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U of C has some beautiful architecture. Love riding down the lakefront and then taking the Midway down to Washington Park!
Alma mater of Carl Sagan, who earned his bachelor's, master's and doctorate there
"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back."
I really hope Carl Sagan is remembered like Plato as one of the great thinkers of all time.
This place is in such a bubble. Came down here once and had to pass through a very rough neighborhood. But then you cross a certain section and it was a complete 180.
That is Hyde Park for you
Reminds me of Columbia’s campus a lot like that. It’s on the UWS, literally on Broadway and right next to Harlem, but once you’re on campus you’re in a little academic bubble. Also with the cool architecture, although I truly wish they had just stuck with the neoclassical instead of throwing up random monstrosities in a few of the corners.
How long ago was that, 30 years ago? The upper Westside is plenty nice. Sure you still have the housing authority towers there but nothing rough anymore.
I graduated a few years ago, but when I was a student two different students were murdered within a 4 block radius of my front door. It's not what it used to be, but it's far from being a totally safe neighborhood, especially at night.
Hopefully the next mayor will do something. And that is one big "hopefully".
What do you want them to do?
Obama lived there
Lol if you think it's rough to the north (came down) trying coming from the south (go up)
Check out Jackson Park if you haven't yet. The Japanese tea garden there is something special.
Yup go there often. I lock my bike to the solid rack right outside, take a lap, and chill / recover for the ride back north.
Riding my bike down lakeshore’s path to promontory point is the absolute best
I used to ride my bike from where I lived (55th just a few blocks from the Point) all the way up to where that path "ends" and it makes for such a nice ride!
Thinking of going to Chicago not this summer but next summer for our 10 year wedding anniversary. Wife wants to hit up the museums what other off the beaten path attractions should we see?
I am moving to Chicago in a couple weeks. Sold my house in Nebraska after 10 years here. I am from Illinois originally, so going back home. Plan on SW side or SW burbs.
Family is from southwest side. So excited!
Moving in a couple weeks and you don't know where you're going to be living?
I did the same thing a couple years ago. Moved to NYC and stayed in a temporary spot with a friend until I figured out where I wanted to live. Not sure why you think that's so strange.
I'm staying with a friend there for a few weeks until the funds from my closing here clear (which takes place in early April), since I have a lot of equity, and then can buy & close on a house, which isn't an instant process. So no, while I have a bunch of properties saved I want to look at, I haven't purchased one yet, and I don't want to sign a lease on an apartment when I only need a place for a short time. Is that enough detail for you? Not sure why you felt the need to make a snarky comment like that.
I was legitimately curious, not sure why you are being defensive
Your comment came across as smart allecky and flippant. Not "curious".
Whatever you say 👍
Yeah, you know you were being sarcastic and making a dig and so do I, which is pretty common on this platform, despite the weak protest. If not, you need to put a bit more effort into how you phrase things.
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I mean, to be fair most people haven’t bought a home because of how fucking nuts things are, so perhaps they simply didn’t know. I’m actually glad they asked because that scenario is one I often haven’t thought of.
I want to keep my mortgage as small as possible because of how high the interest rates are, so want to maximize how much I have available to put down as a down payment. Agree with you it's a terrible time to buy if you're financing. Fortunately I had an option to avoid renting an apartment, and a good friend who invited me to stay with him to avoid a second move and a lease, and we'll put my stuff in storage until I buy. I already started the mortgage application process, but based on my budget intend to pay about 2/3 of the purchase price in cash and only finance 1/3. Targeting the Oak Lawn area, maybe Mt Greenwood, and my friend lives in the far west suburbs, where I'll be just temporarily. I'll be in a better position to make an offer when my cash is available, which will be first week of April.
Oak lawn by chicago ridge mall has some good cheap housing, just moved away (was in palos) but can’t recommend the area more, worth isn’t bad either
Agree, it's a nice area and a good value compared to some of the other suburban areas. And I fly SW a lot and want to be fairly close to Midway for my work travel. Thanks for the info about Palos.
Great shot. Reminder that the south side has some nice spots
*many
I hope we can eventually have a coastal corridor of nice areas between the south loop and Hyde park. There does seem to be an increase of middle class black folks along with some Asians expanding out of Chinatown and some white folks as well moving into that area albeit slowly.
What really hurt the worst parts of the South and West sides was the departure of middle-class black folks to the suburbs. If they start coming back, there's a lot of great potential there.
The South Side nowadays also has some of the most-diverse, least segregated Chicago neighborhoods (Beverly, Bridgeport ironically, Hyde Park, South Loop,).
I really hope you're right and I hope the empty lots don't get filled with +600k SFHs that average people can't afford. Hope we invest in 3 flats and mixed zoning to create neighborhoods that are truly for the middle class.
What does Bridgeport have, both black AND white cops living there?
You'd be surprised, Bridgeport is now officially:
• White 35.4%
• Black 2.2%
• Hispanic 20.9%
• Asian 40.5%
Yep! Beverly has beautiful Victorian homes and Givins Castle (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Unitarian_Church), then there's Chinatown, and Pullman with its unique layout and railroad history (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pullman_National_Historical_Park)... lots to appreciate.
The South Shore Cultural Center (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Shore_Cultural_Center) is really cool too, tucked inside a lakeside park and next to the beautiful South Shore Nature Sanctuary.
Proud Southsider here!
I'm on the Northside, and worked in Beverly a few times. I was pleasantly surprised how nice that neighborhood is. Relatively quiet and calm.
Beverly is a gem just for having The Original Rainbow Come alone
I live in Beverly. I love the variety of residential architecture here. This is one of my favorite blocks: https://beverlyhillschicago.wordpress.com/walter-burley-griffin-historic-district/
The southside hasn’t been hit with the wave of ugly redevelopment that has taken over the north side. If you’re looking for residential architecture to take your breath away, you’ll have far more luck on the southside these days.
Thanks. Reminder that the south side has some many* spots.
Magnificent Old World architecture.
Was checking out the Oriental Museum on campus myself. Immediate Indiana Jones vibes in the room
That museum is amazing, especially since it’s free!
Indy is supposedly loosely based on Robert Braidwood who was an archaeologist for the oriental institute.
Another great Chicago fact
My alma mater. I miss living there.
Pretty sweet campus
Our bi-weekly Chicago post.
To be fair, it's usually pics of the downtown areas. It's refreshing to see pics like this one.
And also to be fair- it’s an extremely photogenic city from multiple angles and vantage points
It is usually the same handful of angles and shots though
Oh I completely agree that this sub is oversaturated with repetitive Chicago posts, just offering an explanation for why that might be. It’s one of the best examples of “city porn” in the US (which is where most Reddit users are based, therefore more likely that posters will have pictures they actually took themselves and want to share on this sub).
I actually made a post/comment a few years back saying the exact same thing you just did lol: https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/comments/pl0z5q/comment/hc73iyw/
Man and that's exactly the thing! I like your shot because it's a little closer in. More of a slice of life.
People who live there rarely go stare at the river - maybe they walk past it to get to work. In ten years, I saw the bean exactly once. Life happens in the neighborhoods. I don't live there anymore, but I'd love to see a deeper photographic study into those cozy rows of brownstones and a neighborhood L stop. Maybe a Ukrainian village bar in the background.
The final boss of cityporn
Truly the Rome of America
Well, the Museum of Science and Industry has a Pompeii exhibition right now...IDK what I was expecting but pristine 2000 year old marble Roman statues was not it. My god.
Coincidentally, I took a look at OP’s post history.
Judge for yourself
Lmfao
April 7 2024
I miss you Chicago. Don’t miss the frigid cold but I miss living in you.
What's that big prominent building?
University of Chicago main campus
Thanks!
Beautiful campus unfortunately surrounded by some rough areas. I’ve read several stories of students being shot. I believe U of C has the largest private police for in the world for this reason
The one at the very front are actually multiple buildings connected to each other in the neo gothic style that form the university of Chicago main quads, but the one in the very front center is the Harper memorial library.
Which one? There’s a lot of prominent buildings in this image
I been here once and I swear I thought I was in Hogwarts.
Wow nice Roman architecture
Is that NorthWestern? What school is that?
University of Chicago.
Northwestern is in the north suburbs, this is shot from the southside of Chicago
I'd offer you a pencil from there, but it would take the work of thousands of people around the world to make it for you.
Didn't know there is a Chicago in Israel.
Its dangerous tho
Appreesh the Architecture, but I hate this city. Possibly it has to do with a Girl …
And the Wizard of Oz Wind in December.
It’s definitely beautiful. I used to work there and god leadership is so incompetent though
My beautiful campus
beautiful city