Chicago "L" - commemoration of a massacre
The "L" is the nickname for Chicago´s elevated railroad, constructed and first operated in 1892.
Have you seen "While you were sleeping", "The Fugitive" or "Spiderman II"? Chicago "L" has been part of the set.
I myself was thinking about Al Capone, delivering his illegal goods, or, at worst, his deadly message, who´s the ruler in Chicago.
Capone was skillful at isolating and killing his enemies when they became too powerful. A typical Capone murder consisted of men renting an apartment across the street from the victim's residence and gunning him down when he stepped outside. The operations were quick and complete and Capone always had an alibi.
Capone's most notorious killing was the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. On February 14, 1929, four Capone men entered a garage at 2122 N. Clark Street. The building was the main liquor headquarters of bootlegger George "Bugs" Moran's North Side gang. Because two of Capone's men were dressed as police, the seven men in the garage thought it was a police raid. As a result, they dropped their guns and put their hands against the wall. Using two shotguns and two machine guns, the Capone men fired more than 150 bullets into the victims. As usual, Capone had an alibi; he was in Florida during the massacre.
Chicago Heritage [stripped]
Matthias Moritz
Alfons Fries 16/01/2017 20:34
Ein tolles Motiv!Gruß
Alfons
El Porte-Bonheur 14/11/2009 0:56
This is the 'complete package' Matthias, excellent street capture and conversion with fine tonality choice as well as your accompanying lines. Big compliments!I will have a good look at your works as soon as I have some spare time. Have a nice w-e, El
J e n n i f e r E. 08/06/2009 23:45
++++katy taylor 08/06/2009 23:18
fantastic shot! so many details... great contrast... great light...Simona B. 08/06/2009 22:43
Excellent presentation.TFR 19/05/2009 22:12
Great pic, great story.Robert
WGL 14/05/2009 17:13
Great shot.Interesting story.Regards
WGL
Jim McKinniss 27/04/2009 17:30
I really enjoy your capture of light and shadow here.The geometries of the scene created by the steel I-beams is terrific.
Jim
mike snead 27/04/2009 10:20
great shot.regards
mike
Anders Å 14/04/2009 22:40
Great composition with lots of depth. Framing the motif with the pillars works very well.Greetings, Anders
s. sabine krause 02/04/2009 8:42
great b/w shot of my favorite windy city!!! love the downtown loop area, michigan avenue on a crispy cold day, that curve near oak street beach on lake shore drive… oopd, i feel wanderlust kicking in… ; ) greetings, sabine.Mircea Tiron-Tudor 12/03/2009 15:03
Well done ! I like it !Regards, Mircea
Giorgos Fidanas 01/03/2009 6:42
Very fine work!DRAGA PUC 28/02/2009 7:08
+++ yes, very good!r
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Andrej Nagode 18/02/2009 16:54
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