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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Amazon Go, he dead. The Future, R.I.P.

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"I spent 53 minutes in Amazon Go and saw the future of retail ." -Matt McFarland, CNN Business. That was in 2018, when t...

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

An Annex That's Anything but Secondary: The Chicago Architecture Biennial Reanimates Dead Retail at 840 North Michigan

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One Point Perspective Study No. 2, Luftwerk, photo Pablo Gerson, courtesy CAB No one’s writing about it, but it's an absolute trip. When...

Friday, January 02, 2026

From Chicago, Happy 2026!

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Chicago brings in the new year with fireworks launched from bridges along the river.

Sunday, December 28, 2025

Best (?) Pictures of 2025

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So, I took over 60,000 pictures this year. Some even were in focus. To pick "the best" seems an exercise in futility, so I'm ...

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