Windows in the Sky by CoreyBlack

Photography • Urban/Cityscape • posted on Jul 18, 2009

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Description

While I was living in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood, developers began to tear down the large apartment building across the alley from me. It became a daily ritual to watch them slowly dismantle the place. Of the 100 or so pictures I made of the process, this one is among my favorites. I was on my way to work in the late afternoon, shortly after the wrecking crew had finished for the day; I noticed that they'd ripped off a portion of the roof. This was one of the views looking up. Naturally, I had to go back, grab my camera and make this shot. I was late to work, but it was worth it. This photo was made on August 26, 2007.

Comments (7)

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beachzz

11:58PM | Sat, 18 July 2009

Totally worth it--great shot!!

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Chipka

5:14AM | Sun, 19 July 2009

This is surreal! If you don't pay attention to the power line, it's impossible to tell whether you're inside of a ruined building looking out or looking in. The sky is odd. It's because there are no clouds and it looks hot, and those ruined bits of glass look like vague images from some other place attempting to assert themselves here, but they don't quite know how to do it, don't quite know how to breathe the air they're immersed in. That's incredibly haunting, incredibly lonely, and all too telling of what Chicago often does to itself in the name of progress. Wonderful work.

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NefariousDrO

7:46AM | Sun, 19 July 2009

That's so weird to see a normal wall, windows still intact (and open, even) with totally blue sky behind them showing through. I'm certainly glad you went back for your camera, that's an amazing view.

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