When in Rome

                  When I wend to Rome, instead to taking pictures of monuments and ruins, I focused on the people and scenery of Italy. 

















Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Graffiti: Street Art or Vandalism?

Image
Graffiti  Street Art or Vandalism? While driving around Chicago, it is not hard to find murals on the walls of buildings and bridges. Many are beautiful and took a lot of time to create. They serve as a way to give some color to a neighborhood. While driving past some of my favorite murals, the Hubbard Street Murals, I began to notice the tagging and defacement on the walls.            Some have even been painted over to cover up graffiti. Another Mural in Hyde Park was also defaced. Many people think of this kind of this when they hear about grafitii artists. They see the sketchy allys and industrial buildings.   But Graffiti can be beautiful and give color to communities just like the commissioned murals.          .  Going out and looking of Graffiti like that made me see the skill and beauty in everyday Graffiti. ...
Read more

Security at The University of Chicago

Image
Security at The University of Chicago The University of Chicago is a very safe school. Campus and the surrounding neighborhood is below the city average for crime.  The University police force is the third largest campus police in the nation. Throughout campus there are 123 "emergency phones," almost one for every corner. Cameras are mounted on top of almost all the emergency phones. Clearly safety is a top priority for the University, but when is enough, enough? One of the many emergency phones  These Emergency phones are all over. The distance between two are no more then two blocks. They do lower crime in areas with them, but it comes at a cost. Everywhere you walk you are being watched. Privacy is compromised in the wake of safety. Charlotte, one of the many security guards at Lab, agreed to an interview. "I do make a difference, because the daily regiment and focus that I have keep the stu...
Read more