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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Our Hat & Shoe Repair 11316 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago

A watercolor painting of a storefront window. Behind rusted metal grating, signs and cardboard boxes fill the window. One sign reads “Hat Shoe Repair” another reads “hat/show clean repair”. Neon lettering reads Shoe Repair & Shine.

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Casino Bar & Grill 17000 Bodega Hwy Bodega, California

An oil painting of a sign projecting perpendicular to the point of a pointed roof. The sign reads “7-up” and “Casino”

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Escuela de Manejo Chicago 1856 W 47th St Chicago

A watercolor painting of an abandoned storefront. Brown paper covers the inside of the front window, which has the words “Escuela de Manejo Chicago” written across it. A glass door is covered by a metal grate.

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

16 of my watercolors will be on display at Lula Cafe for the next few months. Eight of these paintings are for sale, and you can find details on my website. Prints are available as well.

A photo of a watercolor painting in a black frame. The painting depicts a two-story brick building with a band of blue sky occupying the top third or so of the image. The shadows of a row of overturned barstools run across the wall and painting

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Every Lot Chicago @everylotchicago.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

4240 West Lake Street

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Nationwide Hand Car Wash 3006 W Roosevelt Rd. Chicago

A watercolor painting of a blue door inset in a wall of peach colored brick. Parts of the brick wall are covered in fading and chipping white paint. Two pay phones are mounted on the wall, though only one of them still has a phone. A sign hangs above the door and reads “No Loitering by order of Chicago Police” in fading letters. A sliver of a larger garage door is seen to the right of the blue door.

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Learn and Grow Childcare 2820 W North Ave. Chicago

A watercolor painting of the side of a building. The building is a light sandy grey color, with dark inset windows separated by columns. At the bottom of the painting, the top of an archway is visible, likely true front entrance. Next to it is a colorful series of individual letters that spell “CARE”. Above this, four windows are evenly spaced along the second floor. Above these is another row of 3rd story windows. A yellow sign reads “FOR RENT” in red lettering.

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dmercer.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Chicago tire shops are excellent.

Two-story fram building decorated in black and white stripes with a red, green, and white sign that says Jose's New & Used Tires & Rims.

One-story orange brick building with a stepped parapet wall with an arch in the center. The door is in the center, and above it is a yellow square with a hubcap mounted on it. On either side of the door are two tires, painted yellow attached to the wall below yellow and black signs in English and Spanish.

One-story brick tire shop painted bright orange-red. There is a customer door at the left, topped with a painting of Jesus. Next to that is a large glass block window and on the right is the garage door. There are paintings of tires at various places above the garage door. "4 Brothers Tire Shop, Inc." is painted in black and white at top left.

One-story brick building with a flat roof. The brick is painted dark red, pale yellow, and brown. Pictures of tires, painted in black, white, and yellow, decorated the front. On either side are the words "TIRE SHOP", painted vertically. The address is painted yellow in the center of the building.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago. Man wearing a balaclava in a white, unmarked vehicle, pulls the pin on a tear gas canister and tosses it in the road. "Just trying to grab some lunch and these fucking losers showed up. FUCK ICE!" source: www.reddit.com/r/LoganSquar...

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Delgado Shoe Store 3504 W 26th Ave. Chicago

A watercolor painting of a storefront. A metal grate is closed over the recessed entrance to the store, but boots and shoes and a shirt can be seen in display windows. A sign hands above the entrance and part of it reads “DO SHOE STORE”. Above that is part of a sign that reads “LGADO” and to the right of that is part of another sign that reads “DEL”. Below this last sign is a glass door that leads to some orange steps that disappear into the dark.

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Johnson’s Transmission 4528 W Madison St Chicago

A watercolor painting of the entrance to an auto shop. An orange metal grate covers a grey door flanked by orange painted brick with the words “BRAKES” and “TIRES” written vertically. A window is covered in white board with the words “ac charge, brakes rotor, suspension, flats six, batteries, wheel bearings” written on it. Some of the brick exterior is also painted a light yellow. And empty white sign hangs above the window and door

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Jeanette Vizguerra, a leader of the immigrants’ rights/ sanctuary movement, and a friend of mine, was grabbed by ICE last night. Please consider signing this petition and giving to her family’s gofundme: secure.afsc.org/a/freejeanette

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Sign the Petition to Free Jeanette Vizguerra

Ms. Vizguerra has led her fight against deportation since 2009. ICE detained the community leader, mother and grandmother without warning on March 17, 2025. Her attorneys have raised concerns about s...

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Matt Bergstrom @mattbergstrom.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

The building in 1908 hub.catalogit.app/2670/folder/...

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Shekinah Glory Holiness Ministry 2436 W Division St Chicago

A watercolor painting of an orange brick building. Blue-grey doors flank four narrow windows with closed curtains. A sign above the windows reads “Shekinah Glory Holiness Ministry / Where the power of god is always falling / Eld. Calvin L Brown Sr. Pastor”. The shadow of a light pole runs across the sidewalk and up the face of the building

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

North Pulaski Fresh Market 3850 W North Ave Chicago

An oil painting of the side of a grocery store. The words Pulaski Market hang above a row of windows filled with advertisements for aguacate, queso, and corn chips. The front of a red pick is visible along the curb, and a man in an orange shirt stands on the roof of the entrance, doing some work on the building.

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

WASHTOWN USA 4036 W. Montrose, Chicago

A watercolor of an abandoned laundromat. A sign that “Washtown USA” in fading black letters hangs over dark glass windows. Two steps lead up to a recessed entry cast in dark shadows. Above the store, sand-colored aluminum siding is bisected by uneven dark brown aluminum trim that juts out with a bay window, casting more shadow below it. A patch of blue sky is visible in the corner above the neighboring building

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Chicago Tudor Revival AF @tudoraf.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

A 🧵 lost in migration: A little background on 1205 N. Milwaukee Ave, built in 1937-38, for haberdasher Andrzej/Andrew Starsiak, designed by Anton A. Tocha.

Color photo of a 2-story story building in light tan terra cotta. Parapet features three rounded nubs. A pull-down garage-door-like screen covers what would be a shop window. Lines of gold terra cotta extend from the parapet through the second floor. Between floors in a striking maroon Art Deco font: STARSIAK, then below in smaller letters CLOTHING.

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

3624 W North Ave Chicago

A watercolor painting of Edie’s party liquors. Grey shingled eaves cast a slight shadow on the sign and the red brick below. The words “rentamos sillas mesas” are painted along the wall”

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Rest in Peace, Edie’s Party Liquors

A photo of Edie’s Party Liquors, a corner store with a colorfully painted sign

A photo of the same building but it has been painted white with black trim. The original signage can shows through some of the white paint. The windows are empty and the store has closed.

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Beauty Sa on 2714 W Division St Chicago

A watercolor of a storefront. A glass door is dark with shadow and the words “Beauty Salon” are written in small white lettering, with the L missing”. Windows alongside the door reveal nothing but closed grey curtains. A turned off neon “Open Sign” casts a shadow on one of the curtains. The reddish wood siding of the building frames the door and windows.

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Baba’s Fish & Chicken 3420 W North Ave Chicago Oil on wood panel

An oil painting on wood panel depicting a two story light blue building with a yellow awning that reads “Baba’s Fish & Chicken”. The awning casts a dark shadow over a red and blue store front with a window and door covered in metal bars. Abutting the building is a small cream-colored house with a blue door. On the other side of Baba’s is an empty lot where vegetation grows through a chain link fence. Green trees rise up behind the buildings and give way to a clear blue sky.

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Laundryland 3052 W Diversey Ave Chicago

A watercolor painting of a laundromat at night. The interior is illuminated brightly by fluorescent lighting that reflects of washing machines and orange pillars. The outline of the building is pitch black and frames the large glass windows and entrance. A sign above the entrance is illuminated and reads “Laundryland” in orange lettering

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

Fireside Bowl 2646 W Fullerton Ave Chicago

A watercolor painting of the exterior wall of a bowling alley. At the base of the and colored wall runs a broad red line, above it two red framed windows display unlit neon Budweiser signs. Above the windows the word “BOWL” is painted in large red capital letters. Above that two more red stripes run across the wall. The smooth wall then gives way to brown brick interrupted by four second story windows

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Deigo @yodiegoyo.bsky.social · 27/09/2024

Zurawski v Texas, a documentary co-directed by my wife @abbieperro.bsky.social, is playing at the Chicago film festival on October 26th and 27th. A truly powerful film worth seeing! Tickets on sale here www.chicagofilmfestival.com/film/zurawks...