since the photo-sharing Web site Flickr went online four years ago, it has amassed more than 2 billion photographic images—and nearly 1.9 million of them have a Chicago connection. From an earthbound angel to an eerie nocturnal landscape, here are 13 local pix that click.
By Brittney Blair
(page 3 of 14)
LEE BEY
(Flickr alias: chicagoeye)
Title: Welcome to Bronzeville
Where/When: The corner of 43rd Street and Michigan Avenue; June 7, 2005
Inspiration: The signage exemplifies the struggle of Bronzeville: a neighborhood that wants to be a hot, marketable upscale area, while it still bears the scars of years of disinvestment.
This article appears in the February 2008 issue of Chicago Magazine.
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looks like the last two captions are reversed, huh??
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