David Schalliol

David Schalliol is a visual sociologist living in the Midwestern United States. Co-author of The City Creative. Director of @TheAreaFilm. Find him at @StOlaf.

[Contexts Magazine @contextsmag]

More joyful #sociology? How about creative folks making spaces for social change and collective joy? Let's look to photoessays "Babes in Bikeland" (B. Christianson, https://t.co/jO4Us0tLPK) and "Globalizing the City Creative" (@metroblossom, https://t.co/GnJz9pxJP6)

[David Schalliol @metroblossom]

@PhilmerPhiI What a disappointing design: no meaningful separation from pedestrians, sharp twists, and placement needlessly close to buildings. Each decision decreases sight lines, increase the chance of collisions, and slows it down. How frustrating for a commuter corridor.

[rust belt roadtrip @gmoult]

returning to one of my favorite photography projects: david schalliol's telescope houses of buffalo

[David Schalliol @metroblossom]

@gmoult Thank you for sharing!

[David Schalliol @metroblossom]

Sunday in Chicago! @MASContext screens 3 short films about how architecture is responding to homelessness, individual living, and aging. The films were commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Architecture (@ccawire) and are making their Chicago premiere. https://t.co/JS8QTMXido

[David Schalliol @metroblossom]

I'm excited to be participating in the "Growing Resistance" exhibition at @MIAD_edu : https://t.co/nemrWOZRVx

[Brian Goldstein @bgoldst]

📢!!! @SavingPlaces / AACHAF Conserving Black Modernism grant program now seeking submissions for the 2024 round of funding. Grants to $150K for public/non-profit modern-era sites designed by Black architects. More here and LMK if I can help w/ questions: https://t.co/qU4ERfRCdB

[David Schalliol @metroblossom]

@nickkokonas I thought it was spectacular -- easily in my top five restaurant meals.

[David Schalliol @metroblossom]

@RobertMaguire_ It's been years, but I occasionally hear the stock background "hospital noises" from the beginning of Queensrÿche's Operation Mindcrime record: https://t.co/M66caW3SL1

[David Schalliol @metroblossom]

@richardtroupe @AGRMoore Thanks again!

[MAS Context @MASContext]

Latest monthly column: As the first biohealing trees are introduced to the Agro-Eco District in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, @blaservations discusses the ambitions, challenges, and status of its centerpiece: the Englewood Nature Trail.

https://t.co/WxzU38eaZ3

[David Schalliol @metroblossom]

How's this for a weird quality control problem? @vejaproject shipped me a pair of shoes that was missing a shoelace eyelet!

[David Schalliol @metroblossom]

@Furmadamadam @LangeAlexandra Truly surprising!

[David Schalliol @metroblossom]

@Furmadamadam @LangeAlexandra Yeah, publicity would draw attention to your art, rather than the knock-off. Given how in-demand Barbie content remains and the celebrity angle, it seems like it would be relatively easy to pitch a story about the situation. Also, could the Barbie PR folks help promote your work?

[MAS Context @MASContext]

Established in 1992, the JNL Graphic Design closed on May 31, 2023. Founded by Jason Pickleman and Leslie Bodenstein, their studio defined the visual and cultural landscape of Chicago and beyond.

Today we celebrate their work with this piece.

https://t.co/aC2ppny9e2

[Filler Distro | PGH @PghAutonomy]

For those who don’t know, there was a mass shooting in Minneapolis at a punk show. This senseless act of violence was committed by strangers, and we lost August.

Read full statement:
https://t.co/jmR0CdzQ1T

[MAS Context @MASContext]

We are pleased to announce that Molly Hanse and @metroblossom are joining our team. Molly joins as manager of development and initiatives while David joins as a contributing editor. Great things ahead.

https://t.co/M2KLG0aeoA

[MAS Context @MASContext]

In 2012, @metroblossom photographed one hundred Chicago buildings destined to be demolished. Ten years later, he returned to document what had changed at each of those building sites.

https://t.co/tMvgt84Yy3

[MAS Context @MASContext]

Next Thursday, August 3, photographer and sociologist @metroblossom will discuss his project “After Demolition” at the Vernon Area Public Library in Lincolnshire, IL.

https://t.co/jcWVjuE8Vy

[MAS Context @MASContext]

More on the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP) from a visit by @metroblossom.
https://t.co/3rUzYkNo1B