Chicago

“Hog Butcher for the World,

Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat…

…City of the Big Shoulders:”

– Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg’s poem had wonderful imagery of this rough-and-tumble, tough, midwestern city “getting it done” for America. But that was a Chicago of a different time, the poem written over 100 years ago. Today’s Chicago is more a city of buildings that are taller and sleeker, but with shoulders that are no longer as broad.

Tuba

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

One from our recent 17th of May celebrations

Leica Q2 Monochrom
CaptureOne 22 (No adjustments except cropping and frame).

Public Square – Cleveland

Black And White Photography, Laurie, Mobile Photography, Photography

Public Square is the central plaza of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Based on an 18th-century New England model, it was part of the original 1796 town plat overseen by Moses Cleaveland, and remains an integral part of the city’s center. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.