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.

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JON ROSENBLATT
(Flickr alias: kimball_homan)
Title: The Death of the Greens
Where/When: Cabrini-Green (the corner of Larrabee and Division streets); December 9, 2006
Inspiration: This photo documents the exact time and manner of death for a piece of old, raggedy, despised Chicago—and the exact moment of birth of the new, shiny, overcelebrated version.

This article appears in the February 2008 issue of Chicago Magazine.

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