gina05
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06:13:28 pm on November 4, 2008 | # |
Last night, I went out to Grant Park to get a glimpse of what would be going on today. It was so quiet and still it was as though a shock wave might be rolling through.
Security was really tight. A lot of news media were out and had already set up shop for today. I did catch a glimpse of the stage. And it does seem as though the city has put in a lot of extra effort to enforse the area over the night and what could only be imagined for today.
Today, I will be filming at Grant Park, but I’m also going to hit up the Hilton hotel to caputre the republican election party. It should be quite the contrast.
This, as you have probably noticed is not like my other posts, a little less Eco, but I did want to share what I had captured at the opening of Grant Park party. Litter!
For those traveling down to the park tonight, please remember to pick up after yourselves. The park may go through post traumatic stress after the night is over.
lauren 1:51 am on November 6, 2008 | #
The funny thing about this city is no matter how much litter gets thrown about downtown, workers always seem to be so freakin’ fast at cleaning it up. We had a discussion on this fact in another class of mine one day on how it’s supposedly to keep people from following their lead and littering the streets more considering people are more likely to litter if they see that others have already done so… but either way, it was neat to see how quickly workers were picking up after people at the rally on Tuesday night.
rbykowski 11:46 am on November 6, 2008 | #
It’s funny that you bring this up because while I was walking out of my class on Tuesday at the Lewis center at 8:00 I saw one of the vendors selling t-shirts actually sweeping around his stand. It was the weirdest thing, if a person dropped a piece of paper or left a cup behind, the man would immediately pick it up and throw it out.
lauren 4:35 am on November 7, 2008 | #
I know… it’s totally bizarre! It’s like some kind of weird behavioral thing… if you want to throw your water bottle on the ground, are you going to be more likely to do it in a really clean environment or one that has been littered all over? Given, I will not say that Chicago is incredibly clean… it puts out some really unappealing sights and smells, but I honestly cannot say that I see litter too incredibly often… and seeing the workers in action picking up after people seems to be a total confirmation of this whole theory that my professor proposed.