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The Western Avenue And Vicinity Gallery

Chicago's most vibrant art scene is not to be found in the galleries of River North or Wicker Park, but stretching along the city's longest street, Western Avenue. The work in this spontaneous gallery is unpretentious and, for the most part, unheralded. Its functional purpose does nothing to diminish its creativity or its range, from isolated drawings to full-blown art environments. And though these pages include images from all over Chicago, most of them are from Western Avenue itself -- the world's most artistic street.

Kankakee & Waukegan

Roadside art: Kankakee and Waukegan

Soutsider Art

Roadside art: Good News Fried Dough

Devon Avenue

Roadside art: Arabic gyros, Western near Devon

Around the Loop

Roberto's on State Street

Suburban Splendor

Roadside Art: Women's liberation in Harvey, Illinois

Western Avenue

Roadside Art: Vernacular car engine sign

Clark Street

Roadside Art: Vernacular clothing sign

Pilsen

Roadside Art: Vernacular psychic sign

Varieties

Roadside Art: Once Chicago's greatest vernacular sign

The 47th Street Show

Vernacular Futurama Beauty Academy sign

North Side Beauties

Roadside Art: Tank Noodles

Avenue Vernacular

Roadside Art: Ciales Carniceria

New Finds from the South Side

Roadside Art: Zebonys on 51st

New Finds

Roadside Art: Pepe's Mofles on Blue Island

The Montrose Strip

Magikist on the Kennedy

Architecture

Vernacular architectural abstraction

Tableaus

Church Furniture 8K JPG

Gyros | Environments | Signs | Junk | Ruins | Vistas |
Grog N Groc | Western Avenue Gallery | Links | Motels

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