Chicago Street Notes
1993 - Present
The markings one encounters in the public domain of a city offers insight into its psyche. Some might say that Chicago is an amplified reflection of America. There are a range of diverse communities, disparity in wealth, and a glorified gun culture. Here is a sampling of ephemeral markings gathered since the early 1990s found in communal spaces throughout the city.
Vicinity of Wabash at 11th Street, 2024
Vicinity of Canal at 18th Street, 2023
Vicinity of State Street at Adams, 2023
Vicinity of Michigan Ave. at Wacker Dr., 2021
Vicinity of Damen and North, 2012
Vicinity of Wabash at 11th Street, 2024
401 N. Wabash Ave., 2016
Vicinity of Wabash at Jackson, 2018
Vicinity of State Street at Adams, 2023
Vicinity of Milwaukee and Wolcott, 2013
32 S. State Street (Jordan's Nike Store), 2020
Vicinity of Wabash at Roosevelt, 2022
Vicinity of Clark and Belden, 2012
Vicinity of Wells and Huron, 2014
Vicinity of State and Chicago River, 2013
Vicinity of State Street at Adams, 2023
Vicinity of S. Wabash and Harrison, 2020
Vicinity of Canal at Archer, 2021
Vicinity of Michigan and Balbo, 2013
Vicinity of Kedzie at Milwaukee, 2017
Vicinity of Wabash at 9th Street, 2022
Vicinity of Dearborn and Wacker, 2014
Vicinity of Michigan and Madison, 2011
Vicinity of Honore and Milwaukee, 2013
Vicinity of Wabash and 9th, 2022
Vicinity of LaSalle and Jackson, 2011
Vicinity of Halsted, Milwaukee and Grand, 2010
Vicinity of S. Dearborn at Adams (Mayor Lightfoot) , 2020
Vicinity of State Street at Balbo Street, 2024
Vicinity of S. Wabash at Monroe, 2020
Vicinity of Wabash and Harrison, 2020
Vicinity of S. Paulina and 18th Street, 2015
Vicinity of Calumet Avenue at 35th Street, 2023
Vicinity of Halsted and 16th St., 2014
Vicinity of Wabash at 9th Street, 2022
Vicinity of Wabash at Harrison, 2023
Vicinity of Dearborn at Van Buren, 2019
Vicinity of Rockwell at Milwaukee, 2018
Vicinity of Morgan at 16th St., 2018
Vicinity of LaSalle and Jackson, 2011
Vicinity of Wood and Milwaukee, 2014
Vicinity of Wabash at Balbo Street, 2024
Vicinity of Halsted and Cermak, 2011
Vicinity of Wabash at 11th Street, 2022
Vicinity of Ashland and Addison, 2010
Vicinity of Halsted and 16th Street, 2010
Vicinity of Wabash and 9th, 2022
Vicinity of Wood and Milwaukee, 2013
Vicinity of Dearborn and Lake St., 2020
Vicinity of Broadway and Belmont, 2013
Vicinity of Wood and Milwaukee, 2014
Vicinity of Leavitt and Wabansia, 2014
Vicinity of Dearborn and Adams, 2014
Vicinity of Dearborn and Congress Exp., 2015
Vicinity of N. Wood and Chicago, 2016
Vicinity of N. Winchester and Hubbard, 2015
Vicinity of Grand and Milwaukee, 2013
Vicinity of Plymouth Court at Ida B. Wells, 2022
Vicinity of California at Armitage, 2023
Vicinity of Wabash and Harrison, 2020
Vicinity of State and Wacker, 2014
George Floyd Protest, Plymouth Court @ Ida B. Wells, 2020
Vicinity of Peoria & Randolph, 2014
Vicinity of Ashland at Hubbard Street, 2023
Vicinity of N. Hoyne and Grand Ave., 2015
Grant Park (removed Christopher Columbus Monument), 2020
Vicinity of Sangamon at Fulton Street Market, 2017
Vicinity of Canal at 18th Street, 2021
Vicinity of Wabash at 11th Street, 2022
Vicinity of N. Hoyne at Chicago Street, 2023