| ▲ | Chicago artist creates tourism posters for city's neighborhoods(chicagotribune.com) |
| 80 points by NaOH 8 hours ago | 39 comments |
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| ▲ | vogtb 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| This reminds me of another artist that did an isometric map of the city. I bought one and it hangs on my office wall. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1673296980/map-of-chicago-loop-... Always fun to have someone over who knows the city. We'll spend 20 minutes pointing to all the buildings we've worked in, places we've eaten, or where The Bear or The Fugitive were filmed. |
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| ▲ | tptacek 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Not clear why this is hitting HN today, but these are popular enough in Chicago to be kind of a cliche. No matter how convincing the poster is, I think you'll be disappointed if you plan a trip to visit scenic Galewood. |
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| ▲ | 60654 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Yeah the posters have been pretty well known for, let's see, maybe a decade now? But it's cool to read more about the artist. And also, didn't realize he released a bunch of cool fonts, too: https://tomato-giraffe-jpm4.squarespace.com/fonts. | |
| ▲ | perardi 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | It’s a total cliché rite of passage to buy one of these when you move to Chicago. And I am typing that as I look at the Edgewater poster hanging right there over my desk. | |
| ▲ | prawn 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | This was bait enough that I jumped into Google Maps to look at a few random Galewood streets via street view. Obviously very suburban, but looks like it'd make for a nice stroll until you tired of the cookie-cutter layout. Hugh Hefner's childhood home as a bonus. | | |
| ▲ | tptacek 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | I live across the street from it. It's fine! It's just one of the most boring neighborhoods in Chicago. Walking distance to Johnnie's Beef, though, which is the best beef spot in the city. |
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| ▲ | fnord77 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | The style is not novel either. | | |
| ▲ | tptacek 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Of Galewood itself? Yeah, no, though it's across the street from one of the most famous architectural areas in Chicagoland. But the posters? They're deliberately an homage to WPA style. | | |
| ▲ | mikeaskew4 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | South Shore Line ones, too…which may have also been WPA style. I should look that up… |
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| ▲ | 3eb7988a1663 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| For some less serious Chicago bulletins, there was SquirrelTruth[0]. A kickstarter was created to post signs in the CTA about the danger of squirrels. I am not sure how many variations there were, but the only one I ever saw was, "Statistically speaking, at least one 'person' on this train is actually 7 squirrels wearing a human suit. Don't be a victim." [0] https://www.squirreltruth.com/ |
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| ▲ | stavros 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > “I mean, it’s exciting any time anyone says they like my art. Obviously, people buy it, but it’s still astounding to me that people like the stuff I make.” I love this. |
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| ▲ | holtkam2 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Moving from SF to Chicago this week. This made me feel a little more excited. TY for the share! |
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| ▲ | tptacek 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Congratulations! I did Chicago (born and raised) -> SF -> Chicago -> SF -> Chicago (detouring through Ann Arbor). Where in Chicago are you moving? It's really an amazing city. | | |
| ▲ | SoftTalker 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Parts of Chicago are nice. Vast swathes of it are best avoided. | | |
| ▲ | tptacek 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | My personal opinion is that all of San Francisco is best avoided, so I feel comfortable with my assessment even stipulating, arguendo, what you just said. :) | |
| ▲ | vogtb 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I lived in Chicago for about a decade, and around 2017 to 2023 I set a goal of biking to every one of the 76(?) neighborhoods. I made it to about 63. There are definitely neighborhoods rougher than others. But tbh every neighborhood has good food, and, you know, normal people living there. Like, in Garfield park I remember buying ribs from a guy that was just sorta cooking them outa the back of his truck. They were terrific. Pilsen has great Mexican food, and Devon has nuts Indian food (Ghareeb Narwaz is by far my favorite). Yeah, in some neighborhoods, on a couple of blocks there are guys out on the corner selling. But no one's bothering anyone. There's nowhere you can't go on a Saturday at 1PM. Basically, what I'm saying is, the Chicago you see on the news isn't the one I live in. So, you know, keep your wits about you, take care, but I think everyone in Chicago should go to a random neighborhood and get some food. | | |
| ▲ | qingcharles 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | I've lived in some of the roughest neighborhoods there and never felt particularly unsafe walking around at all. A couple of times people dumped bodies in my yard, but I also had that problem when I lived in a really nice area too :D A couple of other times I took to my basement while there were gang shootouts happening outside my house. There is lots of great food in Chicago. Downtown is nice to me. You can get around the whole city on bike + El (subway). It's still my least favorite major city, though. I have no urge to live there again. |
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| ▲ | mikeaskew4 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Good luck. The Malört is as bad as advertised. | | |
| ▲ | tptacek 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Don't drink Windex. It's not a good prank. | | |
| ▲ | mikeaskew4 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Nobody was surprised when Jeppsons got in on the hand sanitizer effort during COVID. Didn’t even have to change the recipe. |
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| ▲ | interloxia 29 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Tourism oxymoron "This content is not available in your region" |
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| ▲ | binarynate 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| unpaywalled: https://archive.is/kkKUW posters on artist's site: https://www.thechicagoneighborhoods.com/shop |
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| ▲ | cokehed an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Roseland: Come for the $10 head doctor, stay because you got express kidnapped. |
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| ▲ | boxed an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Region blocked for me. How weird. |
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| ▲ | madaxe_again 15 minutes ago | parent [-] | | This is only for US tourists. International visitors are not welcome - you might overstay your visa. |
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| ▲ | cozzyd 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| If only the Loop one were centered on Madison instead of Monroe so it would have my condo in it... |
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| ▲ | reg_dunlop 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Thanks! Just bought 4! |
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| ▲ | tptacek 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Which four? (We have Beverly, where I grew up, and Garfield Park, just because it's cool looking.) | | |
| ▲ | reg_dunlop 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square (called those 2 neighborhoods home) then Summer and Caldwell Lily Pond. I spent many a summer evening under the promenade in front of the Frank Gehry Bandshell; And the Lily Pond...those posters are stunning. Really evoked a sense of place and love for the city. | | |
| ▲ | tptacek 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Good picks. If you didn't already know, Ryan Duggan did a print series of iconic neighborhood pizza places. I've had Fox's in Beverly on my wall twice and both times I ended up having to give the print away to someone who was one-shot by it when they came to my house. https://www.ryanduggan.com/ | | |
| ▲ | mikeaskew4 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | With both Fox’s and Milano’s, I don’t know how anyone in Beverly/Morgan Park/EP doesn’t have pizza at least twice a week. |
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| ▲ | claudiug 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| what is sad, is that you an take the article, go to any LLM, ask to read and build an system prompt, from the images + text, and then you can replicate his work |
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| ▲ | reg_dunlop 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I think what's more sad is someone going out of their way to NOT support the artist. Art is, among other things, a conversation starter. If someone sees an LLM generated thing hanging in the home or office and strikes up a conversation, it goes something like: "Yeah, i saw it online and I ended up ripping it off"...or the person lies to save face (also sad). Or, the conversation could be "Yeah, these were purchased directly from the artist...I bought them because....". (a much more interesting conversation) Both of these evoke an emotional reaction with an interlocutor. | |
| ▲ | mikeaskew4 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Yes, and it’d look like total crap. People eating NY slices, wearing Dolphins jerseys under palm trees in front of mountains. | |
| ▲ | jeffgreco 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Yeah, that would be a real scummy thing to do! |
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