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A tiny triangle of Chicago surrounded by interstates was once overseen by St. Jude, Patron of the Hopeless Cause. In a new essay, Joe Drogos looks at these odd blocks and sees the Roman hearthgods and Virgil’s terrified pigeons. Take a tour of this neighborhood and others in Joe’s blog, The Silver-Colored Yesterday, one of MAKE’s online features.
Joe Drogos’s newest essay makes use of Bertrand Goldberg, Billy Wimsatt, Hamish Fulton, and rogue coyotes, while it tries to explain the importance of incongruity and emptiness in the city’s culture. Take a peek at it and other entries in Joe’s blog, The Silver-Colored Yesterday, one of MAKE’s online features.
So a Wounded Deer Leaps Highest
Another baseball season ends in futility, another summer ends in October rain, but wounded deer and Ron Kittle teach that the best way to win is by losing big. Read more.
