I continue to document the barriers that people in Chicago construct in alleys to prevent cars from bashing into their garages and other buildings. Here is one that I noticed in Logan Square today. You can see many other examples here.

A flyer for a garage sale, posted in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. Please buy their thrash and death metal CDs so that their baby has room to grow.

A sign for braids, photographed today in the Logan Square neighborhood in Chicago. At first I thought this was drawn or painted until I looked closer and realized that all of the letters and numbers were hand cut and then sealed in plastic.

The painted exterior of the Osceola Fence business on Chicago’s Northwest Side.

A happy greenish gyro, found (but not eaten) this afternoon on Chicago’s west side.

Ongoing documentation of surveillance camera alert signs. This example was taken in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood on November 16, 2011. Many more from various cities here.

Ongoing documentation of Chicago’s many ‘beware of dog’ (or dangerous animal) signs. This was spotted yesterday in Logan Square. More here.

I continue to document the sculpture-like structures that people in Chicago construct to prevent cars from bashing into their garage, jumping the curb, or otherwise going where they are not wanted. Here is a new addition to the larger collection on Flickr.

Documentation of a sidewalk drawing on my street, in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.

Items not purchased from a dilapidated surplus warehouse on Chicago’s west side this afternoon: baptism book.

A 1996 Chicago party flyer from the collection of Bridgette Buckley. On Saturday, August 13th from 5:00-9:00 PM, Public Collectors is back with another event at The Storefront on 2606 N. California Avenue in Chicago. This time the event will focus on Buckley’s collection of party, club and rave flyers from Chicago and Boulder. Bridgette also has plenty of music from this period - a lot of it on cassette, and she’ll be sharing that as well. The event is on Facebook here. Bridgette also wrote a short essay that’s printed on the back of a color party invite she designed. You can pick one up at the event.

I continue to document the many varieties of ‘Beware of Dog’ signs that one can find posted throughout Chicago. Here’s a new example, recently photographed in Logan Square. You can see more signs here.

A large hand-written sign spotted today in an alley in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood.

Documentation of hand-painted signage for the 007 Lounge on Chicago’s West Side. Given the amount of gun violence in this part of town, this was not the most thoughtful graphic for a bar.