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Robert Loerzel
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Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur.
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    Robert Loerzel
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    Jun 18, 2025
    Closed since 1981, the Uptown Theatre turns 100 years old in August. To mark the occasion, CityFiles Press is publishing "The Uptown: Chicago’s Endangered Movie Palace," which I co-authored with James A. Pierce. Preorder for $40 here: cityfilespress.com/books/the-upto…
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    Robert Loerzel
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    Apr 9, 2024
    This was something I witnessed but didn't manage to photograph — these wavy shadows hit the ground just before the eclipse went total.
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    not very eva
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    Apr 8, 2024
    this was like straight up magical bro
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    Robert Loerzel
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    Oct 6, 2023
    Remarkable that this story is buried on Page A13 in today’s New York Times.
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    Robert Loerzel
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    May 9, 2020
    I asked Little Richard a question at SXSW in 2004. Q: "What's a typical day for Little Richard like these days?" A: "Some days, it's 'whoa whoa.' Some days, it's 'woo woo.' Some days, it's 'boo boo.' It's hard being Little Richard. Sometimes I wonder how I made it."
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    Robert Loerzel
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    Nov 12, 2018
    Neil Young says he lost his home in the California fires. And he lashes out at "our so-called president." neilyoungarchives.com/#/news/1/artic…
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    Robert Loerzel
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    Jun 17, 2023
    View from a Brown Line train crossing the Chicago River
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    Robert Loerzel
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    Nov 11, 2016
    The note Leonard Cohen sent his old girlfriend Marianne Ihlen (subject of his songs) when she was dying this summer. newyorker.com/magazine/2016/…
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    Robert Loerzel
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    Mar 7, 2023
    The second-story windows above Cafe Jumping Bean in Pilsen look remarkable.
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    Robert Loerzel
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    Mar 8, 2023
    Montrose Harbor magnet
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    Robert Loerzel
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    Mar 30, 2021
    It’s alive! Scabby animated by Uptown’s wind.
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    Robert Loerzel
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    Jan 25, 2023
    Chicago coyotes on a snowy day
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    Robert Loerzel
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    Mar 31, 2024
    Tonight’s view from the Brown Line crossing the river
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    Robert Loerzel
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    Feb 25, 2017
    AG's office confirms Pruitt used private email for state business. (He testified in Senate that he didn't.)
    Okla. AG's office confirms Pruitt used private email for state business
    From okcfox.com
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    Robert Loerzel
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    Oct 30, 2018
    Message in a Chicago newspaper box