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Standing in line

Crowd lines up to enter Wrigley Field on September 29, 2002 (Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates)
Crowd lines up to enter Wrigley Field on September 29, 2002 (Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates)

I got a few neat shots of the people waiting in line to get into Wrigley Field on August 29, 2002. It reminded me of some shots that I took from the Tribune Tower of the immigrant line waiting for their papers a couple of months ago on July 5, 2002.

Immigrant line on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, July 5, 2002

Granted, none of these shots is anything great. But I think I might actively get out to take pictures of people standing in line.

Can you think of any other events or places where there are lines?

  • Marathon runners (Chicago Marathon)
  • Food festival (Taste of Chicago ticket line)
  • Commuters (People going upstairs at Metra and L)
  • Metra ticket sales line (1st of the month)
  • Grocery store line
  • Fast food line
  • Carnival rides (Great America)
  • Airport (O’Hare)
  • Movie (hmm, any big movies coming up?)
  • Cafeteria (hmmm, where?)
  • Club (any popular clubs)
  • School bus (any school)
  • Kids at playground i.e. slide (I’d probably have to take off work to go to schools to photo this)
  • Payphone (at the Taste)
  • Cab (outside Union Station or McCormick Center)
  • Voting (aren’t we voting this November?)
  • Sports team practicing
  • People leaving church service*
  • Ticketmaster line* (Saturday mornings at 10)
  • Buffet* (old country buffet)
  • Employees* (at work when they used to give us free food at company meetings)

Do I want to branch out into non-people lines?

  • Traffic jam* (Hinsdale Oasis on 294 is a nice aerial view of the highway)
  • Airplanes (O’Hare)

* Indicates idea from my twin brother, Erik

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Tom Saaristo
24 years ago

ATM lines at The Taste

Speaking of church service…People waiting for the Bride & Groom after a wedding.

Any of Chicago’s festivals: Taste of Randolph comes to mind; Halsted St. Market Days;

Any of Chicago’s parades: Columbus Day; St Patrick’s Day; Pride

Halloween Haunted Houses [check your local listings”>

Clubs: I know Red No. 5 near me [West Loop”> has a lengthy line late night Friday. Any of the bars in Lincoln Park and Wrigleyville.

Old Country Buffet? Really!? I am SO afraid of that.

amybeth
24 years ago

I don’t want to think about being in/ getting into/ waiting in lines.