the jonrev projects
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Observer of obsolescence. Photographer & printmaker on Lake Wazzapamani. 🖕🇦👁️ Musings about retail/design/esoteric history/things on wheels/whatever... www.jonrev.com
I don't use AI for anything. I don't use it for brainstorming or idea generation or any of the supposedly fine things it allegedly does. ChatGPT has never spoken to me. Claude doesn't even know my name. Much like cocaine, I t's extremely easy to not do if you don't start.
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 18h agoGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
This is a weird one but new in the collection: a complete Camelot Music neon wave (1990). 24 pieces numbered for future reassembly.
Rather astonishing to see such long-form journalism from a TV station, but CBS Chicago's Adam Harrington has a remarkable history of the rise and fall of Clybourn as a retail corridor, and of a 1915 factory's short life as the 1800 Clybourn mall. bit.ly/4hdfzCJ
It's in the bag... The iconic Macy's corner billboard, at the NW corner of 34th Street and 6th Avenue was unceremoniously removed yesterday. In its place, an LED digital sign will be installed. #retail #photography #nyc #history
"Get this: whenever a movie was playing, the sound was piped into the bathrooms, so your friendly neighborhood critic wouldn’t miss any dialogue while taking a break." Uh.... yeah, if we ever get working bathrooms at Belvidere Cinema Gallery we're 100% doing this.
RogerEbert.com@ebertvoices.bsky.social · last wk.As the Lake Street Screening Room shutters its doors, Richard Roeper offers a tribute to the iconic movie watching space, citing memories of watching films with Siskel & Ebert:
Wow. I've always been fascinated by the story of the little corner building and the fact that it's losing its Macy's connection says a lot about the current state of "the world's largest store." ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2026/07/27/h...
Hidden by billboards for over 100 years, the tiny holdout building in the middle of Macy’s is back in view
The enormous faux shopping bag that served as an advertisement for Macy’s is mostly gone, save for a patch of red facing Sixth Avenue. Scaffolding covers the ground floor retail space, and da…
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Present day... present time lmao Vintage computers I've found in abandoned buildings, 2012-2023 #abandoned #vintagecomputers #urbex #photography
Fixed images on this one... either Wordpress or Flickr added slugs to some links and broke them. Hope this doesn't become a recurring thing.
the jonrev projects@jonrev.com · 3mo agoWrote about a Kmart and hopefully this is the last time I do...
New owner, new name. Go get photos of this neon sign while you still can.
Chicago Sun-Times@chicago.suntimes.com · 2w agoMonths after the storied wrestling venue stopped hosting matches, the Berwyn Eagles Club has a new owner. The property at 6309 W. 26th St. in Berwyn has been sold to the neighboring Berwyn Auto Spa, confirmed owner José Tejada.
I still think about the working color copier in the abandoned Century III Mall I schemed to liberate and wanted to print dead mall zines with
Tonight in Waukegan starting at 5, near Genesee and Washington!!
the jonrev projects@jonrev.com · 3w agoTry this again... doing a Genesee Street popup at ArtWauk in downtown Waukegan -- Saturday 5-9pm, in front of the Waukegan Building (4 South Genesee). Prints $25+. Come say hi!
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[collage of photography by jonrev depicting neon, dead malls, and the Waukegan, Illinois cityscape]
Photography exhibits about places of memories, lost history, dead malls, liminal spaces, urban exploration, night lurkings & other crimes of knowledge
Waukegan Building • 4 South Genesee Street
Waukegan, Illinois • 5-9 PM • Weather permitting
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Try this again... doing a Genesee Street popup at ArtWauk in downtown Waukegan -- Saturday 5-9pm, in front of the Waukegan Building (4 South Genesee). Prints $25+. Come say hi!
Great America's in-park, area-specific Muzak from 1976 has been restored as part of their 50th anniversary celebration and I'm so glad people out there are trying to archive it.
Marriott's/Six Flags Great America Yankee Harbor Music Loop
YouTube video by BenneLuke
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Diarrhea this, diarrhea that. Did you know if you die in the Matrix, you diarrhea life?
Speaking of Taco Bell... A 90s interior still rocks the Jersey City location in front of Hudson Mall. #tacobell #retro #90s #jerseycity #nj #photography
My first year with the Motocompacto was accident-free other than the lousy kickstand failing in a gentle breeze. Now I've fallen off it twice in two weeks. The hell...
After 19 years I've whittled car shows I still give a shit about down to like five. Scoop Waukegan is one of them -- one of the finest melting pots of car and local cultures between Chicago and Milwaukee. Open cruising in downtown Waukegan starts today at 5, free car show and more cruising Saturday
Much-needed development happening in downtown Waukegan. Especially happy to hear plans exist for 4 S. Genesee, the former Waukegan National Bank building, an 8-story high rise vacant since 1984.
Developers busy in downtown Waukegan: ‘A diamond in the rough’
David Motley, the city’s public relations director, said Thursday the city is negotiating a development agreement for the property there known as Parking Lot B.
chicagotribune.com
Former Boston Store (1970), the Milwaukee metro's last one standing untouched since the 2018 demise of parent company, Bon-Ton Stores. Now city-owned and soon to be razed for a medium-density development known as "Verdell on the Green". Southridge - Greendale, Wisconsin #Polaroid SLR-680, Color 600
