Tuesday, June 19, 2012

How to lose a bulldozer

Apparently it is not difficult! It seems that Chicago loses one or two every year. After spring cleaning of Lake Michigan beaches there is a bulldozer like this, boarded up and left behind, practically on every beach. They sit around looking sad for a week or several, and then mysteriously disappear. Perhaps - off to another project, or according to city rumors - get stolen for parts...


I live in one of these tall buildings in the background, this beach - the Hollywood Beach - is my backyard. The bulldozer in this sketch is now gone. I can't tell you what happened to it. A mystery of a big city...

4 comments:

  1. Great sketch!! It is hard to believe something like this could be stolen but in this day and age I guess nothing is beyond the realm of possibility. Great to see this piece of equipment in contrast to the beach & high-rise buildings.

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    1. I was kidding about being stolen for parts, Don :). But we don't really know... If you have a bulldozer you want to get rid of, get it to Chicago, we'll put it on my beach and conduct an experiment, lol. Thanks for the comment!

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  2. LOVE the sketch, Alex...and yes, there are always lots of mysteries, aren't there!

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    1. Thanks, Kate! Mysteries, yes, especially in the ways Chicago operates, lol!

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