One subject that always grabs my eye is what I can only describe as local sign “color.” By that I mean, signs and notices that only local residents would understand. Case in point, a nondescript door in a nondescript building has the word “storefront” stickered to it. A store selling what? It’s impossible to tell from the outside.

Demolition in Chicago’s West Loop. Everything in this scene is off-kilter. The door, the barricade, my framing…

A wall of corrugated metal in Chicago’s West Loop.