HEADS-UP, NERDS! I'm leading a walking tour of Morgan Park for Chicago for Chicagoans on Sunday, 9/20 at 11. It will start at this lovely station, allowing travelers to experience the delights of the Rock Island line. Free, but this is for a nonprofit. Please give them money! Tickets available 9/6.

Lady Topham Catt@ladytophamcatt.bsky.social · last yr.

Continuing my sporadic tour of the Beverly/Morgan Park historic station district. This 1892 station at 111th is a rarity for having a 3 story section originally used to house railroad workers. It was designed by John T Long, better known as the architect behind the Yale Apartments in Englewood.

I drove by Blackhawk Park (Belden and Lavergne) the other day, and for the first time I noticed the fieldhouse. It doesn't look like any others I've seen. Architect Albert Schwartz designed the original building 1926. Cc: @tudoraf.bsky.social @dmercer.bsky.social @ladytophamcatt.bsky.social

New print alert! The Showy Lady’s Slipper is a rare native orchid that grows in moist woodlands. These long-lived flowers share a reliant symbiotic relationship with their fungal neighbors for germination. currentlocationpress.com/shop-current-location-press/showy-ladys-slipper

Welcome back, 400 Theater! This small Rogers Park theater reopens today after being closed for almost three years, so I drew this to celebrate.

These AI ads are garbage & a disgrace. Chicago’s lakefront doesn’t look like this, and whoever approved this trash needs to 1) hire REAL artists to create & 2) simply do better at their job. This is so embarrassing to see, especially at a mall in the heart of Chicago’s Mag Mile.

I'm trying out a new offering: custom building illustrations. There are limited spots open now, but more may open up depending on demand. Have you ever wanted an illustration of a particular building? Your home, a favorite building, a place you used to love when you were younger...now's your chance.

I added a page to my website where you and I can track my donations! www.harebraineddesign.com/pages/carebr...

Non-Chicago-related work: I worked with Herb Lester Associates to create the Sherlock Holmes' Guide to London! This guide covers almost 50 locations that played a role in Sherlock Holmes stories. One side has info about each location, the other side has a map of London and the surrounding areas.

Continuing my series of unsolicited posters for concerts I am going to: Wax. I'm a big fan, and he'll be at Chop Shop this Saturday.

I have this one framed in my house! Happy National Hot Dog Day, to all who celebrate 🌭

Starshaped Press@starshapedpress.bsky.social · last mo.

Chicago dogs are the best dogs. Printed so many years ago before I had a saw for kerning type.

I found myself in Elmhurst for the first time in my life today, and I saw there was a FLW home close to where I was, so I had to stop by and see it. This is the F. B. Henderson House at 301 S. Kenilworth.

West Town! Did you know that this Eckhart Park natatorium in Noble Square has a twin? Yup, there is also one in Harrison Park in Pilsen. www.thechicagoneighborhoods.com/shop/p/west-...

I love maps, and was pumped when the @chicagoreader.com reached out to me to create a "Broke Day Trip" map for the July issue! A few Easter eggs: The Blues Brothers playing on the drive-in screen, my friends Jon and Jamie and their dog at Miller Beach, and my son's handwriting for the word "map."

don’t love that wendella’s tour boat is flying a christian nationalist flag if you needed a reason to recommend literally any other architectural tour boat operator

Question about Indiana Dunes National Park. I haven't been in a loooong time (probably 30+ years), so I need to ask: any tips/suggestions for decent trails or things to consider seeing/doing for a visit? I was thinking of going tomorrow or Saturday with my 10 y/o.

COOL ART ALERT 😉 Got the opportunity draw some nature-y things for this new Block Club shirt! Subscribe now to grab one.

Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

8 years ago this week, Block Club launched our nonprofit newsroom. 🎉 In honor of our 8th birthday, we're trying to get 800 supporters to keep the dream of sustainable local news going. Subscribe today and get a FREE shirt: bit.ly/4vyJmJZ

Yesssss. I had the honor of creating the graphics for this year's Square Roots Festival! It is definitely one of the top fests in the city every year, so I was pumped when they reached out to collaborate. See ya there in July!

Got a show Friday night at @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social. Come and support three small businesses at once! #letterpress

Happy Pride, especially to my kid who says entertaining things like this all the time. #letterpress

Block Club is turning 8, and we’re launching new merch to celebrate! 👕 We rounded up some of our most popular stories, now it’s YOUR TURN to decide which one a local Chicago artist brings to life. 🗳️ Vote here: blockclubchi.co/4faukFr

Hello from the endangered modernist masterpiece that is Pride Cleaners Architect: Gerald Siegwart, 1959

Visited fuller park recently and was really impressed by the fieldhouse

Chicago has the most amazing fieldhouses. Oh, you're just a random small park at at 23rd and Lawndale? Here's a fantastic building for you and your neighbors...

dmercer.bsky.social@dmercer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Shedd Park fieldhouse, Chicago. 1917, William Drummond, architect.

One positive thing about the USPS taking 4+ weeks to (still not) deliver shipments? You can hand deliver them to homes like this and get offered a tour by the owner. Wowowow. What a stunner. 😍

On this anniversary of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, here’s a look at some prints made from an original plate gifted to me by Tribune Showprint. I added two linoleum cut colors to make them pop. #letterpress

In honor of National Italian Beef Day, I'm proud to announce a series of shirts that I made for Buona Beef. merch.buona.com

Yessss. I have the Monsters of the Midway one. I love it.

Harebrained@harebrained.bsky.social · 3mo ago

These two designs were some of the first shirts that I made after I stopped making pop culture shirts and restarted making Chicago tees. They weren’t popular but goddammit I like them! #chicago

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Robert Loerzel@robertloerzel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A bald eagle I saw today on Chicago's South Side

Fiiiinnnaaalllllyyyy: Old Irving Park, featuring featuring four of the landmarked homes in the neighborhood: the Loucks House, the Ropp-Grabill House, the Gray Mansion, and the Race House.

In case you think the Sox don't have their own rat issues.

Harebrained@harebrained.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Dear Cubs, Please rebrand for one game.