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Jim Lindstrom

@jimlindstrom.bsky.social

Chicago (prev NYC, orig Iowa). Cycling and photography enthusiast. Dad to 2 boys, 2 cats and a dog. History junkie. In an alternate life: a 19th century composer.

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JLjimlindstrom.bsky.socialOct 9, 2024 3:09am

"Love My City" Tod Park in East Chicago, Indiana. #photography #ClimateCrisis #environment

We're standing on a series of basketball court. We're looking from behind the first backboard, down across two courts. They're vacant. Which makes me think of the kids who aren't here playing, but should be. And maybe would be, but for the giant petrochemical tanks literally across the road in big cylindrical white containers numbered 106, etc.

Here we're standing in a field. In the foreground is a pole with signs pointing left and right reading "basketball", "volleyball", "playground". But given the composition of the image, the signs are pointed at these same white petrochemical containers. But they're not even the SAME ones. There are several dozen, and despite looking identical, these are different ones from the last frame.

Here we're standing on a sidewalk on a residential block. On the right are half a dozen bungalow houses. At the end of the block, again, we see these cylindrical white petrochemical storage buildings. They must be less than 40 feet from the building at the end of the block.

In the foreground is an art installation featuring the slogan "love my city". It's white on cherry red. In the center is a heart-shaped hole, letting you peer through. Through the hole, we see a grassy field, and beyond it (not very far) are more of these same white cylindrical petrochemical storage buildings.

Jim Lindstrom

@jimlindstrom.bsky.social

Chicago (prev NYC, orig Iowa). Cycling and photography enthusiast. Dad to 2 boys, 2 cats and a dog. History junkie. In an alternate life: a 19th century composer.

175 followers129 following224 posts