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Larry

25 cents to touch my eye

About Me

Pimp-My-Profile In my spare time I walk around Rogers Park, publish a zine about neighborhood architecture, and spend time with my wife and son. I moved to Chicago to get involved with improv comedy, but accidentally stumbled into a real life.

My Interests

architecture, history, drawing, watercolor, urban geography, used book stores, cats, dumb movies, lampreys, The New Yorker, comic book stores, sneaking in to university libraries, good movies, finding pieces of crayfish at Lunt Avenue Beach, diner omelettes, coffee, zines, etc...

I'd like to meet:

Whoever keyed my '94 Toyota Corolla in Oberlin, Ohio. Come on, it's a Corolla!

My Blog

Clark and Farwell, NW Corner

I've always liked this little brick and terracotta building. And it's good to know there are plenty of lawyers in my neighborhood. You know, just in case...Looking at this again, I realize that you ...
Posted by Larry on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:13:00 PST

Clark and Wallen, NE Corner

Still fascinated by the giant crayfish. Still haven't gone there to eat....
Posted by Larry on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:02:00 PST

Greenleaf and Clark, Northeast corner

Rocky's Futbol Taqueria! Burritos as big as a futbol! Last week they changed their awnings to a scary orange and black design. I guess this means they're doing well.When I go to a new Thai restaura...
Posted by Larry on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:19:00 PST

Clarks and Estes, NE Corner

Looking for Bubble Tea in Rogers Park? You actually have two choices- China Hut (shown above) or Grande Noodles (a half mile south). If you're a real aficionado you can walk back and forth all summ...
Posted by Larry on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:29:00 PST

Clark and Albion, Part 2

I can't believe I'm still fiddling with this corner. I even have a tiny watercolor about the same size. I'm trying to find a graphically satisfying way to represent these buildiings, but in a way th...
Posted by Larry on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:56:00 PST

Weird Aluminum Animals

This is a drawing I did as a birthday present for Angela (July 25th, if you want to drop her a line!). North of us at Wolcott and Rogers is Pottawatomie Park, which has become a favorite. There's a ...
Posted by Larry on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:40:00 PST

SE Corner of Lunt and Clark

I think I must have drawn this corner more than any other in Rogers Park. To me, it's the perfect representation of change in the neighborhood. On the Lunt side, it's still a limestone and granite ...
Posted by Larry on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:29:00 PST

Civic Opera Entrance Detail

I walk past the Civic Opera Building twice a day. Once in the morning, when the sun is blasting in my eyes down Washington from the east, and once in the evening, when the sun is blasting in my eyes ...
Posted by Larry on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:36:00 PST

City Hall Grill Detail

I don't know why I bother to promptly scan and upload these into Photobucket when it takes me months to post them to this blog. Anyway, this is from the ground floor of City Hall (bounded by LaSalle,...
Posted by Larry on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:29:00 PST

Clark and Touhy

Here's something rare on Clark Street. The corner building and those to either side were all built at the same time with the same brick and terra cotta details. One is mixed use, one retail only, an...
Posted by Larry on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:28:00 PST