The Pumping Station Audience — Tuesday, March 5, 1991, 5:45 PM

Tue, 05 Mar 1991 17:45:00 +0000

Pilsen (West Side) / Rail Yards / Pumping Station (Water Tower Gallery)

Chicago, Illinois

The snow started after dark. Fine dry grit that didn’t stick to the sidewalks but collected in the seams of things – window ledges, gutter lips, the fold of Darius’s collar where it met the overcoat. He walked south on Ashland with the Colt under his left arm, magazine loaded, hands in his pockets. The streetlights threw orange pools on wet concrete. Storefronts dark – taquerias, check-cashing, a laundromat steamed blue-white behind fogged glass.

Chapter 23 — Lextalionis on Chicago Chronicles

The Pumping Station Audience — Tuesday, March 5, 1991, 5:45 PM