The City In Mind

Cities, neighborhoods, transit, cycling, urbanism. Based in Chicago.

[alaahygge]

antique store door & moka pot latte

[archinform]

Entrance archway from the Chicago Stock Exchange, Adler and Sullivan, 1894, and demolished 1972. The arch is located behind the Art Institute of Chicago.

The arch today is partially obscured, by being set at a lower level and surrounded by plantings and a wall. It is no longer visible directly from the front.

Vintage view of the Stock Exchange building

[almodovars]

Different views of Picadilly Circus by George Hyde-Pownall

[paulrupert-blog]

Woman playing guitar on the steps of Leonard Cohen's house, Montreal, July 2026- Philip Ross White

[canonjansen]

The long summer daze

[babyfoxcollectionthings]

[graycard]

Sidewalk scene

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#streetphotography #blackandwhite #ricohgriii #shootfromthehip

[galbencearch]

Clocktower and chimney - Dearborn Station, Chicago. Arch. Charles Eidlitz, built 1885. via /r/architecture https://ift.tt/3hqQyRW

[hungwy]

Another reason why trains would be good is that most people are not good at driving

[animals-etcetera]

[better-practices]

[lisamarie-vee]

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[vinslau1]

Basilique Notre-Dame, Montréal Canada 2024

[89degree]

Wilson Exit of Lake Shore Drive from Wilson Ave. - Chicago, Illinois May 30, 2026

About 30+ homeless live in the parks and spaces along Lake Shore Drive in the 3 block stretch I walk every day. This particular tent is placed just a few feet from the Drive and it 45+ mph traffic.

This is my first High Resolution image using my tripod ( finer details but kinda heavy) since my heart surgery.

[better-practices]

Finland's new largest bridge

"Finland’s longest and tallest bridge, the Kruunuvuorensilta — or Crown Mountain Bridge — is designed only for walking, cycling and light rail. The new bridge in Helsinki is 1.2 kilometers long, its pylon rises 135 meters above the Baltic Sea, and it connects new urban developments with the city center, cutting the distance in half"

Helsinki’s new ‘Crown Mountain Bridge’ changes the city

Cities around the world would love to do what Helsinki has just done. The city has effectively halved the distance to a major new urban deve