SCA diner adventures, like our 2011 South Jersey Diner Tour and our 2015 North Jersey Diner Tour, are among the most popular events we’ve hosted. Well, pandemic restlessness has driven us to complete our New Jersey cycle. We invite you to read all about our Central New Jersey Diner Tour, download the pdf and hit the road!
This D.I.Y. tour guide complements our 2011 North Jersey Diner Tour and More and our 2015 South Jersey Diner Tour and More.
Lakefront Anonymous, Chicago’s Unknown Art Gallery
By William Swislow (text and photographs) and Aron Packer (photographs)
Chicago: Interestingideas.com, 2021
Softcover, 160 pages, $40
Reviewed by Joseph Marlin
Who would have thought there would be a book about graffiti and vernacular stone carvings on Chicago’s lakefront? Not I, and I live here! But William Swislow, an SCA board member, has spent three decades photographing and documenting these works typically created by untrained, anonymous carvers.