Monday, February 15, 2016

'Hoods #22: East Rogers Park June 3 2016

Bill organized this one.
But I actually LIVE in East Rogers Park.
So I'm pretty invested in this neighborhood. I've been here 12 years and counting. There are parts that are difficult (the crime). But I LOVE other parts (the beach, the multicultural community, the laid-back hippy component, the arts, the growing gay community, etc). I believe in it. And I have high hopes that it will get safer and safer as time goes by.

Participants: Bill, Julie, William, Kelly, joined by Ed and Kate at the LA&M, joined by Brooke and Jeremy L for dinner

Highlights: brunch at Pillars (which is gone already.
   It's currently a Philly's Cheesesteak joint. But always
   empty? So probably will turn over again at some
   point.)
  -Armadillo's pillow (great used bookstore)
  -Flatts and Sharpe (husb takes guitar lessons here)
  -Bruno's with its frieze of Chicago
  -the Loyola campus, including its chapel
  -LA&M Leather archives and museum. Amazing.
  -Charmer's cafe on Jarvis (also gone already).
  -checking out the Walter Burley Griffen and
   having the owner hang out the window to introduce
   himself
  -drinks at the Lighthouse
  -Frank Lloyd Wright's Bach house
  -the Farcroft building, with its creepy gargoyles. Magic concentrator?
  -Fargo beach
  -the beach houses on East Lake Terrace
  -the former grandeur of Howard, including the Broadmoor,
   the Howard theater, the Paulina building, Werner bros
   storing, etc
  -the El at Howard
  -the West Ridge/Historical Society already closed for the day
   (and now moved to another location!)
  -walking Morse and Glenwood
  -dinner on the patio at the Heartland Cafe

'Hoods East Rogers Park flickr album

'Hoods East Rogers Park packet

Rogers Park alley scenes
Rogers Park alley walk 2015

Rogers Park Arts Fest 2013
and 2009

our first farmer's market 2010

Rogers Park during and after the superbowl blizzard of 2015

melting beach 2015
and melting 2009

storm sky 2010

winter beach 2013
winter beach 2010
winter in the Rog 2009

summer beachin in the Rog
and in 2013
and 2010

artists of the wall 2009
artists of the wall 2010
artists of the wall 2011
artists of the wall 2012
artists of the wall 2014

as part of Open House 2013 we did the interior of the Emil Bach house, and Cat's Cradle B and B

family picnic at beach 2013

supermoon at beach 2013

more beach. i love my beach.
and again
and some more
beach grillin
yup
grillin on labor day 2009
with Brooke


sloshball 2012

chili cookoff at the glenwood

the lighthouse 2009

the oasis 2009

the nice!

that year we went to every taqueria on Clark. every. one.







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