Not in New York (8)

AMA Plaza/Marina City on North State Street. Photo by Rick Stachura. May 23, 2019.

 


 

Tourist towns are a drag sometimes,

but in non-tourist towns you can get beat up

just for lookin’ a little different.

 


 

Not in New York. Gratz Center on East Chestnut Street. Photo by Rick Stachura. May 24, 2019.

 


 

I guess the thing to do is just stay at home.

 


 

Heald Square Monument at North Wabash Street and East Wacker Drive. Photo by Rick Stachura. May 23, 2019.

 


 

Yeah, but sometimes I think the thing to do

would be to get a place way out in [Chicago].

Put down as many months rent as you can part with.

 


 

Aston Chicago Apartments at East Illinois and North St. Clair Streets. Photo by Rick Stachura. May 23, 2019.

 


 

Tell everybody else you went to France.

 


 

Not in New York. Gratz Center on East Chestnut Street. Photo by Rick Stachura. May 24, 2019.

 


 

Lyrics from “New American Language” by Dan Bern, 2001.

Photos by Rick Stachura. Downtown Chicago, Illinois. 

(1) AMA Plaza/Marina City on North State Street. May 23, 2019.

(2) Gratz Center on East Chestnut Street. May 24, 2019.

(3) Heald Square Monument at North Wabash Street and East Wacker Drive. May 23, 2019.

(4) Aston Chicago Apartments at East Illinois and North St. Clair Streets. May 23, 2019.

(5) Gratz Center on East Chestnut Street. May 24, 2019.

 


 

 

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