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Ben Schumin is a professional photographer who captures the intricacies of daily life.

Platform at Jarvis, a station on the CTA Red Line.

Ben Schumin is a professional photographer who captures the intricacies of daily life. This image may be used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0. Please provide artist attribution, as well as a link to the original photo and to the license terms.

Steamed milk from Starbucks in a holiday cup [01]

Steamed milk from Starbucks in a holiday cup [02]

Trash can at Starbucks

Riding on CTA car 3440

Skokie Swift at Howard

Selfies on Cloud Gate [01]

Stairs sign at John Hancock Center

Purple Line train at Davis station [01]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [01]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [05]

Stairs sign in the lower lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue [01]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [03]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [06]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [04]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [02]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [07]

Stairs sign in the lower lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue [02]

Couple takes a selfie at the 875 North Michigan Avenue observation deck

Selfies on Cloud Gate [02]

Former Skokie Swift cars

Chicago-approved exit sign [02]

Exit sign in the lower lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue

Flags in Chicago

Brown Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

View east from Roosevelt platform

Tower 18 interlocking [01]

View west from Roosevelt platform

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [03]

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [01]

Brown Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [02]

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [03]

Purple and Brown Line trains on the Wells Street Bridge

Rusted no parking sign in an alley [01]

Wells Street Bridge

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [02]

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [04]

Parking lot beneath the CTA tracks

Chicago Police boat

Six feet on Cloud Gate

Traffic on East Monroe Street

Chicago-approved exit sign [01]

Family Matters House

Cloud Gate self portrait

CTA bus 1620 at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue

Ammons Transportation school bus [01]

Beach along Lake Michigan [01]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [01]

"STAIRS" sign at Ogilvie Transportation Center [02]

Ammons Transportation school bus [02]

Purple Line train at Davis station [02]

Beach along Lake Michigan [02]

"STAIRS" sign at Ogilvie Transportation Center [01]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [03]

View from John Hancock Center [01]

Home Alone house [01]

John Hancock Center [03]

View from John Hancock Center [01]

Garage of Home Alone house

CTA Quincy station

View from John Hancock Center [01]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [02]

Tribune Tower [01]

Home Alone house [02]

John Hancock Center and surrounding buildings

Dan Ryan Expressway

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [06]

CTA Roosevelt station (Red Line)

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [05]

Man laying on the beach in Chicago

Traffic at a signal on North Lake Shore Drive

John Hancock Center, with fog at the top [02]

Fire alarm speaker/strobe at Navy Pier

John Hancock Center, with fog at the top [01]

North Avenue Beach

Three people on a pier

CTA California station (Green Line)

Purple Line express train

Partially eaten cake pop

Photographing a couple

Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago

Fullerton station

CTA Davis station [01]

Lifesaving rowboat [01]

CTA Red Line train arriving at Morse

View from Sears Tower [02]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [04]

John Hancock Center [05]

Water Tower Place [01]

Curved escalator at Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago [02]

Curved escalator at Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago [03]

Lighted arrow on Uncle Julio's building

Exit for Lake station

Tribune Tower [03]

Nonrevenue train passing by Jarvis station

Curved escalator at Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago [01]

Brown Line at State/Lake station [02]

Garbage outside of a Walgreens

John Hancock Center exterior bracing

CTA Davis station [03]

900 North Michigan Avenue

Elyse films the observatory elevator at 875 North Michigan Avenue

Fire alarm strobe at the 875 North Michigan Avenue observatory [01]

Child at Crown Fountain

John Hancock Center and flags

Dog swimming in Lake Michigan

Fire alarm speaker/strobe at John Hancock Center

John Hancock Center [04]

Water Tower Place [02]

John Hancock Center [07]

Glenwood Sunday Market [05]

Sailboat on Lake Michigan

Fire alarm strobe at the 875 North Michigan Avenue observatory [02]

John Hancock Center [01]

Tribune Tower [02]

John Hancock Center [06]

Water Tower Place [03]

Water Tower Place [04]

Carbide & Carbon Building

Whole Foods in Lincoln Park

View from John Hancock Center [01]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [10]

Brown Line at State/Lake station [01]

John Hancock Center [02]

Damaged traffic signal in Evanston, Illinois [02]

View from Sears Tower [01]

CTA Davis station [02]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [07]

Wrigley Building [02]

Taking photos at the Marilyn Monroe sculpture

Macy's at Water Tower Place [02]

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [04]

Simplex pull station at Museum of Science and Industry

Chicago as viewed from the John Hancock Center [02]

Cloud Gate [02]

"Be barefoot, color barefoot, live barefoot"

Elevator indicator in the lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [03]

Graffiti on "L" train support

Cloud Gate [04]

Cloud Gate [01]

Woman walking along Lake Michigan

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [04]

Green Line train at Morgan Station

"THRU TRAFFIC PROHIBITED" sign at an alley entrance [02]

Tower 18 interlocking [03]

Orange Daylily [01]

Damaged traffic signal in Evanston, Illinois [01]

Tower 18 interlocking [08]

CTA Red Line train at Belmont

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [02]

Cloud Gate [03]

Tower 18 interlocking [06]

"THRU TRAFFIC PROHIBITED" sign at an alley entrance [01]

Apartment buildings along East Lake Shore Drive

Interstate 94 westbound [01]

Tower 18 interlocking [04]

"DO NOT FEED PIGEONS" sign [02]

View from John Hancock Center, facing southwest

Yellow traffic signal

Tower 18 interlocking [07]

Tower 18 interlocking [05]

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [01]

Public notice for 2301 West Lawrence Avenue

CTA bus stop sign at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue

Chicago as viewed from the John Hancock Center [01]

"DO NOT ENTER" sign with religious graffiti

Glenwood Sunday Market [01]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [17]

"DO NOT FEED PIGEONS" sign [01]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [08]

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [03]

Water tower at 30 East Wacker Place

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [03]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [06]

Skylight in Chicago Union Station

Woman waiting for her dog

2301 West Lawrence Avenue

View of Chicago from Touhy Beach

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [02]

Gorilla at the Lincoln Park Zoo [02]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [05]

Traffic signal at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [02]

Rusted water tower [01]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [01]

Heron at Chicago Botanic Garden [02]

Alley parallel to North Lincoln Avenue

Duck at Chicago Botanic Garden

"NO OUTLET" sign at alley entrance

Glenwood Sunday Market [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [04]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [04]

Glenwood Sunday Market [03]

Interior of CTA car 5436 [02]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [09]

Heron at Chicago Botanic Garden [01]

Turn restriction at North Michigan Avenue and East Chestnut Street

Former Borders Books in Evanston, Illinois

Traffic signal at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [01]

Rusted water tower [03]

"SPEED HUMP AHEAD" sign [01]

Traffic signal at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [03]

Rusted water tower [02]

Cloud Gate [01]

Train arriving at Jackson station

Graffiti on a utility box in an alley

Glenwood Sunday Market [05]

Glenwood Sunday Market [04]

Interior of CTA car 5414

Stand-up paddleboarding on Lake Michigan

"NO TURN ON RED" sign at North Lincoln and West Wilson Avenues [01]

Henry Crown Sports Pavilion

North Lake Shore Drive and ramp from Michigan Avenue

View from John Hancock Center, facing northwest

Quality Optical [03]

Woman napping on the beach

InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile

"SPEED HUMP AHEAD" sign [02]

Interior of CTA car 5436 [01]

Rusted no parking sign in an alley [02]

Macy's at Water Tower Place [01]

Chicago Union Station [01]

Train departs Chicago station

"NO TURN ON RED" sign at North Lincoln and West Wilson Avenues [02]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [07]

875 North Michigan Avenue [04]

Concrete planters beneath the Brown Line tracks

Flag flying outside of Wintrust Bank

Seagull near Lake Michigan

Chicago River from DuSable Bridge, facing southwest

Two-way traffic sign on North Oakley Avenue [01]

Pedestrian call button at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [01]

CloudBar at 875 North Michigan Avenue

875 North Michigan Avenue [02]

Dog shakes itself off

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [12]

Turn signage at the intersection of two alleys [02]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [11]

Two-way traffic sign on North Oakley Avenue [02]

Alley speed limit sign

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [16]

Wheelock speaker strobe at Museum of Science and Industry

COVID-era signage still in place at Jackson station

875 North Michigan Avenue [03]

Love and Peace Hybrid Tea Rose [02]

Ingrid Bergman Hybrid Tea Rose [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [09]

Chicago Union Station [02]

Ingrid Bergman Hybrid Tea Rose [01]

Turk's Cap Lily

Love and Peace Hybrid Tea Rose [01]

Historic Route 66 sign

Work vehicle at Jarvis station

Ultra Violet Tropical Waterlily [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [02]

"Stop and kiss"

Stop sign graffiti

Eight-car clearance marker

Turn signage at the intersection of two alleys [01]

Cloud Gate [02]

Lifesaving rowboat [02]

Pedestrian call button at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue [02]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [13]

Couple making out on the ice

Sidewalk graffiti on North Lincoln Avenue

Southern portion of Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois from over Lake Michigan [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [06]

Glenwood Sunday Market [07]

Evanston, Illinois from over Lake Michigan [03]

Dog sniffing dead fish

Chicago Union Station [04]

875 North Michigan Avenue [01]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [15]

Chicago Union Station [03]

Motorcycle riders on Touhy Avenue

Arc-en Ciel Waterlily

Day-Blooming Tropical Waterlily

Glenwood Sunday Market [10]

View from observation deck at 875 North Michigan Avenue [14]

Chicago Union Station [05]

Ultra Violet Tropical Waterlily [01]

Lilli Marleen Floribunda Rose [03]

Jarvis station platform

Glenwood Sunday Market [06]

Berwyn station platform

Summer Wine Daylily [01]

Rosa Dainty Bess (with bee)

Honey Perfume Floribunda Rose

Pavement markings for utility work

Van traverses a speed hump

Willis Tower [02]

Lilli Marleen Floribunda Rose [02]

Hybrid Rugosa Rose [01]

Quality Optical [04]

Glenwood Sunday Market [08]

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [03]

American Water Lotus

Summer Wine Daylily [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [01]

Hybrid Tea Rose

Steeple at St. Pauls United Church of Christ

Love Grandiflora Rose [01]

CTA bus 4154 at West Jackson Boulevard and South Dearborn Street

Flags outside the Willis Tower

Beef Shoyu Ramen from Kinton Ramen

English Shrub Rose

Lilli Marleen Floribunda Rose [01]

Glenwood Sunday Market [08]

"Log in and stay a while"

French fries from Cuckoo

Dogs in Lake Michigan [02]

Willis Tower [01]

Rose Beauty Japanese Thistle

Purple Coneflower

Quality Optical [02]

English Lavender

Spike Gayfeather [01]

Golden Shower Threadleaf Coreopsis [01]

Candelabra Grandiflora Rose

Hybrid Rugosa Rose [02]

Selfie while stuck in a planter

Golden Shower Threadleaf Coreopsis [02]

Matthew Allen Dahlia [02]

Black-Eyed Susan

Orange Daylily [03]

Love Grandiflora Rose [02]

Traffic lights at North Avenue and Fremont Street

Golf Mill Shopping Center [05]

Spike Gayfeather [02]

Scavenger service sign

Quality Optical [01]

Fuji Blue Balloon Flower [01]

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [02]

Fern Leaf Yarrow

Matthew Allen Dahlia [01]

Montgomery Florist's Spiraea

Fuji Blue Balloon Flower [02]

Sunshine Hollyhock [03]

Discarded beer bottle at 2301 West Lawrence Avenue [02]

Six-car clearance marker

Moroccan Mountain Eryngo

Orange Daylily [02]

Sunshine Hollyhock [01]

Discarded beer bottle at 2301 West Lawrence Avenue [01]

Cadillac Brougham D’Elegance [02]

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [01]

Apartment balcony decorated for Halloween

Alaska Shasta Daisy

Korean Abelialeaf

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [01]

Golf Mill Shopping Center [07]

Cadillac Brougham D’Elegance [01]

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [02]

Peruvian Lily [01]

Dogs in Lake Michigan [01]

Sunshine Hollyhock [02]

Autumn Colors Black-Eyed Susan

Utility worker in an alley

Wrigley Building [01]

Golf Mill Shopping Center [01]

Carpenters Building

Thunderbolt siren at North Milwaukee Avenue and Golf Road [03]

Chicken Bibimbap from Cuckoo

Rat poster in an alley

Evanston, Illinois from over Lake Michigan [01]

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [03]

Water tower in Northbrook, Illinois

Speed hump in an alley west of North Oakley Avenue

Forever Marilyn statue

Golf Mill Shopping Center [08]

Thunderbolt siren at North Milwaukee Avenue and Golf Road [02]

Thunderbolt siren at North Milwaukee Avenue and Golf Road [01]

Peruvian Lily [02]

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [01]

Golf Mill Shopping Center [06]

Golf Mill Shopping Center [03]

Dead and decaying fish

Golf Mill Shopping Center [04]

Weathered poster on a utility pole

Directional sign at Jackson station

Cluster of wrapped cables

Golf Mill Shopping Center [02]

Tower 18 interlocking [02]

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [05]

Aerial view from Clark Street Beach, facing south [02]

Giraffe at Lincoln Park Zoo [01]

Glenwood Sunday Market [07]

Carpenters Building

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [03]

Giraffe at Lincoln Park Zoo [02]

Power line configuration sign on a utility pole

Cloudy skies over Lake Michigan [04]

Amazon box containing free items

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [03]

Elyse gives the finger

Main hall at Ogilvie Transportation Center

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [04]

Recording of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Red Line platform at Jackson station [01]

Gorilla at the Lincoln Park Zoo [01]

Light on the back of an apartment building

Elyse enjoys the CTA heat lamps at Howard [01]

Elyse hangs from a train

Construction of SKYlofts building

Electric meters on the back side of a shopping center [01]

Leaves on a vine across a fence

Ostrich at the Lincoln Park Zoo [02]

Elyse enjoys the CTA heat lamps at Howard [02]

"Do not feed the birds" sign

Clock at Ogilvie Transportation Center [01]

Maintenance vehicle just north of Davis Street station

Fire alarm at Sherman Garden Apartments [02]

Interior of Metra railcar

Cloudy skies over Lake Michigan [03]

Sign for Davis Theater [01]

Ostrich at the Lincoln Park Zoo [01]

"Beware of dog" sign on a gate

Metra train arrives at Davis Street station

Glasses on a rope

CTA signal A59 at Jackson station [01]

Cloud Gate [03]

Hamburger University

Kyle poses for the camera

"Beware of attack flamingo" sign

Sign for Davis Theater [02]

"Sugar Beats" sticker on a lamppost

Red Line platform at Jackson station [02]

Selfie on North State Street

Cloud Gate from beneath

Lily at Lincoln Park Zoo

Elyse gives a look to the camera

Chicago sewer manhole cover

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [01]

Sea gull at Lincoln Park Zoo

Clock at Ogilvie Transportation Center [02]

FedEx truck on West Giddings Street

324 Davis Street

Panhandler on North Milwaukee Avenue

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [01]

Gas meters along an alley

Platform at Ogilvie Transportation Center

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [02]

Hibiscus at Navy Pier

CTA signal A59 at Jackson station [02]

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [03]

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [04]

Aerial view of northern Evanston and Wilmette

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [03]

Davis Street Metra station

Clark Street Beach [01]

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [02]

Willis Tower from West Jackson Boulevard and South Franklin Street [05]

Fire alarm at Sherman Garden Apartments [01]

Clark Street Beach [02]

Discarded shirt in a parking lot

Aerial view over Lake Michigan, facing east

Allerton Hotel, viewed from the Starbucks Reserve Roastery [04]

Elyse looks at the maps

Fire alarm at Sherman Garden Apartments [03]

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [02]

Chicago Theatre sign from above [02]

Chicago Theatre sign from above [01]

Full luggage cart

Lincoln Park Conservatory

Graffiti worm on Standard Club building [02]

Aon Center, Chicago [04]

Aon Center, Chicago [03]

"SAFE SCHOOL ZONE" sign at Chicago and Wabash

Graffiti worm on Standard Club building [01]

Aon Center, Chicago [01]

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [01]

Shopping list in the parking lot of Jewel-Osco

Aon Center, Chicago [02]

Fire alarm at Sherman Garden Apartments [04]

Front desk at the Hilton Garden Inn in Evanston

Marker graffiti on a window

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [03]

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [02]

TJ Maxx store in Skokie, Illinois

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [05]

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [05]

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [01]

Menards in Niles, Illinois [02]

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [03]

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [04]

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [04]

Menards in Niles, Illinois [01]

Downward-pointing arrow on entrance to Jewel-Osco

Chris and Juni in Evanston

Elyse holds a cluster of balloons

Lighting at Menards in Niles, Illinois

Searchlight machine along North Clark Street

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Author: Ben Schumin

Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0

Created on: Tuesday 20 July 2010

Dimensions: 3600*2025

Albums: Photos by date / 2010
Photos by date / 2010 / Chicago, July 18-24, 2010
Photos by subject / Transportation / Transit / Transit agencies / Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
Photos by type / Creative Commons images

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