Robert Loerzel

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Chicagoan, journalist, photographer, author, copy editor, flâneur. https://www.robertloerzel.com/

A common green June beetle on a sir
A mural of a man playing guitar juxtaposed with red stars from the Chicago city flag is on the side of a building, seen here from across the street. The words in the mural’s blue background say: “How Lucky Can One Man Get?”
A coyote stands in a grassy area, looking toward the camera.
A kestrel hops off a chimney toward three other kestrels on the roof of a building.
Protection of the seawall from Bellevue place to Burton place was discussed, four methods of construction being submitted by Engineer Babclock. Action was deferred until the meeting on next Wednesday. The plans were as follows: A sand-filled breakwater with sand-tight Wakefield sheeting on the lakeside, anchored back of the seawall, the space between being granite paved to form a sloping beach forty-eight feet wide. Cost a lineal foot, $53.36; total coast, $160,080. Same breakwater fifteen feet wide, with sloping concrete beach, curved parabolically to meet the waves. Cost a lineal foot, $23.36; total cost, $70,080.
A graphic showing the AQI (air quality index) rising again on July 18 after falling on July 17.
PM2.5 US EPA AQI 11% better than previous year A graphic shows the AQI number increasing above 200 around 7 a.m. July 16, peaking about 12 hours later, and decreasing since then, falling below 100 around 4 p.m. July 17.
Uptown 3 Current Air Quality USA EPA AQI 98 Main Pollutant: PM2.5 Measured 35 minutes ago Moderate (a face with a straight line for its mouth)
Uptown 3 Current Air Quality US EPA AQI 122 Main Pollutant: PM2.5 Measured 41 minutes ago Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Uptown 3 Current Air Quality USA EPA AQI 172 Main Pollutant: PM2.5 Measured 72 minutes ago Unhealthy
Clouds and blue sky above trees and buildings
Looking north from the Wilson Red Line platform as a train approaches. The sky is yellow-gray. A tall bank building stands in the distance.
The sun is a pink dot in a yellow-gray sky above a brick apartment building.
A screenshot showing: NORTHBRK Permanent Monitor PM2.5 AQI: 919 Hazardous Stay Indoors.
Words are written in chalk on a sidewalk: GODZILLA IS HOLY REPENT
Two piping plover chicks on a beach
A hazy view of a horizon, with some trees at the bottom of the image, below the faint outline of a building.
Boats in a harbor with a hazy gray sky in the distance
Two rabbits face each other, touching then jumping up.
A Walgreens sign with an electronic display that says: ”12:35 -196 degrees F”
A man sits in a chair and speaks into a microphone.
Geese stand next to a river where a beaver is swimming.
Newspaper text: "[Sensation.]"
A manhole cover with the words: USA 250 AT&T Connecting changes everything Made in USA
A pink and white balloon shaped like a bear holding an ice cream cone sits on the roof of a building. Text on the bear’s chest says “Teddy’s Ice Cream.”
A sign shows a zigzag electrical bolt above a man who is bending backward, all enclosed within a thick, black triangle.
Below an ornate light, a yellow sign says “LOONEY TUNES.”
A brick residential building largely covered with green ivy
Musicians playing on a stage
The exterior wall of a building is covered by a mural with the word “FITZGERALDS” and pictures of people playing and watching music.
The writing on a gravestone says: F.F.S. OCT. 13, 1817 NOV. 1, 1890
Melania Trump wears a giant hat.
A monarch butterfly on a milkweed plant in front of a pond and buildings
Two yellow and two red delivery robot vehicles on the sidewalk at a street corner
A screenshot of the New York Times website shows this headline: Trump, Ending Decades of Protection, Opens Wild Habitats to Drilling and Mining The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals. Below that, a photo of two piping plovers on wet sand. A few seashells are scattered around. The caption says: Piping plovers need undisturbed beaches to nest and raise their young. Dave Sanders for The New York Times
A yellow billboard with black letters saying “TOP DOG” next to railroad tracks, with buildings and trees in the distance.
Fourteen crows gathered in a graveyard.
An electronic sign says: “Sedgwick is next Jul 08 11:41 AM”
A gravestone with the name “BEST” stands in a grassy area.
Rabbits eat grass and run around.
A pigeon sits in a nest atop an ornamental piece on a building façade.
Men sit at a piano and a drum kit in front of a movie screen, where a picture of a man in a fez-type hat is displayed along with this text: Sunday, July 5 at 11:30am You Never Know Women Preceded by "The First Circus" (Tony Sarg, 1921) 35mm prints from the Library of Congress with live accompaniment & sound effects by Robbie Ellis and Nicholas White A CHICAGO FIM SOCIETY screening
An ad says: American Family Soap Wrappers Used as currency at 52 State St. Owing to the unprecedented sale of the picture St. Cecilia, our supply was exhausted durng the week and many of our patrons were unable to obtain a copy. For the benefit of those who were disappointed we will continue the sale of another week, giving this picture for 25 American Family Soap Wrappers, and WE WILL ALSO FRAME THEM AT LAST WEEK'S PRICES. Other pictures free fro American Family Soap Wrappers. BOYS! Look out for another BASE BALL WEEK SOON. James S. Kirk and Company No. 52 South State Street
A drawing on yellowed paper shows the words "SAVE YOUR AMERICAN FAMILY SOAP WRAPPERS" within a frilly border. On the left side, the letters are drawn with shaded edges. Circles inside the letters indicate light bulbs. Small handwriting at the top says: "Or- [ink splotch] the Commission of Public Works by [ink splotch] is hereby directed to issue a permit for an electric sign at 52 State Street by James S. Kirk and Company" Small text at the bottom says: "Scale 1 in to 1 foot 12 inch & 16 in Letters"
A large mushroom stands in grass in a graveyard.
Bald eagles sit in trees
A man uses his phone to take a picture of a painting, which shows a woman standing next to man holding a pitchfork.
A Norman Rockwell painting of the Cubs in a dugout
A fallen tree amid tombstones
The Mekons with Will and the Bushmen, Saturday at Cabaret Metro: The free-wheeling, free-thinking post-punkster Mekons invite you to "destroy your safe and happy lives before it is too late. The battles we dought were long and hard just not to be consumed by rock 'n' roll." Opening is Nashville popsters the Bushmen.
A dragonfly sits on a cement surface.
Lightning flashes in a dark sky with silhouettes of trees in the foreground
A historical marker on a brick column below a sculpture of an angel-like figure. Fencing and trees are on either side of the column.
“The sun is killing me” is writing in chalk on a sidewalk surface.
A rock band plays in a crowded bar.