starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 20hhuh so it's actually been moved a few times to accommodate cars 010
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 21h...but that's wrong—they donated a statue of the marquis de lafayette and attended the unveiling of this one, but this was commissioned by a purpose-formed "washington statue association" made up of women from dc (ironically, i think the new york times was one of the main sources of the confusion) 110
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 21h"other washingtons" took a static and overlooked statue to george washington and—by surrounding it with flags honoring other people named washington, both famous and not—turned it into something alive, a shared archive one of the stronger ways i've seen of recontextualizing a flawed monument 250
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 07/10/2026soldier field is a great place to watch soccer and it’s a bummer that it’s just too big for the foreseeable future 270
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026they whitewashed the mf doom mural under the viaduct at green and hubbard 031
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 06/10/2026montgomery ward opposed the construction of the field museum on the lakefront and this 1907 cartoon called him out 0132
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 04/10/2026kind of a tough setup for a show (i imagine like 75 people max could actually see them), but still slow pulp sounded great and it felt like the mid 2000s at the monument 1120
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026went to a match at the old spotted dog in 2015 and it's only gotten better, apparently 030
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026we’ve got an early front runner for best take on a giant skeleton this season 3384
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 01/10/2026lippold—trained as an industrial designer at the university of chicago and the school of the art institute—was an early champ of site-specific architectural sculpture 2122
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 01/10/2026i found this cool footage of lippold making orpheus and apollo 110
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 01/10/2026wrote about sculptor richard lippold’s baldacchino in the cathedral of saint mary of the assumption in SF—the most vatican ii thing about the first vatican ii cathedral www.postcard-past.com/baldacchino-... 2346
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Tappan Hill—Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge Tarrytown, N.Y. 130
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the linear accent light on the james hardy building is now pink 071
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026grabbed lunch at the pittsfield cafe for the first time (i know, i know) and they had this ten foot tall halloween decoration in the lobby that would burst out into its prerecorded speech every time someone walked by 180
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026this thing that gertie is doing in west loop where they have super short mini shows by some big names is certainly interesting—glad i stopped by to see the nyeema morgan one this weekend (she also chose to screen ralph bakshi’s “coonskin” which was, uh, fascinating) 110
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 28/09/2026what is the name of this ridiculously fragrant grass that apparently is all the rage in garden design right now 2133
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 26/09/2026the new protected lane on indiana ave is really good—super long, protected with thick cast-in-place curbs, well marked, etc.(although I somehow chose the one little area with flex posts to take a photo) 1151
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 25/09/2026with the cubs potentially playing a neutral site game this weekend, thinking about the time the expos and the marlins played at comiskey in 2004 because of hurricane ivan—weekday day game, like 5000 fans in general admission seating, we were a few rows behind jeffrey fucking loria, an absolute blast 230
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 24/09/2026if they did this during a playoff game and with a little more fanfare and expectation i think it would bring the house down 0345
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 24/09/2026WASHINGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY - EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 131
starch mogul @posts-cards.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Offices of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Racine, Wisconsin 1173
![THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. Chicago, May 12.-I wonder just what next the motorist will ask for his own convenience to afford him more of the streets?
I refer to the request for removal of Washington's statue from the 51st street entrance to Washington park. I am one of the unfortunates living near this intersection of the city. I say unfortunate because it seems Chicago ran out of traffic signals at 47th and Grand boulevard, and those of us who are walking and trying to save up for rainy days, instead of riding and wondering where the next installment is coming from to pay on an auto, have to take our lives in hand when trying to cross Grand boulevard at 51st street.
The city has already afforded the autoist a lot of new leeway by widening South Park, hence he should be willing that we with Shank's horses have our 5 country's father's monument to dart behind for protection as his physical body protected us when the British were trying to run us down. The traffic is so bad out here that when we step off the curb we trust to the good Lord [and a cop during the five to six evening rush hour] to see us safely to the other side.
If Chicago is to remove all obstacles for the pleasure of those who ride, why can't she have a heart for the pedestrian by putting in a traffic signal at this place.
MRS. G. D. REYNOLDS.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dhvydcanwhs3i6er77rm4hip/bafkreig5oc2tjt4ftreeoa5qc4tr7y3cvxstuempnfrhu5sbobhi2pv6sq)
