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

A Brown Line train arrives at State/Lake station, in the Loop area of Chicago.

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.

Searchlight machine along North Clark Street

Lighting at Menards in Niles, Illinois

Elyse holds a cluster of balloons

Chris and Juni in Evanston

Downward-pointing arrow on entrance to Jewel-Osco

Menards in Niles, Illinois [01]

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [04]

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [04]

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [03]

Menards in Niles, Illinois [02]

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [01]

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [05]

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [05]

TJ Maxx store in Skokie, Illinois

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [02]

Room 625 at the Hilton Garden Inn [03]

Marker graffiti on a window

Front desk at the Hilton Garden Inn in Evanston

Fire alarm at Sherman Garden Apartments [04]

Aon Center, Chicago [02]

Shopping list in the parking lot of Jewel-Osco

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [01]

Aon Center, Chicago [01]

Graffiti worm on Standard Club building [01]

"SAFE SCHOOL ZONE" sign at Chicago and Wabash

Aon Center, Chicago [03]

Aon Center, Chicago [04]

Graffiti worm on Standard Club building [02]

Lincoln Park Conservatory

Full luggage cart

Chicago Theatre sign from above [01]

Chicago Theatre sign from above [02]

Elevator at Sherman Garden Apartments [02]

Fire alarm at Sherman Garden Apartments [03]

Elyse looks at the maps

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

Aerial view over Lake Michigan, facing east

Discarded shirt in a parking lot

Clark Street Beach [02]

Fire alarm at Sherman Garden Apartments [01]

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

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

Clark Street Beach [01]

Davis Street Metra station

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

Aerial view of northern Evanston and Wilmette

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

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

CTA signal A59 at Jackson station [02]

Hibiscus at Navy Pier

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

Platform at Ogilvie Transportation Center

Gas meters along an alley

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

Panhandler on North Milwaukee Avenue

324 Davis Street

FedEx truck on West Giddings Street

Clock at Ogilvie Transportation Center [02]

Sea gull at Lincoln Park Zoo

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

Chicago sewer manhole cover

Elyse gives a look to the camera

Lily at Lincoln Park Zoo

Cloud Gate from beneath

Selfie on North State Street

Red Line platform at Jackson station [02]

"Sugar Beats" sticker on a lamppost

Sign for Davis Theater [02]

"Beware of attack flamingo" sign

Kyle poses for the camera

Hamburger University

Cloud Gate [03]

CTA signal A59 at Jackson station [01]

Glasses on a rope

Metra train arrives at Davis Street station

"Beware of dog" sign on a gate

Ostrich at the Lincoln Park Zoo [01]

Sign for Davis Theater [01]

Cloudy skies over Lake Michigan [03]

Interior of Metra railcar

Fire alarm at Sherman Garden Apartments [02]

Maintenance vehicle just north of Davis Street station

Clock at Ogilvie Transportation Center [01]

"Do not feed the birds" sign

Elyse enjoys the CTA heat lamps at Howard [02]

Ostrich at the Lincoln Park Zoo [02]

Leaves on a vine across a fence

Ft. Dearborn on the Chicago River [02]

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

Construction of SKYlofts building

Elyse hangs from a train

Elyse enjoys the CTA heat lamps at Howard [01]

Light on the back of an apartment building

Gorilla at the Lincoln Park Zoo [01]

Red Line platform at Jackson station [01]

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

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

Main hall at Ogilvie Transportation Center

Elyse gives the finger

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

Amazon box containing free items

Cloudy skies over Lake Michigan [04]

Power line configuration sign on a utility pole

Westbound Capitol Limited arrival at Martinsburg

Giraffe at Lincoln Park Zoo [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [03]

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

Glenwood Sunday Market [07]

Carpenters Building

Giraffe at Lincoln Park Zoo [01]

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

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

Tower 18 interlocking [02]

Golf Mill Shopping Center [02]

Cluster of wrapped cables

Directional sign at Jackson station

Weathered poster on a utility pole

Golf Mill Shopping Center [04]

Eastbound Capitol Limited departing Martinsburg

Dead and decaying fish

Golf Mill Shopping Center [03]

Westbound Capitol Limited at Martinsburg [01]

Golf Mill Shopping Center [06]

Eastbound Capitol Limited arrival at Martinsburg

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

Peruvian Lily [02]

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

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

Golf Mill Shopping Center [08]

Forever Marilyn statue

Speed hump in an alley west of North Oakley Avenue

Water tower in Northbrook, Illinois

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [03]

Evanston, Illinois from over Lake Michigan [01]

Rat poster in an alley

Chicken Bibimbap from Cuckoo

Carpenters Building

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

Eastbound Capitol Limited at Martinsburg [02]

Golf Mill Shopping Center [01]

Wrigley Building [01]

Utility worker in an alley

Sunshine Hollyhock [02]

Autumn Colors Black-Eyed Susan

Dogs in Lake Michigan [01]

Peruvian Lily [01]

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [02]

Cadillac Brougham D’Elegance [01]

Golf Mill Shopping Center [07]

Alley west of North Oakley Avenue [01]

Korean Abelialeaf

Alaska Shasta Daisy

Apartment balcony decorated for Halloween

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [01]

Cadillac Brougham D’Elegance [02]

Discarded beer bottle at 2301 West Lawrence Avenue [01]

Sunshine Hollyhock [01]

Orange Daylily [02]

Moroccan Mountain Eryngo

Six-car clearance marker

Westbound Capitol Limited at Martinsburg [02]

Discarded beer bottle at 2301 West Lawrence Avenue [02]

Sunshine Hollyhock [03]

Fuji Blue Balloon Flower [02]

Montgomery Florist's Spiraea

Matthew Allen Dahlia [01]

Fern Leaf Yarrow

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [02]

Fuji Blue Balloon Flower [01]

Quality Optical [01]

Scavenger service sign

Spike Gayfeather [02]

Golf Mill Shopping Center [05]

Traffic lights at North Avenue and Fremont Street

Love Grandiflora Rose [02]

Orange Daylily [03]

Black-Eyed Susan

Matthew Allen Dahlia [02]

Golden Shower Threadleaf Coreopsis [02]

Selfie while stuck in a planter

Hybrid Rugosa Rose [02]

Spike Gayfeather [01]

Candelabra Grandiflora Rose

Golden Shower Threadleaf Coreopsis [01]

English Lavender

Quality Optical [02]

Purple Coneflower

Willis Tower [01]

Rose Beauty Japanese Thistle

Dogs in Lake Michigan [02]

French fries from Cuckoo

"Log in and stay a while"

Glenwood Sunday Market [08]

Lilli Marleen Floribunda Rose [01]

English Shrub Rose

Beef Shoyu Ramen from Kinton Ramen

Flags outside the Willis Tower

CTA bus 4154 at West Jackson Boulevard and South Dearborn Street

Eastbound Capitol Limited at Martinsburg [01]

Love Grandiflora Rose [01]

Steeple at St. Pauls United Church of Christ

Hybrid Tea Rose

Glenwood Sunday Market [01]

Summer Wine Daylily [02]

American Water Lotus

Alley between North Claremont and North Oakley Avenues [03]

Glenwood Sunday Market [08]

Quality Optical [04]

Hybrid Rugosa Rose [01]

Lilli Marleen Floribunda Rose [02]

Willis Tower [02]

Van traverses a speed hump

Pavement markings for utility work

Honey Perfume Floribunda Rose

Rosa Dainty Bess (with bee)

Summer Wine Daylily [01]

Berwyn station platform

Glenwood Sunday Market [06]

Jarvis station platform

Lilli Marleen Floribunda Rose [03]

Westbound Capitol Limited departing Martinsburg

Ultra Violet Tropical Waterlily [01]

Chicago Union Station [05]

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

Glenwood Sunday Market [10]

Day-Blooming Tropical Waterlily

Arc-en Ciel Waterlily

Motorcycle riders on Touhy Avenue

Chicago Union Station [03]

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

875 North Michigan Avenue [01]

Chicago Union Station [04]

Dog sniffing dead fish

Glenwood Sunday Market [06]

Glenwood Sunday Market [07]

Evanston, Illinois from over Lake Michigan [03]

Evanston, Illinois from over Lake Michigan [02]

Southern portion of Northwestern University

Sidewalk graffiti on North Lincoln Avenue

Couple making out on the ice

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

Cloudy skies over Lake Michigan [02]

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

Lifesaving rowboat [02]

Cloud Gate [02]

Turn signage at the intersection of two alleys [01]

Eight-car clearance marker

Stop sign graffiti

Glenwood Sunday Market [02]

"Stop and kiss"

Ultra Violet Tropical Waterlily [02]

Work vehicle at Jarvis station

Historic Route 66 sign

Love and Peace Hybrid Tea Rose [01]

Turk's Cap Lily

Ingrid Bergman Hybrid Tea Rose [01]

Chicago Union Station [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [09]

Ingrid Bergman Hybrid Tea Rose [02]

Love and Peace Hybrid Tea Rose [02]

875 North Michigan Avenue [03]

COVID-era signage still in place at Jackson station

Wheelock speaker strobe at Museum of Science and Industry

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

Alley speed limit sign

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

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

Turn signage at the intersection of two alleys [02]

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

Dog shakes itself off

875 North Michigan Avenue [02]

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

CloudBar at 875 North Michigan Avenue

Chicago River from DuSable Bridge, facing southwest

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

Seagull near Lake Michigan

Flag flying outside of Wintrust Bank

Concrete planters beneath the Brown Line tracks

875 North Michigan Avenue [04]

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

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

Cloudy skies over Lake Michigan [01]

Train departs Chicago station

Chicago Union Station [01]

Macy's at Water Tower Place [01]

Rusted no parking sign in an alley [02]

Interior of CTA car 5436 [01]

"SPEED HUMP AHEAD" sign [02]

InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile

Woman napping on the beach

Quality Optical [03]

View from John Hancock Center, facing northwest

North Lake Shore Drive and ramp from Michigan Avenue

Henry Crown Sports Pavilion

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

Stand-up paddleboarding on Lake Michigan

Interior of CTA car 5414

Glenwood Sunday Market [04]

Glenwood Sunday Market [05]

Graffiti on a utility box in an alley

Train arriving at Jackson station

Cloud Gate [01]

Rusted water tower [02]

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

"SPEED HUMP AHEAD" sign [01]

Rusted water tower [03]

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

Former Borders Books in Evanston, Illinois

Heron at Chicago Botanic Garden [01]

Turn restriction at North Michigan Avenue and East Chestnut Street

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

Interior of CTA car 5436 [02]

Glenwood Sunday Market [03]

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

Glenwood Sunday Market [04]

Glenwood Sunday Market [02]

"NO OUTLET" sign at alley entrance

Duck at Chicago Botanic Garden

Alley parallel to North Lincoln Avenue

Heron at Chicago Botanic Garden [02]

Rusted water tower [01]

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

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

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

Gorilla at the Lincoln Park Zoo [02]

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [02]

View of Chicago from Touhy Beach

Woman waiting for her dog

2301 West Lawrence Avenue

Skylight in Chicago Union Station

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

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

Water tower at 30 East Wacker Place

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [03]

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

"DO NOT FEED PIGEONS" sign [01]

Glenwood Sunday Market [01]

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

"DO NOT ENTER" sign with religious graffiti

Chicago as viewed from the John Hancock Center [01]

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

Public notice for 2301 West Lawrence Avenue

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [01]

Tower 18 interlocking [05]

Tower 18 interlocking [07]

Yellow traffic signal

View from John Hancock Center, facing southwest

"DO NOT FEED PIGEONS" sign [02]

Interstate 94 westbound [01]

Tower 18 interlocking [04]

Apartment buildings along East Lake Shore Drive

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

Tower 18 interlocking [06]

Cloud Gate [03]

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

CTA Red Line train at Belmont

Tower 18 interlocking [08]

Damaged traffic signal in Evanston, Illinois [01]

Orange Daylily [01]

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

Tower 18 interlocking [03]

Green Line train at Morgan Station

Dog retrieving an object in Lake Michigan [04]

Woman walking along Lake Michigan

Cloud Gate [01]

Cloud Gate [04]

Graffiti on "L" train support

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

Elevator indicator in the lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue

"Be barefoot, color barefoot, live barefoot"

Cloud Gate [02]

Chicago as viewed from the John Hancock Center [02]

Simplex pull station at Museum of Science and Industry

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

Macy's at Water Tower Place [02]

Taking photos at the Marilyn Monroe sculpture

Wrigley Building [02]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [07]

CTA Davis station [02]

View from Sears Tower [01]

Damaged traffic signal in Evanston, Illinois [02]

John Hancock Center [02]

Brown Line at State/Lake station [01]

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

View from John Hancock Center [01]

Whole Foods in Lincoln Park

Carbide & Carbon Building

Water Tower Place [04]

Water Tower Place [03]

John Hancock Center [06]

Tribune Tower [02]

John Hancock Center [01]

Sailboat on Lake Michigan

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

Glenwood Sunday Market [05]

John Hancock Center [07]

Water Tower Place [02]

John Hancock Center [04]

Fire alarm speaker/strobe at John Hancock Center

Dog swimming in Lake Michigan

John Hancock Center and flags

Child at Crown Fountain

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

Elyse films the observatory elevator at 875 North Michigan Avenue

900 North Michigan Avenue

CTA Davis station [03]

John Hancock Center exterior bracing

Garbage outside of a Walgreens

Brown Line at State/Lake station [02]

Curved escalator at Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago [01]

Nonrevenue train passing by Jarvis station

Exit for Lake station

Tribune Tower [03]

Lighted arrow on Uncle Julio's building

Curved escalator at Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago [03]

Curved escalator at Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago [02]

Water Tower Place [01]

John Hancock Center [05]

View from Sears Tower [02]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [04]

CTA Red Line train arriving at Morse

Lifesaving rowboat [01]

CTA Davis station [01]

Fullerton station

Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Chicago

Photographing a couple

Partially eaten cake pop

Purple Line express train

CTA California station (Green Line)

Three people on a pier

North Avenue Beach

Ft. Dearborn on the Chicago River [01]

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

Fire alarm speaker/strobe at Navy Pier

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

Traffic at a signal on North Lake Shore Drive

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [05]

Man laying on the beach in Chicago

CTA Roosevelt station (Red Line)

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [06]

Dan Ryan Expressway

John Hancock Center and surrounding buildings

Home Alone house [02]

Tribune Tower [01]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [02]

View from John Hancock Center [01]

CTA Quincy station

Garage of Home Alone house

View from John Hancock Center [01]

John Hancock Center [03]

Home Alone house [01]

View from John Hancock Center [01]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [03]

"STAIRS" sign at Ogilvie Transportation Center [01]

Beach along Lake Michigan [02]

Purple Line train at Davis station [02]

Ammons Transportation school bus [02]

"STAIRS" sign at Ogilvie Transportation Center [02]

Helicopter delivering a rooftop HVAC unit [01]

Beach along Lake Michigan [01]

Ammons Transportation school bus [01]

Interstate 94 westbound [02]

CTA bus 1620 at West Lawrence Avenue and North Oakley Avenue

Cloud Gate self portrait

Family Matters House

Chicago-approved exit sign [01]

Traffic on East Monroe Street

Six feet on Cloud Gate

Chicago Police boat

Parking lot beneath the CTA tracks

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [04]

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [02]

Wells Street Bridge

Rusted no parking sign in an alley [01]

Purple and Brown Line trains on the Wells Street Bridge

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [03]

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [02]

Brown Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

Selfie on CTA car 5436 [01]

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [03]

Purple Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

View west from Roosevelt platform

Tower 18 interlocking [01]

View east from Roosevelt platform

Brown Line train on Wells Street Bridge [01]

Flags in Chicago

Exit sign in the lower lobby at 875 North Michigan Avenue

Chicago-approved exit sign [02]

Former Skokie Swift cars

Selfies on Cloud Gate [02]

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

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

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [07]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [02]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [04]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [06]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [03]

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

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [05]

Starbucks on North Lincoln Avenue [01]

Purple Line train at Davis station [01]

Stairs sign at John Hancock Center

Selfies on Cloud Gate [01]

Skokie Swift at Howard

Riding on CTA car 3440

Trash can at Starbucks

Steamed milk from Starbucks in a holiday cup [02]

Steamed milk from Starbucks in a holiday cup [01]

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Author: Ben Schumin

Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0

Created on: Friday 23 July 2010

Dimensions: 3188*2125

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 subject / Transportation / Transit / Transit vehicles / Rail transit vehicles / Heavy rail transit vehicles
Photos by type / Creative Commons images

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