Congratulations on 100---you've brought a great variety of your town and your ramblings around it!! This is great, another city shot that just works so well. And the coat--perfect!! I DO remember film and the many rolls I wasted!!

Wonderful! The old lady seems so fixed as the world passes by her - movement everywhere - the man, the lady, the cars, crowds. Her stillness emphasised by the long shadow. How long has she been there? 100 years?? Congrats on the 100th post, Clive

Like I said to Chip on his 400th, numbers are random but they give us a chance to celebrate, and that's a lot more important than anything. I fell in love with your gallery from your very first upload, and I feel nothing less now, even though I'm not here all the time. And as a serendipitous shot, this is spot on; in fact, some would say that these accidents are much more 'available' to eyes like yours, because if you didn't consciously seek this moment, something in you told you the moment was waiting. Or to put it another way, some photographers just have the 'eye' for these moments, and you do. I worked at Sherwyn's Health Food Shop--right around the corner from this shot--in those very 80s, and I knew the area intimately. You have the Century back there, from an old movie house (where you can see the ornate late 19th C theater architecture), and this crazy tri-section, and the red brick facade in the background with the 8 million little shops, many of which went in & out of business, it seems, every week. And I remember the young & old, as you captured here, several nationalities, all kinds of social/sexual/political lifestyles & persuasions, and the feeling that this was a neighborhood in the truest sense (neigh=near, intimate). As one went back into the city from here, one got a taste of chicago in all its good, bad & indifferent. Also, the feel of the shot is very March Chicago--ie, bleak, the snow gone but still cold, and with lives intersecting willy nilly. I worked, prior, for "Hear Here" (I can't believe this pic is bringing back memories!), a record shop where I was the 'classical/jazz' guy in a shop dedicated to Disco (remember Disco???); and was even offered a job by a mafia guy who shopped there for opera! (I declined! You can't believe the money he offered me!). I even remember a Chinese place called the "Paris" something or other...The minute I saw this shot, I knew where it was, and that's a sign of your ability: Not that someone from Paris would know this neighborhood, but that your eye was keen enough--as it remains today--to capture the essence of a place first off. Hope others feel the feel of this place too! I love the shot Corey; and here's to many, many more in this wholly natural & wonderful gallery. Congratulations on the milestone! I'm so glad you joined here.

I love this! Quite Robert Doisneau in many ways. I relate to that big hair..I had it then too, and had almost forgotten. And in another decade or so I shall relate to the old lady..frighteneing!

congratulations on your 100 ! wonderful shot !

This picture rocks. I like the old lady with the cane in front of the switching box. I remember the 80s...sort of. What really gets me is the 80s hair crossing the street: it's got kind of a Shiela-E/Sigourney Weaver (in Ghostbusters)kind of a thing going with a touch of wind thrown in. Funny how 80s hair did that in such...um...big ways. I love the details in this and the jiggly, urban vibe. THIS was the hoppin' center of the city at one time, where everyone and everything happened. And yeah...you're not too far from that club, "Bedrock" where the Gloryhounds were always playing. Ah, the 80s. This is a fantastic shot with all sorts of nicely gritty urban details, big hair, stooped old ladies, Rob Reiner's long-lost brother, and the vibe of a city takin' care of business. This is great!

Leaving the coat open to be windblown, conjures up the early arrival of spring in my mind, at least for you guys...on the other side ! Our autumn has also started...one door closes, another opens. Congratulations on 100! Corey Cheers BB

Great shot and congrats on the 100th, the image is really a wonderful timeless type image, that I think could just as easily have been taken last week!

This is excellent! A wonderful character study. The main character is the elderly woman. Yet the man and young woman, by their posture, also tell a story, that feeds back on that of the older woman. I look at the directions of their gazes. The man looking slightly up, the elderly woman decidedly down, and the younger woman by the firmness of her posture and stride, determinately straight ahead. The woman in the center is a sad figure. She seems to embody the sorrow of time. The man on the left is looking up into a world of dreams and possibilities. The young woman strides purposefully into a world of her making and control. The older woman is trapped in her reality. She is a small insignificant figure. She looks down in the confines of her world. Her coat and possessions are held tightly against her. She needs a cane to help her walk. Yet as the other two are unaware of her presence, she is their future. Kind of depressing really, but maybe that's just my frame of mind at the moment. I love this image!

This is great! I loved reading everyone's comments ... sometimes it's nice to have verification that I'm really seeing what I think I see. In this case, what I saw was a dynamic scene that drew me in at first glance. The energy of the shot is palpable, and it's hard to believe this was 20 years ago. It seems so immediate! You have the best eye for this sort of thing, my friend. An excellent choice for your 100th! I'm looking forward to hundreds more.