Lee Bey: The Urban Observer tag:leebey.com,2009://1 2009-11-21T15:32:45Z The official blog of urbanist, writer, photographer and architecture critic Lee Bey. The blog features observations, photography, video links and all things dealing with Chicago's built environment (or anything else that interests me). Contact me anytime at lee@leebey.com. NOTE: Older entries dating back to 2007 can be found here: http://leebey.com/blog1/ Movable Type 3.2ysb5-20051201 The Non Sequitur on Wacker Drive tag:leebey.com,2009://1.4 2009-11-21T15:32:45Z 2009-11-21T15:32:45Z urban observer

(photo by Lee Bey)

There was something "what the hell?" about the juxtaposition of that lift--sitting alone on a wide sidewalk--with the Gleacher Center, NBC Tower and the Sheraton hotel there in the distance. Fortunately I had my camera with me when I spotted this scene yesterday.

I shot this with an Olympus E-3, outfitted with a 7-14mm wide angle lens (set to 7mm), shot at 1/160 @ f/10

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(photo by Lee Bey)

 Vietnam Veterans Memorial, lower Wacker Drive at Wabash.

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(photos by Lee Bey)


 

]]> Where's the Rest of Me? tag:leebey.com,2009://1.1 2009-11-12T02:54:52Z 2009-11-12T02:55:24Z Leave it to me to mess up a good thing.Due to uploading issues with Movable Type, I haven't updated the Urban Observer in quite some time. So today I decided to see if I could figure out what the problem... urban observer Leave it to me to mess up a good thing.

Due to uploading issues with Movable Type, I haven't updated the Urban Observer in quite some time. So today I decided to see if I could figure out what the problem is. Bad decision. Because--somehow--I made my entire blog vanish. More than two years worth words, images and your comments--poof!

Well, not entirely poof. The blog as you once knew it still exists on my computer. I just can't figure out how to get Movable Type to re-upload what I had. All the talk of PHP and SQL has left me SOL in terms of understanding what to do next. So I'll bug my web-designer pro nephew to see if he can straighten me out. Until then, I'll start from scratch.

 

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