gabriel x. michael
@g-x-m.bsky.social
Witness to subterranean Chicago. King of Lake Street. Telling a story of the unappreciated, unseen, unknown.
MCMLXXXIV. All rights reserved.
MCMLXXXIV. All rights reserved.
cranberry sauce is made, with apples, raisins, orange, cloves, rosemary and black pepper 🦃❤️
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
cranberry sauce is made, with apples, raisins, orange, cloves, rosemary and black pepper 🦃❤️
Today, North Water Street runs below the plaza, crossing Lower Michigan Avenue, and the rails still embedded in the pavement are partially exposed, a revealing relic of this industrial history.
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Today, North Water Street runs below the plaza, crossing Lower Michigan Avenue, and the rails still embedded in the pavement are partially exposed, a revealing relic of this industrial history.
Before its completion in 1957, this plaza area was open right-of-way for North Water Street and the C&NW Navy Pier rail spur serving Kraft Cheese, Jap-Rose Soap, Goodrich Tires, and Lipton’s Tea factories nearby.
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Before its completion in 1957, this plaza area was open right-of-way for North Water Street and the C&NW Navy Pier rail spur serving Kraft Cheese, Jap-Rose Soap, Goodrich Tires, and Lipton’s Tea factories nearby.
Christmas tree at the Wrigley Building
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Christmas tree at the Wrigley Building
“Reason does not create. In creating shapes, it is subordinate to the subconscious. The subconscious, that magnificent well of images perceived by the mind, harbours the notions that make up man’s nature. The subconscious shapes, composes and transforms the individual.” —Lucio Fontana
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“Reason does not create. In creating shapes, it is subordinate to the subconscious. The subconscious, that magnificent well of images perceived by the mind, harbours the notions that make up man’s nature. The subconscious shapes, composes and transforms the individual.” —Lucio Fontana
19th-century Richards & Kelly and Clark & Raffen manhole covers, 100 block of West Kinzie Street #manholecovermonday
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
19th-century Richards & Kelly and Clark & Raffen manhole covers, 100 block of West Kinzie Street #manholecovermonday
United Center, Wolcott Avenue at Lake Street
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
United Center, Wolcott Avenue at Lake Street
downtown alley, boxes & pallets & shadows
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
downtown alley, boxes & pallets & shadows
Christkindlmarket opens tomorrow!!! 🎄❄️🎅❤️🥨🍻🇩🇪🎁
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Christkindlmarket opens tomorrow!!! 🎄❄️🎅❤️🥨🍻🇩🇪🎁
it’s Carol season 🧤🎄💋
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
it’s Carol season 🧤🎄💋
Union Pacific Rockwell Subdivision viaduct, with Lake Street elevated rails and CTA California Green Line station in the background
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Union Pacific Rockwell Subdivision viaduct, with Lake Street elevated rails and CTA California Green Line station in the background
feeling under the weather today 🤒
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
feeling under the weather today 🤒
Lower Michigan Avenue
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Lower Michigan Avenue
“I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.” -Nietzsche
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.” -Nietzsche
November nocturne, Garfield Park
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
November nocturne, Garfield Park
highly restricted
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
highly restricted
Open, Loaded Italian
November 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Open, Loaded Italian
1641 West Carroll Avenue, built 1907
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
1641 West Carroll Avenue, built 1907
Northern Lights at Belmont Harbor
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Northern Lights at Belmont Harbor