The Sixth Ward presents Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool

 

[VIDEO] I posted this to The Sixth Ward's YouTube channel earlier this month. It shows my visit back in 2014 to the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool in Lincoln Park. It's a great place within a busy metropolis to chill for a moment. You might forget you're not too far away from the busy Lake Shore Drive.

You're actually within the confines of a major public park and you're actually steps away from Lincoln Park Zoo of which this area was once a part. Of course this place fell into disrepair at one point in the past and then received the TLC it deserves in recent years.

It's one of the many things I would like to share on my YouTube channel since I liken usage of that service to taking you places you never knew existed. I expressed this in my plans to visit Springfield, Illinois in the near future - especially to see the Illinois General Assembly in action.

I have a list of places within the city I like to share with you all especially if you've never been.

• DuSable Museum
• Shedd Aquarium - named for Shedd School's namesake John G. Shedd
• Field Museum - never been sadly
• Museum of Science & Industry
• Lincoln Park Zoo

Easy places to visit off the top of my head and hopefully once we get out of this pandemic. I'm thinking of other places to share without not just within Chicago or Illinois but around the nation as well. Because I like to share with you places I've visited and certainly to bring you places you've either never been or never knew existed.

So I hope you enjoy my presentation of the Caldwell Lily Pool on one summer day over six years ago.

They finally caught Chance the snapper

[VIDEO] If you've been following the news for the past week an alligator was lurking in the lagoons of Humboldt Park on the north side. The pictures I've seen of him show him to be small alligator, the video glimpses of him make him out to be a larger gator at least to me.

All the same Frank Robb came to Florida to trap him and he's not only been treated to the first pitch at a Cubs game he also came to turn on Buckingham Fountain. He's truly the hero of the moment.

I found this meme at CapFax just last week as the search for this gator continues. It's pretty funny especially since it seems to be true. Politicians looking for anything to tax.

Hotel Florence Pullman

This is the Hotel Florence as seen from across the street on 111th Street. An historic building designed in the 19th century for those who did business with the Pullman Company for whom this neighborhood was named. These days unfortunately this particular building is owned by the state and still trying to find a use for this building.

Even if it's not for a hotel my hope is that it can be used as a community meeting place or for business purposes as a restaurant for example. Closer to Cottage Grove a park surrounds it known as Arcade Park & Pullman Park.

Took these shots of the Shedd School property

On my walk to Pullman a few days ago. It was a wet rainy day as depicted in these photos. The first two pics are of the front one is similar to the shot you see in the blog's header.

200 E. 99th Street

200 E. 99th Street

Here's the backlot a field that I used to play around in during recess and of course before school started the kids would play in this field also. Fun days and sadly no longer common. I'll explain after this pic.

Looking from 98th & Indiana

Shedd School has been closed since about 2013 and the local community organization Roseland Heights Community Association has been concerned about a zoning change for this property. It has been zoned for industrial use and therefore a concern is now seen over this greenspace just a block away from Michigan Avenue.

As a former student there, it's unfortunate that classes are no longer held here. However, my hope is that the greenspace remains for the community. If the building remains then it shall be used for the benefit of the community.

Sidenote - I've been using this accessory on my smartphone called an olliclip. Basically this is something you can slip onto your iPhone, iPad or Android devices and take shots with various lenses to enhance your mobile photography. That's why one of the pics above seem unusual.