Great Time Playing Blues and Rock and Roll in Kenosha
Had a great time playing in Kenosha, surrounded by volleyball, bonfires, dancing on the beach. Thanks to Scott “Madman” who was on fire…
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60’s Hippies on the Fullerton Rocks
David A. Witter Summer 2018: The Life and Times of the Fullerton Rocks By David Witter newcity.com — My first experience with the Fullerton rocks came in the early 1970s. The hippie culture was in full swing and Lincoln Park was its epicenter. A...
ERIE-LASALLE BODY SHOP
LOCATION: River North. Erie and La Salle About this picture: This picture was part of my cover story for New City– “The Death of Big Neon.” The story was published in 2006. Most of the signs are gone now. This image is great...
Eye Doctor Indian
LOCATION: Taken at 63rd and Pulaski About this picture: One of the last, great giant plastic statues like Paul Bunyon, used to lure customers before the internet. Cover for a New City cover story I wrote…Fiberglas Giants, The Last Bastions...
Former Kahn Greene Grain Bin – 43rd and Halsted
LOCATION: 43 and Halsted Chicago. This old silo was part of a New City Cover Story I wrote about Chicago’s great grain elevators. Grain of Truth: Taking Stock of the relics of Chicago’s area as the world’s “Stacker of...
OLD ROM FACES
A Bulgarian husband and wife, taken at an undisclosed Chicago cemetery. Cover for a cover story for New City, The Gypsy Trail: The History and Legacy of Rom Culture in Chicago. July of 2009...
White Palace Grill Restaurant
LOCATION: Canal and Roosevelt Chicago’s “Oldest Diner” from Oldest Chicago. A bit of a homage to “Nighthawks” by Edward Hopper.
Salt and Pepper Diner–
LOCATION: Lincoln Sheffield and Wrightwood. (now gone) About this picture: Another great neon sign long gone. The el going by gave it a special Tom Waits touch.
Archer Daniels Midland Grain Elevator
LOCATION: Ogden and Carroll/near Ashland Chicago. Chicago’s last working grain elevator. Cover for cover story I wrote for New City: Grain of Trutch, taking stock of the relics of Chicago’s era as the world’s “Stacker of...
Tied House- Schlitz.
LOCATION: Southport Lanes One of the last and probably finest examples of a “tied house”, ie beer copanies paid the tavern owners liquor license in exchange for only selling their beer. Will be featured in new book on alcohol...
El Cubanito Sandwitch Shop: Mujer Llena de Figuras
LOCATION: El Cubanito –Wrightwood and Pulaski Painting on outside wall of sandwitch shop.Part of a cover story I wrote for New City: Shacking Up, The Vernicular Architecture of Chicago Food Stands. Woman’s rights groups complained...