John Lillig
@jclillig2.bsky.social
English Teacher, Loyola Academy
Advisory Board, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
A.B., English (Georgetown), M.A., English (DePaul), J.D. (DePaul Law)
Visiting Student (University of East Anglia)
Sport & Athletics Bluesky: @jclillig.bsky.social
Advisory Board, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame
A.B., English (Georgetown), M.A., English (DePaul), J.D. (DePaul Law)
Visiting Student (University of East Anglia)
Sport & Athletics Bluesky: @jclillig.bsky.social
R.I.P. Steve "The Colonel" Cropper.
(@millerscave.bsky.social's photo of his Stax poster made me think to post this).
(@millerscave.bsky.social's photo of his Stax poster made me think to post this).
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
R.I.P. Steve "The Colonel" Cropper.
(@millerscave.bsky.social's photo of his Stax poster made me think to post this).
(@millerscave.bsky.social's photo of his Stax poster made me think to post this).
Scene of a couple of coffee-shop robberies in the 1950's; an apparent harbor for stolen goods in the 1920's.
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Scene of a couple of coffee-shop robberies in the 1950's; an apparent harbor for stolen goods in the 1920's.
He gives John du Pont energy:
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
He gives John du Pont energy:
R.I.P. Tony Fitzpatrick
October 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
R.I.P. Tony Fitzpatrick
One of the former Ahlgrim locations was at 5701 W. Division; the building is still there, as @dmercer.bsky.social may know:
August 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
One of the former Ahlgrim locations was at 5701 W. Division; the building is still there, as @dmercer.bsky.social may know:
5619 W. Corcoran Pl, Chicago, Illinois. Formerly the Spoon and Straw ice cream parlor, where Jimmy McPartland & the Austin High Gang first hung out together in the early 1920's.
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July 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
5619 W. Corcoran Pl, Chicago, Illinois. Formerly the Spoon and Straw ice cream parlor, where Jimmy McPartland & the Austin High Gang first hung out together in the early 1920's.
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Hoping that someone can help me identify this location from Andrew Davis' Stony Island (1978) - the apartment of Harold the appalachian sax player. It's supposed to be in Uptown, but not sure if another location is standing in. A few clues in the next post . . .
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July 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Hoping that someone can help me identify this location from Andrew Davis' Stony Island (1978) - the apartment of Harold the appalachian sax player. It's supposed to be in Uptown, but not sure if another location is standing in. A few clues in the next post . . .
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Found a photo, apparently from Life magazine (date unclear), showing one of these posts.
June 26, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Found a photo, apparently from Life magazine (date unclear), showing one of these posts.
Always makes me think of this:
June 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Always makes me think of this:
Road marker dated 1925, east side of Green Bay Road south of Oak Street, Winnetka, Illinois.
June 3, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Road marker dated 1925, east side of Green Bay Road south of Oak Street, Winnetka, Illinois.
I was there waiting for the rerouted westbound @chicagocta.bsky.social #84 Peterson bus, which a paper sign indicated would stop there. But the bus instead turned right on Elmdale. I ran to catch it, but the driver declined to wait for others, including older people & people with children.
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June 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I was there waiting for the rerouted westbound @chicagocta.bsky.social #84 Peterson bus, which a paper sign indicated would stop there. But the bus instead turned right on Elmdale. I ran to catch it, but the driver declined to wait for others, including older people & people with children.
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The @chicagocta.bsky.social bus shelter at the SW corner of Elmdale and Clark falsely tells waiting riders that they are at Peterson and Western.
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June 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The @chicagocta.bsky.social bus shelter at the SW corner of Elmdale and Clark falsely tells waiting riders that they are at Peterson and Western.
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Long Bridge Park, Arlington, Virginia. Just north of this field is the site of the Twin Bridges Marriott, where Lowell George of Little Feat died on June 29, 1979
April 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Long Bridge Park, Arlington, Virginia. Just north of this field is the site of the Twin Bridges Marriott, where Lowell George of Little Feat died on June 29, 1979
Pittsburgh from Mt. Washington.
April 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Pittsburgh from Mt. Washington.
Johnstown Flood National Memorial, South Fork, PA.
April 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Johnstown Flood National Memorial, South Fork, PA.
More from the Burton J. Westcott House (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1908), Springfield, Ohio
April 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
More from the Burton J. Westcott House (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1908), Springfield, Ohio
Burton J. Westcott House (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1908), Springfield, Ohio
April 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Burton J. Westcott House (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1908), Springfield, Ohio
More from the Grand View subdivision, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Developed by Diedrich Otto Allday in 1909.
April 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
More from the Grand View subdivision, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Developed by Diedrich Otto Allday in 1909.
Grand View subdivision, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Developed by Diedrich Otto Allday in 1909.
April 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Grand View subdivision, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Developed by Diedrich Otto Allday in 1909.
Incredible story from the newly-opened National Public Housing Museum in Chicago involving @kevincronin.com of @reospeedwagon.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Incredible story from the newly-opened National Public Housing Museum in Chicago involving @kevincronin.com of @reospeedwagon.com
Southbound Appalachian Trail crossing at the Lincoln Highway (US 30), Caledonia State Park, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania.
April 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Southbound Appalachian Trail crossing at the Lincoln Highway (US 30), Caledonia State Park, Fayetteville, Pennsylvania.
Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
April 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
April 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania