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Robert Loerzel
@robertloerzel
Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur.
Chicago
Joined March 2009
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    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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    This was something I witnessed but didn't manage to photograph — these wavy shadows hit the ground just before the eclipse went total.
    this was like straight up magical bro
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    Remarkable that this story is buried on Page A13 in today’s New York Times.
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    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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    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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    View from a Brown Line train crossing the Chicago River
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    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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    The second-story windows above Cafe Jumping Bean in Pilsen look remarkable.
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    It’s alive! Scabby animated by Uptown’s wind.
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    Chicago coyotes on a snowy day
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    Tonight’s view from the Brown Line crossing the river
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    AG's office confirms Pruitt used private email for state business. (He testified in Senate that he didn't.)
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    Message in a Chicago newspaper box