A local resident reflects on what all the residential construction along the Chicago River will mean for its own housing.

A little more than a mile due west of Lake Michigan, the Chicago River splits into its North and South branches at the Confluence. The Riverwalk follows the south side of the river, ending at the Confluence, and there’s a small but really nice park there with a few dozen Adirondack chairs. It gets lots of sun in the later afternoon, but it’s a pretty nice place to be anytime the weather is pleasant. “Between Green and Blue” was also taken at that park.

In the park’s early days, the area across from the park was a rookery used by ducks and herons. That’s gone now; the city decided that the building you see in the reflection needed the space more than natural river dwellers did.

July 12, 2019. Samsung S10+ cell phone, 12mm focal length (35mm equivalent: 52mm), f/2.4, 1/200, ISO 50.